Eveleens, a Dutch Mennonite family, found at Aalsmeer, North Holland, since about 1600, whose numerous members through more than three centuries belonged to the Mennonite church, and of whom a large number are still found among the Mennonites of the Aalsmeer congregation, where the name is very common. Dirk Eveleens was a preacher and elder of the Oude vermaning (Old Frisian congregation) on the Uiterweg, until this congregation merged in 1866 with the Zijdweg congregation.

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 274. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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