Verschuren (Verschueren, Verschuer, van der Schuere), a former Dutch Mennonite family of Flemish descent, found in Rotterdam, where Joost Verschueren was a deacon of the Old Flemish con­gregation ca. 1631-1636, and particularly at Haarlem (Peuzelaarsteeg church), where they are found from ca. 1580 until the 18th century, some of them serving as deacons. Dionys van der Schuere was a Waterlander preacher at Haarlem and Amsterdam.

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 817. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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