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Peter Jantz was born at [[Jeziorka (Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)|Jeziorka]], [[Schwetzer Niederung (Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)|Schwetz]] (at that time German; now Polish), 3 June 1744, and died 2 September 1810. His parents were among the original settlers of Franzthal, Neumark, near Driesen. In 1765 he married Ancke Wedel. Jantz served the [[Przechovka (Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)|Przechovka Flemish Mennonite Church]] and the [[Brenkenhoffswalde and Franztal (Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland)|Brenkenhoffswalde Mennonite Church]] 48 years as minister and the latter as elder for a period of 34 years. He was instrumental in obtaining the land and the money to build the church in 1778, having appealed to the Mennonites in Holland for aid.

See [[Alexanderwohl (Molotschna Mennonite Settlement, Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine)|Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church ]]
= Bibliography =
Hoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de. <em>Inventaris der Archiefstukken berustende bij de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam</em>, 2 vols. Amsterdam: Uitgegeven en ten geschenke aangeboden door den Kerkeraad dier Gemeente, 1883-1884: II, 2, No. 853.
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