Bansterzijl (Groningen, Netherlands)
Bansterzijl, Dutch province of Groningen, where Leenaert Bouwens baptized 18 persons in 1551-1554 and another 9 in 1557-1561. About a congregation here nothing is known. The members may have joined a congregation in the neighborhood.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 224. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.
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