Hans Landis, last Anabaptist executed in Ct. Zurich, 1614.
Jacob Landus [1667-1730], emigrated with his brothers Benjamin, Felix, and Johannes, 1717 to Pennsylvania from Mannheim; brothers [ME III: 280-282; MC 202-203]
Jacob’s son Benjamin [1700-1781], minister in Lancaster County; progenitor of Lancaster County Landis line [ME III:281].
In 1717, three brothers, Rev. Benjamin, Felix, and John Landis, all Swiss Mennonites, came to American from the vicinity of Manheim on the Rhine, where they had been driven from Zurich, Switzerland, and purchased land from Penn and the Conestogoe Indians. p. 140–Oberholtzer Genealogy
Jacob Landis
Birth: 1667, Switzerland
Death: 1730 (aged 62-63), East Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Burial: Mellinger Mennonite Cemetery, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Jacob was a descendant of the 1614 Martyr, Hans Landis of Canton, Zurich, Hirzel, Switzerland. At the time of his birth this part of Steinsfurt, Germany was actually part of Switzerland. The Mennonite Jacob Landis married Anna Witmer about 1688 in Zurich, Switzerland. Jacob knew her family growing up as he lived on a farm in the neighborhood. Jacob’s family immigrated during 1717 and then in 1722 they bought farm land in Lancaster Co., PA and relocated one last time. The rest of Anna & Jacob’s lives were spent on their farm of 200 acres on both sides of what is now know as “The Old Road”. Their son Benjamin was the first Mennonite preacher in the area and where they lived became the center of the Mellinger church activities.
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Anna Witmer Landis
Birth: November 1671, Switzerland
Death: 1725 (aged 53-54), Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Burial: Mellinger Mennonite Cemetery, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Anna was the first born child of Ulrich Witmer (b.1633, d.1685) and Barbara Ebbe (b.1643, d.?). Her parents were an Anti-Baptist family. At the time of her birth this part of Steinsfurt, Germany was actually part of Switzerland. Some records suggest her ancestors used Widmer as their surname. Anna married the Mennonite Jacob Landis about 1688 in Zurich, Switzerland. Jacob knew her family growing up as he lived on a farm in the neighborhood. Jacob’s family immigrated during 1717 and then in 1722 they bought farm land in Lancaster Co., PA and relocated one last time. The rest of Anna & Jacob’s lives were spent on their farm of 200 acres on both sides of what is now know as “The Old Road.” Their son Benjamin was the first Mennonite preacher in the area and where they lived became the center of the Mellinger church activities.
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