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Jakob Kliewer (1743-1827) was the Elder of the [[Frisian Mennonites|Frisian Mennonite]] Church of [[Danzig (Poland)|Danzig]] from 1798 and was born 7 January 1743. He continued in this capacity as co-Elder with [[Tiessen, Peter (d. 1825)|Peter Tiessen, Sr.]] when the [[Flemish Mennonites|Flemish]] and Frisian congregations united in 1808. He died 5 October 1827. After his death and the death of [[Tiessen, Peter (ca. 1764-1826)|Peter Tiessen, Jr.]], [[Smissen, Jacob II van der (1785-1846)|Jacob van der Smissen]] became elder and the change from the lay ministry to the theologically trained ministry was completed.
= Bibliography =
Mannhardt, Herman Gottlieb. <em>Die Danziger Mennonitengemeinde: ihre Entstehung und ihre Geschichte von 1569-1919 : Denkschrift zur Erinnerung an das 350 jährigie Bestehen der Gemeinde und an die Jahrhundertfeier unseres Kirchenbaus am 14. September 1919</em>. Danzig: Danziger Mennonitengemeinde, 1919: 141, 157.
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