Sunday, February 3, 2008
February 3, 2008 Historic Moment
Did you know.... In 1764 a call was put out to The Netherlands for our first pastor, and the Reverend Isaac Rysdyck accepted. He was born about 1720 and was considered the most learned theologian of the Dutch Reformed Church at that time. The Reverend Rysdyck spoke both Dutch and English and could write Greek, Latin, Dutch, and English. He was installed as pastor of New Hackensack (along with Hopewell Reformed, Fishkill Reformed, and Poughkeepsie Reformed).
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My ancestor Isaac Rysdyck was born on 25 December 1731 in Groningen, Netherlands, son of Jacobus Petri Rijsdijk and Henrica van Delden. Jacobus was a Mennonite pastor, and Isaac moved to the Reformed Dutch Church after a profound disagreement with the Mennonites, and was baptised 29 August 1751 at Bergshenhoek, South Holland by his brother in law Jacobus Takens.
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