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Pieter Jeltjes (16th/17th century)Pieter Jeltjes, a Dutch elder and merchant living at Kollum, province of Friesland, and a member of the Old Frisian branch of the Mennonites. In 1599 he became involved in a disagreement with Elder Jan Jacobsz, who was very strict, conÂsidering it sin to sell to non-Mennonites, and who at a conference of Old Frisian delegates meeting at Dokkum on 16 December 1599, banned the more liberal Pieter Jeltjes and his adherents (known as Pieter-Jeltjesvolk). Concerning Pieter's life and work nothing further is known. BibliographyDoopsgezinde Bijdragen (1889): 6; (1892): 71; (1912): 66, 68-71. Pietersz, Lambert. Nootwendighe Verclaringhe van’t Verscheel . . . tusschen Jan Jacobsz van Harlinghen . . . ende tusschen Pieter Jelties van Collum. 1624. 
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 171. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website. ©1996-2013 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved. To cite this page: MLA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Pieter Jeltjes (16th/17th century)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 19 June 2013. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/pieter_jeltjes_16th_2013_17th_centuries. APA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1959). Pieter Jeltjes (16th/17th century). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 19 June 2013, from http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/pieter_jeltjes_16th_2013_17th_centuries. Document Actions |
