Wierum (Friesland, Netherlands)
Wierum, a small village in the northeast of the Dutch province of Friesland, where Jacob Teunis, elder of the Jan-Jacobszgezinden, baptized at least 34 persons in 1603-18, was probably the seat of a Jan-Jacobszgezinde congregation, concerning which there is, however, no further information.
Bibliography
Cate, Steven Blaupot ten. Geschiedenis der Doopsgezinden in Friesland. Leeuwarden: W. Eekhoff, 1839: 164.
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