Pluys, Jan (18th century)
Jan Pluys (name probably garbled), was a preacher of the Mennonite congregation of Monjou (Monschau) in the Eiffel, Germany, who because of persecution in 1711 moved to the Dutch province of South Holland, where he was engaged in farming. Further particulars are lacking.
Bibliography
Hoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de. Inventaris der Archiefstukken berustende bij de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam. 2 v. Amsterdam: Uitgegeven en ten geschenke aangeboden door den Kerkeraad dier Gemeente, 1883-1884: v. I, No. 1305.
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