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Hiestand is a Mennonite family which has been represented chiefly in the Franconia and Ontario conferences of the [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church (MC)]]. The progenitor of the North American Hiestands was one Abraham Hiestand, a member of the Reformed Church in [[Switzerland|Switzerland]], who was born about 1703 and as a young man immigrated to [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]]. In eastern Pennsylvania he and his wife united with the Mennonite Church. A deacon in the [[Lancaster Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Lancaster Conference]] (MC) bore the name Hiestand, as did Preacher Jacob Histand (1791-1877) of the [[Franconia Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church USA)|Franconia Conference]] (MC), and his well-known grandson, Bishop A.O. Histand (1869-1943) of [[Doylestown (Pennsylvania, USA)|Doylestown]], [[Pennsylvania (USA)|Pennsylvania]]. Paul W. Histand, a nephew of the latter, was pastor of the [[Trevose Mennonite Church (Trevose, Pennsylvania, USA)|Trevose Heights Mission]].
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