Fries, Abraham Jacobs (17th/18th century)

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Abraham Jacobs Fries (years of birth and death unknown), a son of Jacob Fries (de Vries) and Maria van Heyningen, was a member of the Lamist Mennonite congregation of Amsterdam and belonged to a family of which many members served the Amsterdam church as deacons. Fries was four times a deacon (1677-1682, 1687-1692, 1697-1702, 1707-1712). He is of special interest as a member of the Dutch Committee of Foreign Needs, serving from 1680 to 1714 as its secretary. He wrote and received a number of letters which are found in the [[Amsterdam Mennonite Library (Bibliotheek en Archief van de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente te Amsterdam)|Amsterdam Mennonite archives]] and which not only bear witness of his activity, but are of great importance to the history of Mennonites in the Palatinate, Switzerland, Poland, and Prussia.


Author(s) Nanne van der Zijpp
Date Published 1956

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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Fries, Abraham Jacobs (17th/18th century)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 21 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Fries,_Abraham_Jacobs_(17th/18th_century)&oldid=107699.

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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1956). Fries, Abraham Jacobs (17th/18th century). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Fries,_Abraham_Jacobs_(17th/18th_century)&oldid=107699.



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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 402. All rights reserved.


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