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1762 - Bought property from Catherine Wilson which encompassed t he "Landis Farm" and stretched from N. Reading Ave. back to th e hills.
1768 - First taxed in Colebrookdale Twp. on 92 acres.
1801, Feb. 5 - Will recorded in Berks Co. Court House, Reading , Pa. Will Book 4, p. 10. See text in source on file.

George married LATCHAR Marie. Marie (daughter of LATSCHAR Franz) was born in Nov 1741; died on 7 Jul 1787 in Washington, Berks Co, PA; was buried in Hereford Mennonite Cemetery, Berks Co, PA. [Group Sheet]

1. LANDIS Samuel was born on 21 Dec 1785 in Reading, Berks Co, PA; died on 21 Dec 1839 in Lawrence Co, IL; was buried in Brian Cemetery, Lawrence Co, IL.

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Three brothers, Felix, Jacob and John, immigrated from Mannheim to PA in 1717. Felix and Jacob stayed in Lancaster Co, PA, but John moved to Bucks Co.

1730 - Signed a petition to form the township of Richland from M ilford Township.
1730 - Signed a petition for a road in Richland, Penn. (Bucks C o. website)
1734 - Petitioned for naturalization in Bucks County
1743, Dec 21 - Bought 125 acres in Richland Twp. from Wm. Alle n next to Jacob Musselman.*
1747, Sept. 26 - Wrote will Probated May 1, 1751 (Phila. Co., W ill Book 1:397, File #255).

*"Allen acquired his land holdings in many different ways. Afte r his return from England in 1725, young Allen purchased ten-tho usand acres of land from William Penn, the son of the founder o f Pennsylvania, for £741.15. [40] These lands, located above t he forks of the Delaware at Easton, had not as yet been purchas ed from the Indians. [41] James Logan, the proprietary secreta ry, objected to the sale. He believed that once the Indians fou nd out that Allen had claimed the area, they would raise the pur chase price. Penn had wasted the colony's money in order to rew ard Allen with prime real estate without any competition from ot her colonists, since the colony did not even own the land yet. Allen profited quickly from the sale, surveying the land, the n dividing and selling it in small lots. [42] "William Allen an d the Search for Economic Security in Eighteenth Century Pennsyl vania" by Augustine Nigro. http://earlyamerica.com/review/2001

Johannes married MUSSELMAN Ann. Ann (daughter of MUSSELMAN Jacob) was born in ABT. 1695; died in AFT. 1748 in Earl Twp, Bucks Co, PA. [Group Sheet]

Hans married SONRETER Maria in ABT. 1665 in Switzerland. Maria was born in ABT. 1635 in Switzerland. [Group Sheet]

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Imprisoned at Othenbach, he was not given anything to eat for many days, so that even some criminals that were confined near him in another place, took pity on him and managed to get some food to him...But when the doorkeeper perceived this, he was put into another prison. Finally, however, they gave him some food: but he was so impaired in his body that he could not bear food any more. Yet in his greatest distress he was carried to church, during the sermon, where he, O dreadful inhumanity! was thrown under a bench; but he soon after gave up the ghost, which he had commended into the hands of God.

His wife Adelheid Egli, who was also imprisoned in Othenbach, was kept there almost four years...she afterwards, with a good conscience, escaped from her bonds. But in the meantime the authorities had broken up their family, put out the children among strangers, and then sold house and furniture.

Felix was an Anabaptist minister at Horgenberg, Switzerland.

Felix had been married 3 times, first to Margareth Streler, then to Magdalene Hess, then to Adelheid Egli. It is assumed that his first 2 wives predeceased him.

Felix married EGLI Adelheid in ABT. 1625 in Switzerland. Adelheid (daughter of EGLI Uli and BANWART Anna) was born in ABT. 1590 in Fischenthal, Switzerland; died in 1646 in Zurich, Switzerland. [Group Sheet]

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Adelheid was also imprisoned in Orthenbach, for nearly four years. During this period they treated her not only unmercifully, but disgracefully: they threw her into several offensive places, stripped her twice in irons, and for a time took her clothes from her every night. She afterwards escaped from prison with a good consicinece.Meantime, authorities dispersed her family, drove the children among strangers, and then confiscated her house and furniture, and sold them for 5000 florins. From Martyr's Mirror.