Notes:

Barbara can be found on the 1860 census records for Wayne Co, Plain Twp, Ohio. She is livng with her children: Fanny, Anna, Barbara, Mary, and Elizabeth. The family is living between the families of David Mellinger and Christian Mellinger.

Barbara married MELLINGER Benedict on 3 Sep 1793 in First Reformed Church, Lancaster County, PA. Benedict (son of MELLINGER Melchior and UNKNOWN) was born on 25 Oct 1770; died on 11 Aug 1851 in Plain Twnshp, Wayne County, Ohio; was buried in Reedsburg Cemetery, Ohio. [Group Sheet]

1. MELLINGER Fronica was born on 6 Feb 1794 in Lancaster Co, PA; died on 3 Jul 1887 in Plain Twp, Wayne Co, OH; was buried in Reedsburg Cemetery, Ohio.
2. MELLINGER David was born on 31 Dec 1795 in Lancaster Co, PA; died on 27 Nov 1862 in Wayne Co, Ohio.
3. MELLINGER Anna was born on 12 Apr 1797 in Lancaster Co, PA; died on 5 Feb 1884 in Wayne Co, Ohio.
4. MELLINGER Barbara was born on 18 Mar 1799 in Lancaster Co, PA; died on 24 Jan 1888 in Wayne Co, Ohio.
5. MELLINGER Mary was born on 28 Sep 1800 in Lancaster Co, PA; died on 4 Dec 1890 in Wayne Co, Ohio.
6. MELLINGER Elizabeth was born on 3 Feb 1803 in Lancaster Co, PA; died on 15 Mar 1891 in Wayne Co, Ohio.
7. MELLINGER John was born in Sep 1805 in Columbiana Co, Ohio; died on 23 Oct 1872 in Wayne Co, Ohio.
8. MELLINGER Benedict was born on 20 Mar 1808 in Columbiana County, Ohio; died on 12 May 1892 in Wayne Co, Ohio.
9. MELLINGER Catharine was born on 4 Dec 1810 in Columbiana Co, Ohio; died on 16 Aug 1875.
10. MELLINGER Esther was born on 30 Jan 1814 in Lawrence Co, Ohio; died on 12 Feb 1890 in Lawrence Co, IL; was buried in Brian Cemetery, Lawrence Co, IL.
11. MELLINGER Christian was born on 7 Apr 1818 in Columbiana Co, Ohio; died on 18 Mar 1896 in Wayne Co, Ohio.

Notes:

Unknown Writer:

Christian Binkley (1737-1805). Born in Lancaster County, PA. He married Elizabeth Shulmacker and they lived in a two story stone house near Eden, Northeast of Lancaster on the Conestoga Creek. Here he built, around 1779, a grist and saw mill and in 1789 the famous Binkley's Bridge. The mill was three and a half stories high and measured thirty by sixty feet. It is said he was wealthy. he is listed in the records as having __rded horses, along with other Lancaster citizens, in compliance with the Army order of 1 August, 1780 which stated "the county was to furnish 1,200 barrels of four monthy, 5,000 bushels of forage, 50 wagons, 400 horses and 700 men."

The bridge, located where the current Route 23 crossed the river, was the first stone bridge in Lancaster County and cost about $17,000 to build. To repay the cost of construction, Christian sought to have the state grant him the priviledge of making it a toll bride. Unable to secure permission, he later transferred the bridge to the public for one thousand pounds in sold and silver coin.

Christian married SHULMAKER Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born in ABT. 1740. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

There has been lots of confusion over at least 2 Johannes Binkleys. According to Bridget Rogier who has done a lot of research on the Binkley family, our Johannes came over with Felix Landis in 1719. He is not the Johannes who was the son of Christian Binkley, born in 1695, who came to PA in 1736 and died in 1757.

"1719-The following is from the papers of D.F. Binkley of Alberta, Canada in 1951.

"The first presently known, Binkley to arrive in the "New World" is found mentioned in Rupp's Thirty Thousand Names, P. 436, where a reference is made to the arrival of Johannes Binkley and Felix Landis during 1719.

Briget Rogier points out that Johannes was a Mennonite.

From other sources of information it would appear that this Johannes came to America from the Canton Bern, Switzerland, along with a party of emigrants, which included the Landis and Herr families.The party found settlement in a locality then known as "old Hickory," nearby to the present city of Lancaster, and now being the townships of Lampeter and Manor, in Lancaster County, PA. These Binkleys spread over the township of Manheim during the course of time, and there is now a small community there called Binkley. It is not known at this time, if these Binkleys were related, or a connection, of those of the name to be dealt with hereafter, but at this time it would seem that there were no blood ties, this side of Europe at least, and it would appear that they were of the Mennonite and Dunkard faithe, although there were many Binkleys found in the records of the Lutheran Church of Lancaster City, 1780-1746."

Felix Landis, the father in law of Johannes, bought 400 acres from the London Company, and sold 200 acres to Johannes and Barbara for 100 pounds.

Will of Johannes Binckle, dated 23 March 1749. the original was written in German and has been translated:

"This is my will and testament as follows. I, Johannes Binckle, declare that my wife Barbara should have the third part of all movable goods and income of the plantation until my son Johannes turns twenty one. When the oldest son takes over the place its value shall be appraised and the third part of it given to my wife Barbara. And the eldest son as well as all the other children shall divide up the rest in equal parts among them. My wife shall have her widow property as long as she lives. Whoever takes over shall give her a room and a stove and fifteen bushels of wheat and three bushels of corn and three bushels of barley shall be given to her annually. A fat pig weighing a minimum of a hundred pounds and thiry pounds of beef as well as two barrels of cider shall be available to her every year. Furthermore a cow of her choice among all the available ones on the property shall be kept for her use as well as four sheep and she shall be entitled to use a fourth of the garden. Also a fourth of flax and

The will does not appear to have been probated because the son(John) that Johannes mentions frequently in the will died within a few months of the death of his father.


Johannes was apparently a Mennonite and pacifist and was persecuted for his beliefs.

Johannes married LANDIS Barbara in ABT. 1725 in Lancaster Co, PA. Barbara (daughter of LANDIS Felix and WITNER Rosina) was born in ABT. 1707 in Germany; died in ABT. 1749 in Lancaster County, PA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

In The Mennonites of America by C. Henry Smith, pubished 1909:

"The settlers (in PA) from 1711 to 1717 came as individuals and in small groups. But in the later year there was another wave of immigration including many of those who had been exiled from Berne in 1710 and 1711. These refugees, as we saw, were scattered throughout the Palatinate and other parts of Germany. they were never in prospersous circumstances. The country was wasted by wars. The churches were poor. They hac to gain a livelihood as best they could, often by the help of their brethren in the Netherlands. At the same time came a special invitation from King George I to settle the lands west of the Alleghanies. Consequently, in February of 1717 a number of elders met at Mannheim and decided to emigrate to Pennsylvania. The Committee on Foreign Needs which had been organized some time before at Amsterdam for the purpose of helping their needy brethren in the Palatinate, and to whom these exiles now applied for assistance, discouraged the movement due to fear that they would be pressed for more

The Mennonite settlement occupied at this time the southern half of what was then Conestoga Township. the northern part of the township was composed largely of Scotch-Irish and English. Most of Lancaster County was, as a result, mostly a Mennonite community. In the first list of tax payers taken in 1718, there was included the names of Jacob Landes, Felix Landes, and Jacob Landes Jr.

These early ships bearing the settlers arrived usually in the fall during the months of August, September, and October."

Three brothers, Felix, Jacob and John Landis were driven by persecution from Mannheim on the Rhine in Baden Wurttemberg, from whence they emigrated in 1717 to district Old Chester (now Lancaster) Co, PA, received a patent for 400 acres there in Creek near Witmer's Bridge (now East Lampeter): of Lampeter twp 1737. Mennonites. John settled in Bucks Co, PA but Felix and Jacob remained in Lancaster Co, PA.

Records in the Register's Office in Lancaster evidence the fact the Foelix Landis purchased two 400 acre tracts from the London Company under dates of February 19 and 20, 1718. He paid 75 pounds for the land. Felix sold 200 acres of the land to his son in law, Johannes Binkley, and his daughter Barbara for 100 pounds.

1929 Naturalized (Ref: Best Swiss Origins p 22.)

1723-From the book "East Lampeter Township" on page 893 is the following:

"Felix Landis was an old patentee under the London Company, having acquired four hundred acres of land by patent in 1723. He granted part of this property to John Binckle, as then written who appears to have been a relative. John Binckely died intestate in 1757, leaving three sons, Felix, Henry and Christian Binckley. At the divisiion of the property Felix Binckley took the water right and land adjoining, and in 1767 built the mill. Felix died in this county, and as there are many graves of Binckleys at Mellinger's graveyard, it is fair to suppose that he was buried there also, although no stone bearing his name can be found. After the death of Felix Binckley his immediate family moved to Dauphin County and bought a farm at the junction of the Swartara and Spring Run, where their descendants still reside. This property remained in a collateral branch of the family for some time after the movement of the family of Felix, the builder of the mill. there is a stone dwelling house upon this mill property,

1731- From the book History of Lancaster County, PA by Ellis and Evans in 1883, pgs 899-900. "Graff's Mill. Felix Landis, in 1719, received a patent from the sons of Penn, Proprietors of the province, for four hundred acres of land situated on a branch of Conestoga River, county of Chester, (note that in 1719 the land around Lancaster, PA was in Chester Co., that land did not become Lancaster Co., until 1727.) This land was on Mill Creek, farther south than the tract of Boughwalter, and separated from it by the tract of Michael Danner. In 1731 he transferred part of this tract to John Binkley, also a Palatine, who died intestate in 1760, and his son, Felix Binkley, took one hundred and thirteen acres and ninety-six perches at the settlement of the estate and in 1767 built the mill at Millport, on Mill Creek. This mill remained, as far as can be learned, in the hands of the Binkley family, but not the immediate descendants of Felix, SR., until about the year 1820, when John Binkley sold it to Jacob Ch

There are some apparent errors in the above description as John Binkley died in 1749 with a will.

Will of Felix Landis, born 1672 and died April, 1739.

In the name of God Amen: I, Felix Landis, of the Township of Lancaster, in the County of Lancaster, in the Province of Pennsylvania, yeoman, being of perfect memory and sound judgment, thanks be to God for it, but weak and frail, and being satisfied to settle my affairs before it shall please God to call me hence. I do hereby give my soul to God who gave it to me, and my body to be buried in a decent manner at the discretion of my executors hereinafter nominated and: Item, I do leave and bequeath to my beloved wife, Rosina, One full third of all my real and personal estate that I shall die possessed of, Item, I do leave and bequeath unto Abraham Miers, the sum of five shillings currance to be paid immediately after my decease by my executors hereinafter nominated in full of all demands he shall or may have against my estate, real or personal, for or on account of being married to my daughter, Fronicka, Item, I leave and bequeath all the residue and remainder of my estate to my only son, Felix, to be u

Felix's land was next to that of Jacob Landis, his brother.

Felix married WITNER Rosina in 1705 in Alsace, Germany. Rosina was born in ABT. 1675 in Germany or Switzerland; died in AFT. 1739 in Lancaster County, PA; was buried in Mellinger Cem, Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, PA. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

It is possible that Rosina is from the Witner family in Switzerland.