Mehoude (originally Meaude), a former Dutch Mennonite family, stemming from French Flanders and because of persecutions emigrating to Dutch Zeeland-Flanders, where its members belonged to the Mennonite congregations of Cadzand and Aardenburg, later also of Vlissingen. In the early 18th century this family joined the Reformed Church.

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 561. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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