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LANDIS Felix

Male 1589 - Abt 1642  (52 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  LANDIS Felix was born on 1 Jun 1589 in Switzerland; died in ABT. 1642 in Switzerland.

    Notes:

    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.onscience, 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.d 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 STRELLER Margareth. Margareth was born in ABT. 1585 in Switzerland; died on 11 Jan 1628/29 in Switzerland. [Group Sheet]

    Felix married HESS Magdalene in 1629 in Switzerland. Magdalene was born in ABT. 1600 in Switzerland; died on 1 Aug 1629 in Switzerland. [Group Sheet]

    Felix married EGLI Adelheid in ABT. 1625 in Switzerland. Adelheid was born in ABT. 1590 in Fischenthal, Switzerland; died in 1646 in Zurich, Switzerland. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. LANDIS Hans  Descendancy chart to this point was born in ABT. 1640.
    2. 3. LANDIS Anna Maria  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 Jan 1632/33.
    3. 4. LANDIS Hans Heinrich  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Feb 1634/35.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  LANDIS Hans Descendancy chart to this point (1.Felix1) was born in ABT. 1640.

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

    Children:
    1. 5. LANDIS Jacob  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1667 in Zurich, Switzerland; died in 1730 in Lancaster County, PA; was buried in Mellinger's Cemetery, Lancaster Co, PA (Unmarked grave).
    2. 6. LANDIS Margaritha  Descendancy chart to this point was born in ABT. 1670.
    3. 7. LANDIS Felix  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1672 in Near Mannheim, Germany; died in 1739 in Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, PA; was buried in Mellinger Church Cemetery, Lancaster Co, PA.
    4. 8. LANDIS Johannes  Descendancy chart to this point was born in ABT. 1673 in Near Mannheim, Germany; died in ABT. 1745 in Milford Twp, Bucks Co, PA.

  2. 3.  LANDIS Anna Maria Descendancy chart to this point (1.Felix1) was born on 15 Jan 1632/33.

  3. 4.  LANDIS Hans Heinrich Descendancy chart to this point (1.Felix1) was born on 1 Feb 1634/35.


Generation: 3

  1. 5.  LANDIS Jacob Descendancy chart to this point (2.Hans2, 1.Felix1) was born in 1667 in Zurich, Switzerland; died in 1730 in Lancaster County, PA; was buried in Mellinger's Cemetery, Lancaster Co, PA (Unmarked grave).

    Notes:

    Hans (or John) Jacob Landis has sometimes been confused with Benjamin Landis who was believed to be one of the three brothers who came to Philadelphia in 1717. Benjamin was actually the son of Jacob Landis. Jacob died at lampeter Township in 1730, he left no will and there is no record of his children. He was taxed at Lancaster County as Jacob Landis or sometimes John Jacob Landis. He warranted land in Lampeter Township in 1718 which was later patented by Benjamin Landis (his son.) Jacob lived near his brother Felix in Lampeter.

    Jacob married WITMER Anna in ABT. 1693 in Germany. Anna was born in Nov 1671 in Pfalz, Germany; died in 1725 in Lancaster County, PA. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 9. LANDIS Jacob  Descendancy chart to this point was born in ABT. 1694 in Germany; died in in PA.
    2. 10. LANDIS Hans  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1696 in Germany; died in 1756 in Cocalico Township, Lancaster Co, PA.
    3. 11. LANDIS Benjamin  Descendancy chart to this point was born in ABT. 1699 in Steinsfurt, Germany; died in 1781 in Lancaster County, PA; was buried in Mellinger Cem, Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, PA.
    4. 12. LANDIS Henry  Descendancy chart to this point was born in ABT. 1702 in Germany; died in 1760 in Mannheim, Germany.
    5. 13. LANDIS Barbara  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1706 in Germany.
    6. 14. LANDIS Anna  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1708 in Germany.

  2. 6.  LANDIS Margaritha Descendancy chart to this point (2.Hans2, 1.Felix1) was born in ABT. 1670.

  3. 7.  LANDIS Felix Descendancy chart to this point (2.Hans2, 1.Felix1) was born in 1672 in Near Mannheim, Germany; died in 1739 in Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, PA; was buried in Mellinger Church Cemetery, Lancaster Co, PA.

    Notes:

    In The Mennonites of America by C. Henry Smith, pubished 1909:iled 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 s 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.erg, 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.r the land. Felix sold 200 acres of the land to his son in law, Johannes Binkley, and his daughter Barbara for 100 pounds.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 15. LANDIS Fronica  Descendancy chart to this point was born in ABT. 1706.
    2. 16. LANDIS Barbara  Descendancy chart to this point was born in ABT. 1707 in Germany; died in ABT. 1749 in Lancaster County, PA.
    3. 17. LANDIS Felix  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1708 in Alsace, Germany; died on 25 Jan 1770 in Lancaster County, PA.
    4. 18. LANDIS Anna  Descendancy chart to this point was born in ABT. 1710.

  4. 8.  LANDIS Johannes Descendancy chart to this point (2.Hans2, 1.Felix1) was born in ABT. 1673 in Near Mannheim, Germany; died in ABT. 1745 in Milford Twp, Bucks Co, PA.

    Notes:

    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.

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

    Children:
    1. 19. LANDIS Veronica  Descendancy chart to this point was born in ABT. 1716; died in 1784.
    2. 20. LANDIS Barbara M.  Descendancy chart to this point was born in ABT. 1718.
    3. 21. LANDIS John  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Nov 1720 in Bucks Co, PA; died on 9 Dec 1796 in Douglas Twp, Montgomery Co, PA.
    4. 22. LANDIS Jacob  Descendancy chart to this point was born in ABT. 1722 in Montgomery Co, PA.
    5. 23. LANDIS Samuel  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Jan 1723/24; died in 1771 in Lower Milford Twp, Bucks Co, PA; was buried in East Swamp Mennonite Church, Quakertown, Bucks Co, PA.
    6. 24. LANDIS Martin  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Jan 1728/29.
    7. 25. LANDIS Elizabeth  Descendancy chart to this point was born in ABT. 1732.
    8. 26. LANDIS Frances  Descendancy chart to this point was born in ABT. 1733.
    9. 27. LANDIS Eva  Descendancy chart to this point was born in ABT. 1736.
    10. 28. LANDIS GEORGE  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1750 in Richland Twp, Bucks Co, PA; died on 5 Feb 1801 in Colebrookdale Twp, Berks Co, PA.


Generation: 4

  1. 9.  LANDIS Jacob Descendancy chart to this point (5.Jacob3, 2.Hans2, 1.Felix1) was born in ABT. 1694 in Germany; died in in PA.

  2. 10.  LANDIS Hans Descendancy chart to this point (5.Jacob3, 2.Hans2, 1.Felix1) was born in 1696 in Germany; died in 1756 in Cocalico Township, Lancaster Co, PA.

    Hans married MARGARET. [Group Sheet]


  3. 11.  LANDIS Benjamin Descendancy chart to this point (5.Jacob3, 2.Hans2, 1.Felix1) was born in ABT. 1699 in Steinsfurt, Germany; died in 1781 in Lancaster County, PA; was buried in Mellinger Cem, Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, PA.

    Notes:

    Was a Mennonite Minister and his home was a refuge for many of the Swiss emigrants coming to the New World.

    Benjamin married WEBER Maria. [Group Sheet]


  4. 12.  LANDIS Henry Descendancy chart to this point (5.Jacob3, 2.Hans2, 1.Felix1) was born in ABT. 1702 in Germany; died in 1760 in Mannheim, Germany.

  5. 13.  LANDIS Barbara Descendancy chart to this point (5.Jacob3, 2.Hans2, 1.Felix1) was born in 1706 in Germany.

    Barbara married BUCKWALTER. [Group Sheet]


  6. 14.  LANDIS Anna Descendancy chart to this point (5.Jacob3, 2.Hans2, 1.Felix1) was born in 1708 in Germany.

    Anna married TINKEY Henry. [Group Sheet]

    Anna married MOSER Christian. Christian was born in 1705; died in 1741. [Group Sheet]


  7. 15.  LANDIS Fronica Descendancy chart to this point (7.Felix3, 2.Hans2, 1.Felix1) was born in ABT. 1706.

    Fronica married MIERS Abraham. [Group Sheet]


  8. 16.  LANDIS Barbara Descendancy chart to this point (7.Felix3, 2.Hans2, 1.Felix1) was born in ABT. 1707 in Germany; died in ABT. 1749 in Lancaster County, PA.

    Barbara married BINKLEY Johannes in ABT. 1725 in Lancaster Co, PA. Johannes was born in ABT. 1695 in Guggisberg, Bern, Switzerland; died on 4 May 1749 in Lancaster Co, PA. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 29. BINKLEY John  Descendancy chart to this point was born in ABT. 1729 in Lancaster County, PA; died in BET. 4 May - 31 Dec 1749 in Lancaster County, PA.
    2. 30. BINKLEY Felix  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Feb 1730/31 in PA.
    3. 31. BINKLEY Christian  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1737 in Lancaster County, PA; died on 10 May 1805 in Lancaster Co, PA; was buried in Landis Valley Cemetery , Lancaster Co, PA.
    4. 32. BINKLEY Anna  Descendancy chart to this point was born in ABT. 1741 in PA.
    5. 33. BINKLEY Henry  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1745 in PA; died on 15 Nov 1776 in Lampeter Township, Lancaster Co, PA; was buried in Binkley Cem, Manor Twp, Lancaster Co, PA.

  9. 17.  LANDIS Felix Descendancy chart to this point (7.Felix3, 2.Hans2, 1.Felix1) was born in 1708 in Alsace, Germany; died on 25 Jan 1770 in Lancaster County, PA.

    Felix married LOBAN Catharine in 1727 in PA. Catharine was born in 1708. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 34. LANDIS Ann  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Oct 1730 in Lancaster County, PA; died on 4 May 1798 in Lebanon Co, PA.
    2. 35. LANDIS Catharine  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 May 1732.
    3. 36. LANDIS Elizabeth  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Jun 1734.
    4. 37. LANDIS Henry  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Mar 1735/36 in Lebanon, Lancaster Co, Pa; died on 30 Apr 1785.
    5. 38. LANDIS Barbara  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Mar 1737/38 in Lancaster Co, PA; died on 16 Apr 1812.
    6. 39. LANDIS Peter  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Apr 1741.
    7. 40. LANDIS Felix  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Nov 1746.

    Felix married ELKINS Mary in 1750 in Derry, Lancaster Co, PA. Mary was born in 1708 in Alsace, Germany. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 41. LANDIS Jacob  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Sep 1752 in Lancaster County, PA.
    2. 42. LANDIS John C  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Jan 1753.
    3. 43. LANDIS Christopher  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Apr 1757 in PA.

  10. 18.  LANDIS Anna Descendancy chart to this point (7.Felix3, 2.Hans2, 1.Felix1) was born in ABT. 1710.

    Anna married DOHNER Jacob. [Group Sheet]


  11. 19.  LANDIS Veronica Descendancy chart to this point (8.Johannes3, 2.Hans2, 1.Felix1) was born in ABT. 1716; died in 1784.

    Veronica married BAUER Michael. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 44. BAUER Samuel  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Aug 1746; died on 18 Nov 1822.
    2. 45. BAUER Fronica  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Apr 1756; died on 13 Sep 1840.
    3. 46. BAUER Anna  Descendancy chart to this point

  12. 20.  LANDIS Barbara M. Descendancy chart to this point (8.Johannes3, 2.Hans2, 1.Felix1) was born in ABT. 1718.

  13. 21.  LANDIS John Descendancy chart to this point (8.Johannes3, 2.Hans2, 1.Felix1) was born on 11 Nov 1720 in Bucks Co, PA; died on 9 Dec 1796 in Douglas Twp, Montgomery Co, PA.

    Notes:

    Born in Bucks Co., removed to Montgomery Co.

    John married BECHTEL Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born in ABT. 1720; died in BEF. 1784. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 47. LANDIS Jacob  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Feb 1747/48 in Montgomery Co, PA.
    2. 48. LANDIS Barbara  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Apr 1750.
    3. 49. LANDIS John  Descendancy chart to this point

  14. 22.  LANDIS Jacob Descendancy chart to this point (8.Johannes3, 2.Hans2, 1.Felix1) was born in ABT. 1722 in Montgomery Co, PA.

  15. 23.  LANDIS Samuel Descendancy chart to this point (8.Johannes3, 2.Hans2, 1.Felix1) was born in Jan 1723/24; died in 1771 in Lower Milford Twp, Bucks Co, PA; was buried in East Swamp Mennonite Church, Quakertown, Bucks Co, PA.

    Samuel married JUNG Margaret. Margaret was born in ABT. 1725. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 50. LANDIS John  Descendancy chart to this point was born in ABT. 1748.
    2. 51. LANDIS Jacob  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Jan 1756.
    3. 52. LANDIS Anna  Descendancy chart to this point was born in ABT. 1758.
    4. 53. LANDIS George  Descendancy chart to this point was born in ABT. 1760.
    5. 54. LANDIS Samuel  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 May 1760.
    6. 55. LANDIS Anna Barbara  Descendancy chart to this point was born in ABT. 1762.
    7. 56. LANDIS Abraham  Descendancy chart to this point was born in ABT. 1764 in Northampton Co, PA.
    8. 57. LANDIS Eve  Descendancy chart to this point was born in ABT. 1765.

  16. 24.  LANDIS Martin Descendancy chart to this point (8.Johannes3, 2.Hans2, 1.Felix1) was born on 18 Jan 1728/29.

  17. 25.  LANDIS Elizabeth Descendancy chart to this point (8.Johannes3, 2.Hans2, 1.Felix1) was born in ABT. 1732.

  18. 26.  LANDIS Frances Descendancy chart to this point (8.Johannes3, 2.Hans2, 1.Felix1) was born in ABT. 1733.

  19. 27.  LANDIS Eva Descendancy chart to this point (8.Johannes3, 2.Hans2, 1.Felix1) was born in ABT. 1736.

  20. 28.  LANDIS GEORGE Descendancy chart to this point (8.Johannes3, 2.Hans2, 1.Felix1) was born about 1750 in Richland Twp, Bucks Co, PA; died on 5 Feb 1801 in Colebrookdale Twp, Berks Co, PA.

    Notes:

    1762 - Bought property from Catherine Wilson which encompassed t he "Landis Farm" and stretched from N. Reading Ave. back to th e hills.

    GEORGE married LATCHAR Marie. Marie 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]

    Children:
    1. 58. LANDIS SAMUEL  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Dec 1785 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; died on 21 Dec 1839 in Lawrence Co, IL; was buried in Brian Cemetery, Lawrence Co, IL.


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