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Jean (Jan, Johan) Boenes was an influential preacher and elder of the [[Flemish Mennonites|Flemish]] congregation at [[Rotterdam (Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)|Rotterdam]] in [[Netherlands|Holland]] after 1659. He and [[Weenigem, Bastiaan van (ca. 1625-1697)|Bastiaan van Weenigem]], his colleague, and [[Braght, Tieleman Jansz van (1625-1664)|Tieleman Jansz van Braght]] were among the <em>buitenleeraren</em> who were called to [[Utrecht (Utrecht, Netherlands)|Utrecht]] to restore order and peace in the congregation there. Here, according to a poem, <em>De Kristelikke Kruispoort</em> (The Christian Gateway of the Cross), written in 1661 by J. Six, Boenes' manner was one of implacability (see [[Maurik, Willem van (1625-1710)|Willem van Maurik]]). A letter from Boenes regarding this matter was printed at [[Amsterdam (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Amsterdam]]: "Copye eens Briefs, gesonden door Jean Boenes uyt Rotterdam, aen N. N. tot Amsterdam over het wederhouden eeniger Doopsgesinde leeraren van de Predickstoel en Kerckelycke Regeeringe binnen Uytrecht" (Copy of a letter sent by Jean Boenes at Rotterdam to N. N. at Amsterdam, regarding the restraint of several Mennonite ministers from the pulpit and ecclesiastical government in Utrecht). Boenes, who was married to Anna van Meisen, died 5 December 1668 at Cadiz in Spain, where he was staying temporarily in connection with his business as a merchant.
= Bibliography =
<em class="gameo_bibliography">Catalogus der werken over de Doopsgezinden en hunne geschiedenis aanwezig in de bibliotheek der Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam</em>. Amsterdam: J. H. de Bussy, 1919: 128.

<em class="gameo_bibliography">Doopsgezinde Bijdragen</em> (1916): 169-185

Vos, Karel. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Geschichte der Doopsgezinde Gemeente te Rotterdam.</em> Rotterdam: W. Nevens, 1907: 18, 19, 42.
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