Research of Larry M. Landis

Third Generation 4. John William LANDIS/LANDES was born about 1856 in Maryland USA. He appeared in the census on 17 Aug 1870 in Chicago, Ward 16, Cook County, Illinois USA.1 Name: William Landis Estimated Birth Year: abt 1856 Age in 1870: 14 Birthplace: Maryland Home in 1870: Chicago Ward 16, Cook, Illinois Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Chicago Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Chicago Ward 16, Cook, Illinois; Roll M593_209; Page: 174; Image: 349. He died on 21 Feb 1921 at the age of 65 in Chicago, Cook County, IL. John was buried after 21 Feb 1921 in Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois. ROSEHILL CEMETERY LANDIS PLOT (CHICAGO) Additional details are elsewhere in this wesite Fourth Generation 8. Dr. Edmund W. (Klein) LANDIS/LANDES Sr. was born on 19 Dec 1816 in Pennsylvania. He died on 7 May 1881 at the age of 64. Additional details are elsewhere in this wesite Tom McFarland writes: Oral and written accounts by Nell Landis and Adele M. Landis, written down by Tom McFarland about 1964. Nell was a daughter of Roland Landis, granddaughter of Edmund Landis (Sr.) and Hannah Potter Robinson. Nell and Adele kept in touch. Hannah P. ROBINSON and Dr. Edmund W. (Klein) LANDIS/LANDES Sr. appeared in the census on 7 Sep 1850 in Baltimore, Ward 3, Baltimore County, Maryland.2 Name: Edmd Landis Age: 33 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1817 Birth Place: Pennsylvania Gender: Male Home in 1850(City,County,State): Baltimore Ward 3, Baltimore, Maryland Family Number: 1417 Page 4 Name: Hannah Landis Age: 29 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821 Birth Place: Rhode Island Gender: Female Home in 1850(City,County,State): Baltimore Ward 3, Baltimore, Maryland Family Number: 1417 Household Members: Name Age Edmd Landis 33 Hannah Landis 29 Edmd R Landis 4 Chas Landis 2 Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Baltimore Ward 3, Baltimore, Maryland; Roll M432_282; Page: 383; Image: 195. They appeared in the census on 17 Aug 1870 in Chicago, Ward 16, Cook County, Illinois USA.3 Name: Edmund Landis Estimated Birth Year: abt 1817 Age in 1870: 53 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home in 1870: Chicago Ward 16, Cook, Illinois Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Chicago Name: Hannah P Landis Estimated Birth Year: abt 1820 Age in 1870: 50 Birthplace: Rhode Island Home in 1870: Chicago Ward 16, Cook, Illinois Race: White Gender: Female Post Office: Chicago Household Members: Name Age Edmund Landis 53 Hannah P Landis 50 Edmund M Landis 23 Roland K Landis 19 William Landis 14 Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Chicago Ward 16, Cook, Illinois; Roll M593_209; Page: 174; Image: 349. They were married. 9. Hannah P. ROBINSON was born on 16 Jun 1820 in Rhode Island. She died in Chicago, Cook County, IL. Additional details on Hannah P. Robinson 10. Major Albert Monfort COX was born on 28 Jul 1822 in New York City, New York, USA. He died on 28 Apr 1904 at the age of 81 in Sandwich, DeKalb County, Illinois USA. Additional details on Albert Montfort Cox 11. Emeline DAVIDS was born on 2 Apr 1825 in Fishkill, New York. She died on 3 May 1903 at the age of 78 in Sandwich, DeKalb County, Illinois USA. Additional details on Emeline Davids Fifth Generation 16. John S. (Shelly) LANDIS/LANDES4 was born on 16 Aug 1776 in Douglas Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania USA. Additional details on John S. Landis More on John S. Landis Information about Landis family members comes in part from research by David Schmucker, historian and genealogist for the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, 2215 Millstream Rd., Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17602-1499; research done March 2002 and primarily taken from a contribution by Mr. Alburtus Rankin, of Mount airy, Philadelphia, printed in the proceedings of the SEVENTEENTH REUNION of the LANDES - LANDIS - LANTIS FAMILY, dated Saturday September 3, 1932, Perkasie Park, Perkasie, PA. Name: John Landis Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Place of birth: Pennsylvania Estimated Birth Year: abt 1777

Page 7 Age: 73 Month of Death: Apr Census Year: 1850 Census Location: (City, County, State) Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania Page: 277 Line: 1 Roll: M1838_3 Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. ------------------------------- Surname: John Landis Year: 1850 County: Lancaster CO. State: PA Age: 73 Gender: M (Male) Month of Death: Apr State of Birth: PA ID#: MRT43_3110 Occupation: NONE LISTED Source Information: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999. Original data: Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes. John lived in Lancaster County, PA. John Landis, grandfather of Judge Landis, settled in Lancaster as early as 1798. He removed from Lancaster to Middletown for a time, but returned about 1810 or 1812, and after living in the city for considerable time, removed to Warwick township (near Rothsville), where he became a surveyor and justice of the peace. Again returning to Lancaster City, he became alderman of the North East ward. He entered into rest in 1843. Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, p. 183. Mary Magdalena KLEIN and John S. (Shelly) LANDIS/LANDES were married on 19 Jun 1803. 17. Mary Magdalena KLEIN was born on 7 Aug 1779. She appeared in the census on 8 Aug 1850 in South East Ward, Lancaster City, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA.5 Name: Mary Landis Age: 70 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1780 Birth Place: Pennsylvania Gender: Female Home in 1850(City,County,State): Lancaster South East Ward, Lancaster, Pennsylvania Household Members: Name Age Maris Jeffries 18 (Student) Ann Landis 28 Eliza Landis 30 Jesse Landis 26 (Lawyer) Mary Landis 70 Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Lancaster South East Ward, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_788; Page: 337; Image: 675. She died on 28 Aug 1858 at the age of 79. clearly there is a mistake here -- there are not two families -- the issue is which John did Mary marry? LML

Page 8 Sixth Generation 32. Jacob (Bechtel) LANDIS/LANDES6–7 was born on 4 Feb 1748 in Douglas, Montgomery, PA. He died on 20 Aug 1805 at the age of 57 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA. (father) Jacob Landis, born 4 February 1748 in Richland or Milford township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Married an Elizabeth Shelly. For 20 years after he married his second wife, Jacob lived near his birthplace in Montgomery County. Early in 1805, Jacob apparently made up his mind to leave his old home, and seek a new field for his labors. A quaint story comes down to us of his going far up into central Pennsylvania into what was then Lycoming County, now Clinton, to the "Pine Creek Country" and taking with him "three or four shot bags full of gold and silver," of his fears of losing his treasure and giving it into the hands of a man called White, who guarded it night and day until the purchase of a new home was completed. Jacob did not long enjoy his new home and very soon was stricken with a "fever" (probably malaria) and died on 20 August 1805, a comparatively young man. This immigration of Jacob Landis into Lycoming County has caused the compilers of the Strassburger genealogy to fall into error, owing to confusion in identifying the right Jacob. The Strassburger book supposes Jacob the son of John, the emmigrant, to have died in Lycoming County, whereas this Jacob who was one of the executors of his father's will, lived and died in Bucks County, where he was born. Descendents of Jacob (of Lycoming) and his second wife still reside in Clinton and Tioga Counties. Elizabeth Shelly, daughter of Michael Shelly and Barbara Yoder. This person is apparently described on Pg 7 of the 1938 Landis Reunion Report. Barbara S., born 1774, names of parents not listed; no other data John S., eldest son of Jacob, was also the eldest son of the eldest son of the eldest son. Born 16 August 1776 in Douglas township, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania. He came to Lancaster in 1797 from his father's place in Montgomery county and engaged in business in the town where he remained for many years continuously, except for a short residence in Middletown, Dauphpin County in the year 1806. Returning to Lancaster he engaged in the merchandising business, in which he remained most of his life. He entered into the activities of the town, serving as alderman and in other civic capacities. John S. Landis was the administrator of his father's estate, along with Andrew Kerr (Carr), and on 3 September 1811 John was awarded his father's 323 Acres in Dunstable Township (Lycoming County). He was a member of the fraternal order of Masons and was Master of the famous Lodge No. 43. He was married on 19 June 1803, to Mary Klein, and died on 28 April 1850, and is buried in the Lancaster cemetery. Ann, born 7 October 1778. No other data Joseph, born 30 June 1784 (alternately 5 June 1784), went with his brother John to Lancaster in 1797, passed the greater part of his life in and about Mannheim, in Lancaster County, where he was much respected. Much time was spent as a Mennonite minister. Married to Catherine Share (Catherine born 1786), and this couple bore 5 children : Hiram (born 6 Dec 1818, died in infancy), John Joseph (born 13 Feb 1820, died at age 3). Josiah (born 16 Oct 1822), Elijah (born 12 Nov 1825, lived in Dayton, Ohio, his son Wilbur linked to Wright brothers, Hiram John (born 7 Nov 1828, possibly living in Mossilon, Ohio, in 1933), and Joseph S. (born 6 Dec 1832) Hammon (possibly X. Hamman), spelling of her name is doubtful. No other data Benjamin, born 1 (alt 7) October 1788. Married on 26 Sept 1816 to Mary Hammond (Hammon) of Fayette County. Died 23 July 1863 Elizabeth, born 2 March 1794. Married Charles Duffy Solomon, born 31 October 1795. No other data Information on Joseph Landis in part contributed by Cathryn Jane Spiess of Ann Arbor, Michigan -------------------------------------------------------- 32. Jacob Landis, born 4 Feb 1748. He married Elizabeth Shelley, daughter of Michael & Barbara (Yoder) Shelley of Lower Milford Township. Michael Shelley of Bucks County named the three children of his sister Elizabeth Landes in his will in 1790 as Barbara, Anna and Joseph Landis. Jacob was not taxed at Douglas Township from 1769 to 1779. Richard W. Davis. Landis/Landes, p. 21

Page 9 ---------------------------------------------------------- 4. Jacob Landis, b. c 1722. He was named as the executor of his father's will in 1747 at Milford Township, Bucks County. He bought 50 acres in Upper Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania from Henry & Catherine Schneider of Warwick Township, Lancaster County on 30 Nov 1753. He was in possession of that land when he and his wife Elizabeth of Franconia Township, Montgomery County sold the 50 acres in Upper Salford Township on 4 Nov 1762 to John Franer of Upper Salford. The land was next to Jacob Landes' land in Upper Salford. On 12 Jun 1762 Jacob and his wife Elizabeth also sold three parcels of 82 acres, 16 acres and 4 acres to Jacob Landis Sr. It was land that Jacob & Elizabeth bought from Henry Schneider. On 25 Jan 1773, Jacob Landis Sr. and his wife Mary sold that same land to Yellis Landis, his son. It stated in the 1773 deed that Jacob Landis Jr. and his wife Elizabeth sold the land to Jacob Landis Sr. The land was adjoining the lands of Jacob Landis, the miller and Jacob Landis, the younger or the lesser. I believe that the Jacob Landis, the miller was the Jacob of Franconia Township who married Mary Cassell and the Jacob the lesser, or younger was the Jacob of Salford who was married first to Hunsberger, secondly to Magdalena and thirdly to Judith. He was called Jacob Landis "Jr.", of Springfield Township, Bucks County when with his wife Elizabeth he made a mortgage with Peter Miller of Philadelphia on 3 Feb 1768 for 196 acres in Bucks County next to John Landis' land. He was of Springfield Township on 14 Sep 1769 when he sold the 196 acres to Alexander McCammon. He is not found in Bucks County records nor Montgomery County records after 1769. He may have died shortly after 1769, intestate or perhaps moved from the area. He may have been the father of the three Landis boys who were Mennonites who all came from Springfield Township, Bucks County; George, Henry and Michael. Elizabeth (Yoder) SHELLY and Jacob (Bechtel) LANDIS/LANDES were married about 1774. 33. Elizabeth (Yoder) SHELLY 8 was born in 1754 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA. She died in 1784 at the age of 30. 2261. Elizabeth Shelly, b. c1753. She was married to Landis. She had children, Barbara, Anna and Joseph Landis. Davis, The Schölli/Shelley Family, MennoSearch.com, p. 2. ------------------------------------------- Three of Elizabeth's children were named in her brother Michael's will, being: Barbara, Anna, and Joseph. LML 34. Michael KLEIN was born (date unknown). Anna Maria GRUNDAKER and Michael KLEIN were married. 35. Anna Maria GRUNDAKER was born (date unknown). Seventh Generation 64. Johannes (Musselman) 1.3.4a.8.9.4.3 "John" LANDIS Jr.6–7,9–10 was born on 11 Nov 1720 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA.9 He owned yeoman on property in the county of Philadelphia next to Casper Bowman and Martin Landis on 1 Nov 1754.11 bought land next to Casper Bowman and Martin Landis from Margaret McCall of Philadelphia. (Davis) He owned along with Abraham Shelley and Jacob Musselman, land adjoining John Stoffer in 1759 in Lower Milford Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. John listed as child John and Ann Landis on 8 Apr 1762 in Patent Book AA, Vol. 3, Pp. 177 - 179. He lived and was taxed on 200 acres in Douglas Township, Montgomery County, PA in 1769.9 He lived and was taxed on 300 acres in Douglas Township, Montgomery County, PA in 1774.9 John lived and was taxed living in next to John Landis, Jr. in 1779. He died on 9 Dec 1796 at the age of 76 in Douglas Township, Montgomery County, PA.12 Reference to this family is made to the 1925 Landis Reunion Report. --------------------------------------------- 1.3.4a.8.9.4.3 John Landis, b. 11 Nov. 1720 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, d. 9 Dec 1796, Douglas Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. He married a widow, Elizabeth Bechtel Eschback, (b. 1718 in Mannheim, Germany, d. 1784 in Douglas Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania) He was taxed in Douglas Township, Montgomery County on 200 acres in 1769. In 1774 he was taxed on 300 acres in Douglas Township. In 1779 he was living next to John Landis Jr. Wenger, p. 50.

Page 10 -------------------------------------------- John Landis, born 11 November 1720 and in time moved to Douglas township (now Montgomery County) Pennsylvania. Married a young widow Eshbach, whose maiden name was Eliza Bechtel. Died 9 December 1796 Elizabeth Bechtel. No other data Ann, born 5 May 1744. No other data Jacob Landis, born 4 February 1748 in Richland or Milford township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Married an Elizabeth Shelly. For 20 years after he married his second wife, Jacob lived near his birthplace. Information about the above Landis family members comes from research by David Schmucker, historian and genealogist for the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, 2215 Millstream Rd., Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17602-1499; research done March 2002 and primarily taken from a contribution by Mr. Alburtus Rankin, of Mount airy, Philadelphia, printed in the proceedings of the SEVENTEENTH REUNION of the LANDES - LANDIS - LANTIS FAMILY, dated Saturday September 3, 1932, Perkasie Park, Perkasie, PA. --------------------------------------------- 3. John Landis, b. 11 Nov 1720. He died 9 Dec 1796, Douglas Township, Montgomery County. He married Elizabeth Bechtel (c1712-bef1784), widow of Peter Eshbacher. In Sowers Newspaper it advertizsed that Johannes Landes was living at Colebrookdale Township (now Berks County) near John Potts on 1 Jul 1752. He was a yeoman of Manor of Douglas in the county of Philadelphia on 1 Nov 1754 when he bought land next to Casper Bowman and Martin Landis from Margaret McCall of Philadelphia. He was taxed at Douglas Township in 1769 on 200 acres. He was taxed there on 300 acres in 1774. He was taxed at Douglas Township in 1779 next to John Landis Jr. Richard W. Davis. Landis/Landes, p. 21 ---------------------------------------------- 14712. [?] Peter Eshbach, b. c1715. d. before 1742. He arrived in Philadelphia on the ship "Charming Nancy" on 8 Oct 1737 with his wife Elizabeth and son Christian who were all listed on the passenger list. He was married to Elizabeth Bechtel. She married John Landis (b. 1720), son of Hans Landis in about 1742. John Landis was from Milford Township, Bucks County and later lived in Douglas Township, Montgomery County. She had six children by Landis. Davis, The Aeschbacher/Eschbach Family, MennoSearch Pp. 1 - 2. ---------------------------------- Born in Bucks Co., removed to Montgomery Co. 1752, July 1 - Sowers Newspaper advertised that Jon LANDES was living in Colebrookdale Twp. [Berks Co.] near Jon Potts 1759 - Land Warrant Register, 1695-1950 lists Abraham SHELLEY, John LANDES, and Jacob MUSSELMAN as having land adjoining John STOFFER in Lower Milford. Moved to [Douglass Twp.,] Montgomery Co., Penn. 1769 - Taxed on 200 acres in Douglass Twp. 1790 - Three John LANDISes were listed in the census of Bucks Co., Penn., as head of a family. Irwins of PA and IA Contact: Lee Irwin Elizabeth "Eliza" BECHTEL-ESCHBACK and Johannes (Musselman) 1.3.4a.8.9.4.3 "John" LANDIS Jr. were married about 1742.9,13 23. [?] Elizabeth Bechtel, b. c1712. She died before 1784. She was a widow of Peter Eschbacher when she married John Landis (1720-1796). They lived in Douglas Township, Montgomery County, Pa. Davis, R. W. The Bechtel Family, MennoSearch, p. 9 They lived near John Potts in Colebrookdale Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania USA on 1 Jul 1752. Davis citing Sowers Newspaper. 65. Elizabeth "Eliza" BECHTEL-ESCHBACK14 was born in 1718 in Manheim, Germany.9 Davis has her birth as circa 1712 She immigrated on 8 Oct 1737 to on the ship Charming Nancy with her son Christian and husband. She died in 1784 at the age of 66 in Douglas Township, Montgomery County, PA.9 Alternative name: Elizabeth Bechtold Eschbach.

Page 11 14712. [?] Peter Eshbach, b. c1715. d. before 1742. He arrived in Philadelphia on the ship "Charming Nancy" on 8 Oct 1737 with his wife Elizabeth and son Christian who were all listed on the passenger list. He was married to Elizabeth Bechtel. She married John Landis (b. 1720), son of Hans Landis in about 1742. John Landis was from Milford Township, Bucks County and later lived in Douglas Township, Montgomery County. She had six children by Landis. 66. Michael (Unknown) SHELLY15–16 was born about 1730. He died in 1758 at the age of 28. 226.Michael Shelly, b. c1731, d. 1760, Bucks County. He was probably the Mr. Shelley who was married to Barbara Yoder. Barbara was married secondly to Valentine Noldt (1727-1793) of L. Milford Township, Bucks County and had two children, Jacob and Eva. Davis, R. W. The Shelley Family, MennoSearch.com, p. 2 ----------------------------------------- Children of Michael Shelly and Barbara Yoder were Michael and Elizabeth. 1745 - A Michael SHILL listed in Upper Milford Twp. [then in Nor thampton Co., Penn.] Land Warrant Register, 1685-1950, page 22 6 #85 "Will of Michael dated 14 June 1756; Proved? 24 Oct 1758 Date: 14 6 1756 Prove Date: 24 10 1758 BookPage: L:182 Remarks: Michael Shelly. Lower Milford, Co. of Bucks, Pa. Yeoman . June 14, 1756. Oct. 24, 1758. L.182. Wife: Barbara. Child: Joh n. Brother: John. Father-in-Law: John Joeder. Exec: John Joeder , John Shelly." 1759 - Land Warrant Register, 1695-1950 lists Abraham SHELLEY, John LANDES, and Jacob MUSSELMAN as having land adjoining John ST OFFER in Lower Milford Lee Irwin. The Irwin Families of Pennsylvania and Iowa, Ancestry.com ---------------------------------------------------------- Children of Michael Shelly and Barbara Yoder were Michael and Elizabeth. 1745 - A Michael SHILL listed in Upper Milford Twp. [then in Northampton Co., Penn.] Land Warrant Register, 1685-1950, page 22 6 #85 "Will of Michael dated 14 June 1756; Proved? 24 Oct 1758 Date: 14 6 1756 Prove Date: 24 10 1758 BookPage: L:182 Remarks: Michael Shelly. Lower Milford, Co. of Bucks, Pa. Yeoman . June 14, 1756. Oct. 24, 1758. L.182. Wife: Barbara. Child: John. Brother: John. Father-in-Law: John Joeder. Exec: John Joeder , John Shelly." # 1759 - Land Warrant Register, 1695-1950 lists Abraham SHELLEY, John LANDES, and Jacob MUSSELMAN as having land adjoining John ST OFFER in Lower Milford Text: p288 Lee Irwin. The Irwin Families of Pennsylvania and Iowa, Ancestry.com Barbara (Bachman) YODER and Michael (Unknown) SHELLY were married about 1752 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA. 67. Barbara (Bachman) YODER17 was born about 1730 in Upper Saucon Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA. 12. Barbara Joder, b. c 1736, she married first Michael Shelly (d. 1758) and second in 1759, Valentine Noldt (b. 1727-1 Feb 1794). Her children were; John, Michael, Anna and Elizabeth Shelly, Maria (1761-1761), Eve (1762-1797), Jacob (1765-1834) and Maria Noldt (1767-1775). They lived at Lower Milford Township, Bucks County. Davis, R. W. The Joder/Yoder Family, MennoSearch.com, p. 7. Eighth Generation

Page 12 128. Johannes (Schneider) 1.3.4a.8.9.4 "John of Bucks County" LANDIS9,14,18–26 was born about 1692 in Mannheim, Germany.9 He immigrated in 1717 to Milford Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania USA.27 Name: Johannes Landis Year: 1717 Place: Pennsylvania Family Members: Brother Benjamin; Brother Felix; Brother Johannes Source Publication Code: 8042 Primary Immigrant: Landis, Jacob Annotation: Date and place of arrival or settlement. Periodical published by Pennsylvania Folklife Society, P.O. Box 92, Collegeville, PA, 19426. Also see no. 9968 below. Source Bibliography: SCHELBERT, LEO, and SANDRA LUEBKING. "Swiss Mennonite Family Names: An Annotated Checklist." In Pennsylvania Folklife, vol. 26:4 (Summer 1977), pp. 2-24. Page: 14 Source Citation: Place: Pennsylvania; Year: 1717; Page Number: 14. Source Information: Gale Research. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Filby, P. William, ed.. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2006. -------------------------- Name: Johannes Landis Year: 1717 Place: Pennsylvania Family Members: Brother Benjamin; Brother Felix; Brother Johannes Source Publication Code: 9968 Primary Immigrant: Landis, Jacob Annotation: Composed of 24 articles excerpted and reprinted from Pennsylvania Folklife. Especially important because of the difficulty in finding early numbers of this periodical. Source Bibliography: YODER, DON. Rhineland Emigrants: Lists of German Settlers in Colonial America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1981. 170p. Page: 134 Source Citation: Place: Pennsylvania; Year: 1717; Page Number: 134. Source Information: Gale Research. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Filby, P. William, ed.. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2006. -------------------------------------- Name: Johannes Landis Year: 1717 Place: Pennsylvania Source Publication Code: 3570.1 Primary Immigrant: Landis, Johannes Annotation: Date of arrival with port or place of settlement, a few are date and place of first mention of residence in New World. Listings of mostly Mennonite German immigrants, the majority were from Baden-Durlach in the Palatinate. Source Bibliography: JOHNSON, MRS. ARTA F., editor. "Immigrant Ancestors." In The Palatine Immigrant. Vol. 5:1 (Summer 1979), pp. 44-46; vol. 5:2 (Autumn 1979), pp. 87-91; vol. 5:3 (Winter 1980), pp. 138-143; vol. 5:4 (Spring 1980), pp. 183-187. Page: 90 Source Citation: Place: Pennsylvania; Year: 1717; Page Number: 90. Source Information:

Page 13 Gale Research. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Filby, P. William, ed.. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2006. ----------------------------------------- Name: Johannes Landis Year: 1717 Place: Pennsylvania Source Publication Code: 3570.5 Primary Immigrant: Landis, Johannes Annotation: Date of arrival with port or place of settlement, a few are date and place of first mention of residence in New World. Listings of mostly Mennonite German immigrants, the majority were from Baden-Durlach in the Palatinate. Source Bibliography: JOHNSON, MRS. ARTA F., editor. "Immigrant Ancestors." In The Palatine Immigrant. Vol. 9:1 (Summer 1983), pp. 28-33; vol. 9:2 (Autumn 1983), pp. 90-95; vol. 9:3 (Winter 1984), pp. 137-142; vol. 9:4 (Spring 1984), pp. 169-174. Page: 90 Source Citation: Place: Pennsylvania; Year: 1717; Page Number: 90. Source Information: Gale Research. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Filby, P. William, ed.. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2006. ------------------------------------------- Name: John Landis Year: 1717 Place: Lancaster, Pennsylvania Family Members: Brother Felix; Brother John Source Publication Code: 927.47 Primary Immigrant: Landis, Benj. Annotation: Date and place of naturalization, date and port of arrival, or date and place of first mention of residence in the New World. Excerpted from Lancaster County Heritage, January 1984. Many German names. Source Bibliography: BREITBARD, GAIL. "Some Names from the 1725 Pequea Tax Lists, Lancaster County, PA. (Conestoga Township)." In The Lost Palatine, no. 35 (1986), pp. 7-11. Page: 8 ------------------------------------------ Name: John Landis Year: 1717 Place: Pennsylvania Family Members: family Source Publication Code: 4514 Primary Immigrant: Landis, John Source Bibliography: LANDERS, JO, editor. "Emigrant List." In Landers' Landings, vol. 3:3 (Dec. 1983-Jan. 1984), pp.3-4. Page: 3 ------------------------------------------- Came to America with his brothers Benjamin and Felix from the vicinity of Mannheim, Germany in 1717. They were descended from a family from Zurich, Switzerland, prominent in the Mennonite faith, which has suffered cruel persecution during the 16th and 17th centuries. Emigrated to Pennsylvania. John, the youngest of the brothers, settled in Milford township in Bucks county on the Philadelphia road near what later became Shelby. jchapman1@neo.1run.com

Page 14 --------------------------------------------- came to America 1717; the stone house he built on California Rd. is still standing 2 miles north of Quakertown; his house has only one door...the only answer that they found as to why only 1 door in the Landis Homestead at Quakertown, Pa. is that per Billy Graham, In ancient times the door was a thing of great importance. Houses had only one entrance. When Christ said "I am the Door" the people understood the exclusiveness of His claim. This one door was the only legitimate entrace to the house. Anyone who tried to get in by some other means showed that he was a thief and did not have honest motives. When Jesus said, "Behold I stand at the door and knock," He demonstrated that He was not only at the legitimate place of entrance but He was endeavoring to gain admission in the legitimate way. DIANA RENNINGER DMora58471@aol.com. 10/31/2001 -------------------------------------------------- Arrived with his brothers, Benjamin and Felix, in America in about 1717 from the vicinity of Mannheim, Germany. The were originally from Switzerland, but as Mennonites, had fled to Germany to escape religious persecution, then fled again to America. In Hirzel, Switzerland is an ancient Landis homestead built in 1488. The Landis Family of Lancaster County, by D. B. Landis, 1888: ------------------------------------- Settled in Milford Twp., Bucks County, PA, on the Philadelphia Road which later became Shelby. ------------------------------------------- Name: Johannes Landis Year: 1717 Place: Pennsylvania Source Publication Code: 3570.1 Primary Immigrant: Landis, Johannes Annotation: Date of arrival with port or place of settlement, a few are date and place of first mention of residence in New World. Listings of mostly Mennonite German immigrants, the majority were from Baden-Durlach in the Palatinate. Source Bibliography: JOHNSON, MRS. ARTA F., editor. "Immigrant Ancestors." In The Palatine Immigrant. Vol. 5:1 (Summer 1979), pp. 44-46; vol. 5:2 (Autumn 1979), pp. 87-91; vol. 5:3 (Winter 1980), pp. 138-143; vol. 5:4 (Spring 1980), pp. 183-187. Page: 90 Name: Johannes Landis Year: 1717 Place: Pennsylvania Source Publication Code: 3570.5 Primary Immigrant: Landis, Johannes Annotation: Date of arrival with port or place of settlement, a few are date and place of first mention of residence in New World. Listings of mostly Mennonite German immigrants, the majority were from Baden-Durlach in the Palatinate. Source Bibliography: JOHNSON, MRS. ARTA F., editor. "Immigrant Ancestors." In The Palatine Immigrant. Vol. 9:1 (Summer 1983), pp. 28-33; vol. 9:2 (Autumn 1983), pp. 90-95; vol. 9:3 (Winter 1984), pp. 137-142; vol. 9:4 (Spring 1984), pp. 169-174. Page: 90 (Note: I am speculating that one of the above (likely the latter) is this Johannes -- and that his father, mother, and sister would have been listed on the same ship. Interestingly, it appears that one of these is the person who would become known as Ephrata (Witmer) John. LML) --------------------------------------- Name: John Landis Year: 1717

Page 15 Place: Lancaster, Pennsylvania Family Members: Brother Felix; Brother John Source Publication Code: 927.47 Primary Immigrant: Landis, Benj. Annotation: Date and place of naturalization, date and port of arrival, or date and place of first mention of residence in the New World. Excerpted from Lancaster County Heritage, January 1984. Many German names. Source Bibliography: BREITBARD, GAIL. "Some Names from the 1725 Pequea Tax Lists, Lancaster County, PA. (Conestoga Township)." In The Lost Palatine, no. 35 (1986), pp. 7-11. Page: 8 ------------------------------------------ Name: John Landis Year: 1717 Place: Pennsylvania Family Members: family Source Publication Code: 4514 Primary Immigrant: Landis, John Source Bibliography: LANDERS, JO, editor. "Emigrant List." In Landers' Landings, vol. 3:3 (Dec. 1983-Jan. 1984), pp.3-4. Page: 3 He signed a petition to create a road leading to the County line on 17 Sep 1730.28 C. C. Rogerts in Early Friends Families of Upper Bucks County, pub. 1925, p. 10 states that a petition presented to the court Sept. 17, 1730 of divers Inhabitants in and adjacent to the Township of Richlands -- for a road leading to the County line -- is signed by Johannes Landis. John of Bucks County was naturalized in 1734 in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA.28 On page 140 of C. Henry Smith's "The Mennonite Immigration to Penna." pub. by the Penna. German Society 1929 -- Col. XXXV -- John Landes (sic) appears in a petition for naturalization from Bucks County in 1734. He owned Land Dealings between 1738 and 1739 in 1738/9 in Lower Milford Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania USA.29 John Landis entered into agreements with the Proprietaries 1738 - 39, as the following entries in Survey Book D-83, Land Office, Harrisburg, Penna., show. Survey Book D-83, p. 142 Pursuant to a verbal order from the Hon, the Proprietor surveyed John Landis the above described Tract of Land on the 29th day of November, 1738 the part of Richland Mannor in the County of Bucks containing 70 1/2 A with allowance of six percent. Nicholas Scull Survey Book D-83, p. 159 Pennsylvania SS: By the Proprietaries WHEREAS upon an agreement heretofore made with John Landis of the County of Bucks for one hundred acres of land within our Manor of Richland in the said County the same was in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and thirty eight accordingly surveyed but not returned for which the said John Landis is to pay to our use at the rate or price of seven shillings Money of Pennsylvania and the yearly quit-rent of one half penny sterling for every acre of the same, and now request that we be pleased to grant him our Warrant in order for returning and establishing the said survey. Dated at Philadelphia, January 30, 1739. Survey Book D-83, p. 172 Whereas upon an agreement heretofore made with John Landis of the County of Bucks for 100A within our manor of Richland in the said County the same was in the year of our Lord 1738 accordingly surveyed but not returned for which the said John Landis is to pay to our use at the Rate or price of seven shillings money of Penna. and the yearly Quit-rent of one half penny sterling for every Acre of the same and now requests that we would be pleased to grant him our Warrant in order for returning and establishing the said survey. These are therefore to authorize and require thee to accept and receive the aforesaid Survey and make return thereof into our Secretary's office in order for Confirmation which survey in case the said John Landis shall within six months after the date hereof fulfill the above agreement by paying the Consideration Money and the interest and Quit-rent from the said Survey shall be void otherwise, the same is to be void. Given under my Hand and the seal of our Land Office at Phila. this 30th day of January Anno Dom. 1739 To Benj. Eastburn Surveyor General Tho Penn.

Page 16 Survey Book D-83, p. 202 In pursuance of a verbal order from the Honble Thomas Penn Esqr Surveyed the 29th day of December 1738 to John Landis the above described tract of land being part of the Mannor of Richland Situate in the County of Bucks. Containing 100&1/4 with Allowance of Six P Ct. Nicho Scull He owned land adjoining to Jacob Musselman, thought to be his brother-in-law on 21 Dec 1743 at northeast corner of the township on the Philadelphia Road in Lower Milford Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania USA.30 At the Recorder of Deeds office in Doylestown, Pa. Book 7, p. 94 Recorded February 20, 1743, we find the deed for 125A to John Landus (sic.), yeoman, of Bucks Co., from William and Margaret Allen of Philadelphia, Pa., for which John Landis paid 100 pounds. Release Wm Allen to John Landus Book 7 -- pp 94 - 95 Recorder of Deeds Office, Doylestown, Pa. THIS INDENTURE made the twenty first Day of December -- in the year of our Lord -- one thousand seven hundred and forty three BETWEEN William Allen of the City of Philadelphia Esq. and Margaret his wife of the one part and John Landus of the County of Bucks -- yeoman of the other part -- WITNESSETH that the said William Allen and Margaret his wife for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred pounds lawful money of Pennsylvania to them in hand paid by the said John Landus (in his actual possession now being by virtue of a bargain and sale to him made for one year by indenture bearing Date the Day next before the Day of the Date hereof and made between the same parties as these presents) and to his Heirs and assigns a CERTAIN tract of Land situate in Richland in this County - BEGINNING at a marked White oak in a line of Jacob Musselmans Land thence extending by Vacant Land North one hundred and eight perches to a marked white oak, West one hundred and seventy two perches to a marked Black oak and south one hundred and twenty perches to a marked White oak - thence east one hundred and thirty six perches to a marked Black oak in a Line of the aforesaid Musselman land thence by the same North twelve perches to a Post and East thirty six perches to the place of Beginning containing one hundred and twenty five acres. [IT IS PART of seven hundred and seventy two acres part of ten thousand acres which William Penn Esq. Chief Proprietary and Governor of this Province lately deceased did by his Last Will and Testament devise unto his grandson Springet Penn and his Heirs to be set out in some proper and beneficial Places in this Province by his Trustees which ten thousand acres he the said Springet Penn did grant unto William Penn youngest Brother of the said Springet in fee by Indenture of Release of the tenth Day of April one thousand seven hundred and twenty nine Recorded at Philadelphia aforesaid in Book F, Vol. 5, p. 562 and this William Penn the Brother did grant the same ten thousand acres unto this William Allen in fee by Indenture of Release of the sixteenth day of April one thousand seven hundred and twenty nine aforesaid. Recorded at Phila. aforesaid in Book F, Vol. 6 - page 1. And the said seven hundred and seventy two acres and an allowance of six percent persuant to a Warrant or Order of these Trustees vizt Isaac Norris, Samuel Preston and James Logan dated the fifth day of March one thousand seven hundred and twenty nine (thirty) directed to Jacob Taylor Surveyor General was surveyed and laid out in Part of the ten thousand Acres aforesaid.] Together also with all and Singular the Ways Woods Waters Water courses Rights, Libertys Privileges - Improvements, Heredita and Appurtenances whatsoever thereunto belonging and the Reversions and Remainders thereof. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD this Tract of Land Hereditaments and Premises hereby granted or mentioned so to be with the appurtenances unto the said John Landus his heirs and assigns to the only use and behoof of him this John Landus his heirs and assigns forever YEILDING AND PAYING therefore unto the said William Allen his heirs and assigns the Rent of one Pepper Corn on the first day of March in every year for ever hereafter if the same be demanded --AND this William Allen and his Heirs the said Tract of Land, Hereditaments and Premises hereby granted or mentioned so to be with the appurtenances unto the said John Landus his Heirs and assigns against him the said William Allen and his Heirs and against all and every other Person or Persons Whomsoever lawfully claiming or to claim by from or under him them or any of them shall and will warrant and forever defend by these presents AND this William Allan for himself his Heirs Executors and Adm both Covenant Promise and grant to and with this John Landus his Heirs and assigns by these Presents that he the said William Allen and his Heirs and all and every other Person and Persons whosoever, lawfully claiming or to claim any Estate Right Title or Interest of in or to the Premises or any Part or Parcel thereof by from or under him or any of them -- shall and will at any Time or Times hereafter at the Reasonable Request, cost and charges in law of the said John Landus his Heirs or Assigns make execute and acknowledge or cause to be All and every such further and other lawful reasonable Act or Acts, Deed or Deeds, Device or Devices in Law whatsoever for the further and better

Page 17 assurance and confirmation of this Tract of Land, Hereditaments and Premises hereby granted or mentioned so to be with the appurtenances unto the said John Landus his Heirs and Assigns (under the Rent aforesaid.) as by him or them or his or their Council Learned in the law shall be reasonably advised, devised or required -- IN WITNESS whereof the said parties to those Presents have interchangeably set their Hands and Seals hereto Dated the Day an Year aforesaid above written. Sealed and Delivered in the Presence of Us / Willm Allen Wm Parsons James Bingham / Margt Allen RECEIVED on the day of the Date of the above written Indenture from the above named John Landus the Sum of one hundred pounds -- being the consideration money above mentioned. William Allen Signed in Presence of Us Wm. Parsons James Bingham MEMORANDUM the eleventh day of February -- Anno Domino 1743 before me Lawrence Growdon Esq. one of the justices of the Peace for the County of Bucks -- came James Gingham Merchant and William Parsons Surveyor both of the City of Phila and upon their Solemn affirmations, respectively did declare and say they were present and did see the written named William Allen and Margaret his wife Seal and as their Deed deliver the within writing or conveyance and that the names of them this James Bingham and William Parsons thereunto subscribed as witnesses are of their own handwriting Respectively WITNESS my Hand and Seal the Day and Year aforesaid. Lawrence Growdon Seal Recorded the 20th Day of February 1743 "It is interesting to note here that in Deed Book 7 P. 92 -- Recorded February 20 1743 -- Doylestown, Pa., Jacob Musselman also bought land adjoining that of John Landis." John of Bucks County signed a will on 26 Sep 1747 in Lower Milford Township, Bucks Count, PA, USA.28,31 Will of John Landis

Lower Millford Township in Bucks County (Pennsylvania) dated the 26th day of September, 1747. I John Landus (sic.) being at present of sound understanding have made this my Last Will and Testament in manner following: First I do give my lands, namely, one hundred and twenty five acres with the improvements unto my son Samuel Landus, that is to say, for one hundred and fifty pounds of which he shall draw a share. Secondly I John Landus do hereby give unto my wife Ann Landus (besides her share) our bed and bedstead, two cows of her choosing amongst my cows and the still kettle, and one horse (Paul) of my horses, and three sheep. Further I do give unto my wife one third part of all my estate, real and personal, be it lands or cattle or any other thing. Further shall she during her widowhood, have room and privilege to live on my land in my house and of the stove room kitchen, cellar and what room she has occasion for as also to the still kettle, but if her having room in the said house and store room could not be effected in peace and unity, then a house with a warm room shall be built and added to my house, and firewood ready for use be delivered to her door. Further shall she have necessarys of life of my land yearly twenty bushels of grain to wit on half part to be wheat and the other part rye, one hundred and fifty pounds of pork and fifty pounds of beef, one third part of the kitchen garden, and one third part of the orchard fruit and thirty pounds of flax, the said above mentioned parts and things my said son Samuel Landus shall give unto his mother out of my said lands, besides her share of the said one hundred and fifty pounds and he shall also keep for her in free fodder and stabling, two cows, a horse or mare and three sheep as well provided for as his own. And concerning my young children they shall have house room along with their mother, till they can earn their own bread the above necessaries of life my said wife with my said son at one table as long as both parties like it, but if it won't suit no longer, then she shall receive the above in fact to enjoy the same at her own table during her widowhood. Further it is my will that my said son Samuel shall gradually pay for the said land namely fifteen pounds within one year next after my decease and the like sum every year until the whole is paid off all at certain appointed times without interest and therefore I do hereby give full power unto my executors to make a title unto my said son Samuel for my said land as good as I could do myself. Further touching my moveables, I leave the management thereof unto my executors and my heirs to dispose of them to the

Page 18 best advantage either by Vendue or sell them otherways, only that honesty be observed. And out of the above all my just debts shall be paid and satisfied. And all the residue of my estate (including what they have of me received already) shall be equally divided amongst my children share and share alike and such division shall be made when my youngest son shall be nineteen years old whish shall be in January in the year 1759. Furthermore I do nominate my brother in law Jacob Musselman and my son Jacob Landus to be my executors hoping they will take care of my widow and children as good as they can so that each of them may get his share. Moreover I do desire that this my last will and testament may by my wife and children be received as such an live peaceably according to the same, witness my own hand in the presence of Johannes Funck and George Ackerman. He died before 12 Apr 1748 at the age of 56 in Lower Milford Township, Bucks, PA. Wenger puts his death in 1751 in Lower Milford Township, Bucks County, PA. He had his estate inventoried (but not exhibited until 08/22/1751) on 12 Apr 1748 in Great Swamp, Lower Milford Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.32 John of Bucks County had his estate probated on 1 May 1750 in Lower Milford Township, Bucks Count, PA, USA. The Will of John Landis is dated September 26, 1747. The executors are brother-in-law Jacob Musselman and son Jacob Landis. The will (written in German) was translated February 13, 1749/50 by Christian Lehman. Ref. Will Book i, p.397 -- in Philadelphia, PA. Probate date May 1, 1750. Ref. original papers No. 255, Register of Wills, Philadelphia, PA. ----------------------------------- The question is often raised, why is the John Landis will filed in Philadelphia and not in Bucks County? Mr. Henry S. Landes (sic.) gives this answer in a letter to me dated March 23, 1949. "The reason that so many wills from Upper Bucks County are recorded in Philadelphia, is explained as follows: Prior to 1784 all of the present Montgomery County was part of Philadelphia County, and for the convenience of residents of the upper end of that county a Deputy Register of Wills was appointed with authority to probate wills and appoint administrators. At stated intervals all his acts and records were duly recorded in Philadelphia. Jacob Reiff of Lower Salford Township held that position for many years, transacting the business at his residence." 31st Reunion of the Landis-Landes Families, 1950. pp 36 - 37. He inventory of his personal estate was filed on 22 Aug 1751 in Lower Milford Township, Bucks Count, Pennsylvania USA. He Jacob Landis signs final account of Johannes Landis' estate on 24 Oct 1758. John of Bucks County Patent Book AA, Vol. 3, Pp. 177-178-179 names John's Children in order. on 8 Apr 1762 in Land Office, Department of Internal Affairs, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania USA.33 Jacob John Martin, Samuel, George, Barbara, widow of Samuel Bauer Frances, wife of Michael Bauer Elizabeth, wife of Peter Allebach; and Eve, wife of Jacob Yoder Landis-Landes Reunion Report 1952. p. 37

Johannes Landis; wife Ann MUSSELMAN? Arr. about 1717, lived Bucks Co., Pa. Children: John b. 1720 md. BECHTOLD, widow of ESCHBACH; Martin md. ZIEGLER; Veronica md. BAUER; Elisabeth md. ALLEBACH; Eva md. YODER; Samuel md. YOUNG; George md. LATCHAR; Jacob md. MOYER; Barbara md. SHELLY? BAUER?. (Source: Palatine Immigrant, Vol. VI, No. 2, Autumn, 1979, p. 90.) ------------------------------------------------- The children of John and Ann ( ) Landis, as revealed in the Land Office Bureau of the Department of Internal Affairs, Harrisburg, Pa., Patent Book AA, Vol. 3, pp. 177-178-179, recorded April 8, 1762, are named in this order: Jacob; John; Martin; Samuel; George; Barbara, widow of Samuel Bauer; Frances, wife of Michael Bauer; Elizabeth, wife of Peter Allebach; and Eve, wife of Jacob Yoder. 31st Landis-Landes Family Reunion Report, p. 37.

The following is an anthology of accounts concerning the birth, immigration, land ownership, and family of John of Bucks County. Many accounts overlap; some conflict. Most are attributed, for future verification.
The Landis Early History as written and compiled by Betty R Landis Added by krfreed72 on 6 Jul 2008 About 1660, the Landis familiy took refuge in Germany, some settling in Zwieburg and Alsace, others in the neighborhood of Page 20 Strasburg, while others found a home in Manheim, where they became cultivators of the soil. It was from this vicinity that the three brothers, Benjamin, Felix and John Landis, in 1717 emigrated to Pennsylvania. John Landis, the third brother, settled in Bucks County, near what is now Shelly, where he died in 1748 or 49. Records today name him "John of Bucks". Very little is know of him, as records cannot be found pertaining to him, particularly no deeds of transfer of property. However in the 1917 Reunion Report a copy of his will may be found, from which the following is taken: "I do give my lands, namely one hundred and twenty five acres, with the improvements to my son Samuel Landis, that is to say, for one hundred pounds, of which he shall draw a share, and all the residue of my estate shall equally divided amongst my children, share and share alike, and each division shall be made when my youngest son (Samuel) shall be nineteen years old, which shall be in 1759, in January. Samuel was only 10 years old when his father died. John Landis was described as being rather tall and stately, with very dark hair, slightly gray, and having a large mustache. For about three generations, this house remained in the Landis name. The homestead was built with the kitchen at the front, and the parlor in the back, with no door in the front. It was in this house that Samuel and his brothers and sisters were born. WHEREAS the said John Landus being so seized of the said Tract of Land and Premises made his Last Will and Testament bearing date the twenty sixth day of September one thousand seven hundred and forty seven and among other things did devise all the Residue of his Estate (of which the above seventy acres and three quarters is part) unto all his children (that is to say) Jacob, John, Martin, Samuel, and George his sons, Barbara, Frances (the wife of Michael Bauer), Elizabeth (the wife of Peter Allebach) and Eve (the wife of Jacob Yoder) his daughters to be equally divided between them share and share alike and shortly after he the said Testator died siezed in his Estate as aforesaid and without altering his said Will... From Samuel's 1762 land patent Landis, Johannes Posted by: Carol Eddleman Date: November 27, 2006 11:26AM Johannes Landis; wife Ann MUSSELMAN? Arr. about 1717, lived Bucks Co., Pa. Children: John b. 1720 md. BECHTOLD, widow of ESCHBACH; Martin md. ZIEGLER; Veronica md. BAUER; Elisabeth md. ALLEBACH; Eva md. YODER; Samuel md. YOUNG; George md. LATCHAR; Jacob md. MOYER; Barbara md. SHELLY? BAUER?. (Source: Palatine Immigrant, Vol. VI, No. 2, Autumn, 1979, p. 90.) I am of the school who say that we do not know if John's wife was a Musselman or if Jacob Musselman married a sister of Johns. I do not believe we know his siblings. Source: Glenn Landis - personal e-mail 08/09/2008 Name: John Landis Sex: M Birth: 1685 in Switzerland Death: 1750 in Shelly, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Immigration: 1717 Father: Hans Heinrich Landis b: ABT. 1646 in Hirzel, Zurich, Switzerland Source: George Moyer - Ancestry.com John LANDIS, the pioneer ancestor of the subject (Samuel B. Landis) of this sketch, came to Pennsylvania from the borders of Switzerland in or about the year 1700, and located for a time in the neighborhood of Germantown. He was accompanied to America by Benjamin LANDIS, supposed to be a brother who was a minister among the Mennonites, to which sect John Page 21 LANDIS also belonged. Rev. Benjamin LANDIS later located in Lancaster county, where he has numerous descendants. John LANDIS, following the trend of German migration up the Schuylkill and its tributaries, eventually located in Milford township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, where he purchased land in 1743. He died in 1750, leaving a widow Anne, and several sons, only two of whom, Jacob and Samuel, are mentioned by name in his will. Jacob was made executor with a brother-in-law, Jacob MUSSELMAN, and the plantation was devised to Samuel, he to have possession when the youngest son should be nineteen years of age, "which will be in January, 1759." Samuel Landis, the son, died in 1771, leaving a widow Margaret, who married Michael MUSSELMAN, and children: John, Jacob, George, Anna; Barbara, wife of Jacob Shelly; Abraham, Eve and Samuel. Jacob LANDIS, the second son of Samuel and Margaret, born about 1745, purchased a large tract of land in Richland, near California, and lived theron until about 1800, having previous to that date conveyed the greater part to his sons, John George and Jacob. He probably located later in life in Lehigh or Montgomery county, as there is no further record of him in Bucks. John Landes immigrated in 1717 to Pennsylvania with his father Jacob, and two brothers who settled in Lancaster and Dauphin Counties. John, b. ca. 1680, settled in Lower Milford Twp., Bucks County, was married to Ann Musselman and died in 1750. As members of the Swamp Mennonite congregation, they may be buried in the old East Swamp Cemetery. John left a will, dated sept. 26, 1747, on file in the Philadelphia Archives. Their children: John, Jacob, Martin, George, Samuel, Barbara, Veronica. for more information see 31st Landis-Landes Family Reunion Report, 1950, pp. 28 - 47. Norman R. Landis. John Landes-Norman R. Landis line. 1.3.4a.8.9.4 Johannes (Hans) Landis, b. abt 1692, d. 1751 in Lower Milford Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He gave the name of wife in his will as Anna Musselman (b. 1695, d. aft 1748, sister to Jacob Musselman. He probably arrived in Pennsylvania in 1717. Hans wrote his will on 26 Sept 1747 and it was proved on 1 May 1751. He named his wife Anna Musselman in his will. He also named Jacob Musselman as his brother-in-law. He also names sons Samuel and Jacob Landes (sic). The executors of his will were Jacob Landis and Jacob Musselman. He signed his name as Johannes Landis when he signed a petition to form the township of Richland from Milford Township in 1730. He was of Bucks County when he bought 125 acres in Richland Township (Milford Township, Bucks County, on 21 December 1743 from William Allen. Wenger. p. 50 JOHNNES LANDIS, THE THIRD BROTHER SETTLED IN BUCKS COUNTY NEAR WHAT IS NOW SHELLY, PENNSYLVANIA. HE DIED THERE IN 1749-1750. VERY LITTLE IS KNOWN OF HIM AS FEW RECORDS CAN BE FOUND PERTAINING TO HIM, PARTICULARLY NO DEEDS OF TRANSFER OF PROPERTY. A PERSISTENT BY FUTITILE SEARCH WAS MADE FOR THE DEED OR DOCUMENT REFERRED TO IN THE GENEALOGY OF THE BAUER FAMILY, BY WHICH THE PROPERTY OWNED BY JOHN LANDIS CAME INTO THE POSSESSION OF THE HEIRS OF HIS DAUGHTER, VERONICA LANDIS BAUER. SOME TIME PRIOR TO 1738, HE ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE PROPRIETARIES BY WHICH ONE HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND LYING WITHIN THE PROPRIETARIES, MANOR OF RICHLAND N BUCKS COUNTY, WOULD BE GRANTED TO HIM FOR WHICH HE WAS TO PAY SEVEN SHILLINGS PER ACRE AND THE YEARLY QUIT RENT OF ONE HALF PENNY STERLING PER ACRE. IN 1738, THIS TRACT WAS SURVEYED TO HIM AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR, AN ORDER OF WARRANT WAS ISSUED RETURNING AND ESTABLISHING THE SURVEY. THERE IS NO RECORD OF A PATENT BENG GRANTED. James H. Wright - jamesw@onetech.com 08/25/2000 Ancestry.com Although the township was not laid out and organized by the court until the fall of 1734, it had a quasi existence, for municipal purposes, several years before. The earliest mention of it, even for this purpose, was in 1729, when the inhabitants of "Rich lands" township petitioned the court to have a road "laid out from the upper part of said township, near a creek called "Sacking, or Sucking, (Saucon) to the place where the Quaker meeting-house is building, and from thence to the end of Abraham Griffith's lane." In 1730 thirty-two of the inhabitants of "Rich lands," one-half of whom were German, namely: Page 22 Hugh Foulke, John Lester, John Adamson, Arnall Hancocks, John Phillips, George Phillips, Jr., William Morris, Edward Roberts, Arthur Jones, William Nixon, John Ball, John Edwards, Thomas Roberts, Joshua Richards, William Jamison, Edmund Phillips, Johannes Bleiler, Michael Everhart, Joseph Everhart, Abraham Hill, Johannes Landis* (emphasis mine), Jacob Klein, John Jacob Klemmer, Jacob Musselman, Jacob Sutar, Peter Cutz, Jacob Drissel, Henry Walp, Samuel Yoder, George Hix, John Jacob Zeits, and Heinrich Ditterly, petitioned for a road "from the new meeting-house on the county line near William Thomas's, in order to go to Philadelphia by the Montgomery road." Before this road was opened the nearest way for the inhabitants of Richland to go to Philadelphia, was round by the York road, which they say "is marshy, the ground not fitting for carts or loaded horses." [As the "Great Swamp" was an objective point in Richland, the following reference to additional locations of lands thereabouts, and kindred matters will be of interest.] William H. Davis, History of Bucks County, PA. CHAPTER XXVIII, RICHLAND, 1734. John Landis, the third brother, settled in Bucks County, near what is now Shelly, where he died 1749-50. Very little is known of him, as few records can be found pertaining to him, particularly no deeds of transfer of property. A persistent but futile search was made for the deed or document referred to in the Genealogy of the Bauer Family, by which property owned by John Landis came into possession of the heirs of his daughter, Veronica Landis Bauer. Some time prior to 1738, he entered into an agreement with the Proprietaries by which one hundred acres of land lying with the Proprietaries' Manor of Richland in Bucks County, would be granted to him for which he was to pay seven shillings per acre and the yearly quit-rent of one half penny sterling per acre. In 1738 this tract was surveyed to him, and the following year an order of Warrant was issued returning and establishing the survey. (Survey Book D, No. 83, p. 159. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.) The wife of John Landis was Ann, surname unknown, who survived her husband. Nothing is known of their burial place. John Landis made a will, dated September 26, 1747, which was probated May 1, 1750. It was written in German and in it he calls himself of "Lower Millford Township," Bucks County. (Will Book I, p. 397. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.) John Landis died between September 26, 1747, the date of his will, and April 12, 1748, when an inventory of his personal estate was made. The will being written in German, a translation was necessary before it could be probated. The final account was rendered in 1758. Although he was a resident of Bucks County, for some reason the will was proved in Philadelphia and the original will and papers are filed in the Office of the Register of Wills in that city. There is no record of his will and estate on file in Doylestown, PA. In this instrument, he mentions only his wife and sons, Samuel and Jacob, by name, to whom he makes certain bequests and directs that his executors divide the residue of his estate equally among all of his children when the youngest son shall have reached the age of nineteen years which would be in 1759. The account of the executors rendered in 1758, shows that there were nine children then living, but we know of only seven. Children of John and Ann LANDIS: John Landis, born November 11, 1720 in Bucks County. He removed to Montgomery County, PA. Jacob Landis, died in 1806, near Jersey Shore, Lycoming Co., PA. Martin Landis. George Landis. Samuel Landis, died 1771, married Margaret _______. Resided in Lower Milford Township, Bucks County, PA. His will names children: John, Jacob, Abraham, George, Anne, Barbara and Eve. The witnesses were Michael Musselman and Jacob Shelle. Veronica Landis, married Michael Bauer (Bower), b. about 1721, d. 1784. Children: i. Samuel Bauer, b. 06 Aug 1746, d. 18 Nov 1822, m. Elizabeth Ziegler ii. Fronica Bauer, b. 10 Apr 1756, d. 13 Sep 1840, m. Abraham M. Schwenk iii. Anna Bauer, m. Christian Meyer Barbara Landis The LANDIS Family: Bucks, Lancaster, Montgomery Cos, PA* Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Thera. tsh@harborside.com John Landis, Bucks County This John Landis, on arriving in Philadelphia, stayed for a time in Germantown, then followed the old Indian trail up the Page 23 Schuykill and settled in Bucks County, in what is now known as Richland Township. Here he took up a large tract of land which was held by his descendants for several generations. His eldest son, John, was born in Bucks County in 1720, and from this we can fix the time of his probable settlement in Bucks County as well as the time of his arrival in America. In 1730 we find his name - Johannes Landis - signed to a petition asking for the organizing of Richland Township out of a part of Milford Township. He died in 1750 leaving five sons and two daughters. The names of his children were: John, Jacob, Martin, George, and Samuel. John moved to Montgomery County; Jacob settled in Jersey; Samuel inherited the homestead. What became of Martin and George I do not know. Rev. Wm. Landiss, Section 3 The Landis Family The branch of the family to which Margaret (Landis) Jacoby (124-a), Barbara (Landis) Jacoby (133-a), and David Landis (13-11-a), the husband of Lydia (Jacoby) Landis (13-11-) belongs includes the descendants of John Landis who with his brothers Benjamin and Felix came to America from the vicinity of Mannheim, Germany, about the year 1717. Benjamin and Felix settled in East Lampeter Tp., Lancaster Co., Pa. John Settled in what is now known as Milford Tp., Bucks Co., Pa., but which was known after 1737 as Lower Milford Tp., to distinguish it from Upper Milford Tp. which was included in Northampton Co. when it was organized. An account of their ancestors in Germany and Switzerland, and of the persecutions which they endured on account of their religion as Pietists or Mennonites may be found in The Strassburger Family and Allied Families of Pennsylvania, by Ralph Beavver Strassburger, 1922, pp. 328 - 331. On pages 332 - 340 are given copies of documents relating to land surveys for John Landis; of his will recorded in the Register General's office in Philadelphia; of the detailed inventory of his personal property; and of the settlement of his estate. In 1738 surveys were made according to a previous agreement between the Proprietaries of the Province and John Landis of Bucks Co., for 100 acres of land within the Manor of Richland, a tract of 10,000 acres covering parts of Milford and Richland Tps. There is no record of a patent being granted to him, related to this survey. On 21 Dec. 1743 he received from William Allen, Esq., of Philadelphia, and his wife Margaret, a deed of a tract of 125A in Lower Milford Tp., located in the northeast corner of the township on the Philadelphia Road. In his will dated 26 Sept. 1747 and proved 1 May 1750 he devised this tract to his son Samuel, subject to specified annual payments. His wife Ann and only two of their children Samuel and Jacob are mentioned by name. His brother-in-law, Jacob Musselman and his son Jacob Landis are named as executors of the will. It is also stated that the youngest son will be of age in Jan. 1759, at which time the rest of the estate is to be equally divided among the children, after the legacy of one-third to the widow is provided for. The inventory was taken 12 Apl. 1748 and filed 22 Aug. 1751. The account of the surviving executor Jacob Landis was filed in 1758. This account gives two more names of children, John and Barbara, and states that there were nine children entitled to their share, of whom, however, only seven are known. The children of John and Ann Landis are: John, born 11 Nov. 1720; Jacob; Martin; George; Samuel; Veronica; and Barbara. John was born in Bucks Co., but removed to Montgomery Co., Pa. Jacob died in 1806, near Jersey Shore, Lycoming Co., Pa. Details about Samuel are given in the following paragraph. Veronica married Michael Bauer about 1844. The Jacoby Family Genealogy, 1930. Pp. 203 - 204. John (Johannes) Landis (Sr), born estimated 1690 in Switzerland. Came to Pennsylvania about the year 1717. With him were 2 brothers, (Rev.) Benjamin and Felix. By another account, Benjamin was not a brother of John and Felix, and was the son of a Jacob Landis. Benjamin and Felix both apparently went directly to Lancaster county, where Benjamin's descendents are numerous and well-to-do. John is thought to have first gone to Germantown, though positive information is lacking. Not long after his arrival in the colony of William Penn, he is found in the upper end of Bucks County, in Richland or Millford township where he passed the rest of his life and died early in 1748. He married Ann Musselman. Ann Musselman, sister of Jacob Musseman. Married John Landis. No other data John Landis Peeling. History of the Landis Families. Family "E" Page 24 Hans Landes, b. c1692. d. 1751, Lower Milford Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He named his wife in his will as Anna [?Musselman]. Hans wrote his will on 26 Sep 1747 and it was proved on 1 May 1751. He was married to Anna and named Jacob Musselman as his brother-in-law in his will. In his will he names his sons Samuel and Jacob Landes. The executors of his will were Jacob Landis and Jacob Musselman. He was probably the Anabaptist Hans Lantes living at Hasselbach, Baden, Germany in 1720 when he had to pay a convent fee. Heinrich Ruth made a payment on the land of Hans Landes on 18 Mar 1720 at Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Apparently Hans was not yet in Pennsylvania in 1720 when Heinrich Ruth owned land with him. Finally Heinrich and Ruth and Hans Landis made a payment on their land, which they apparently owned together, on 18 Apr 1723 at Salford Township. On 2 Apr 1726, Hans Landis received a payment from Gerrart Clements for a bond of Hans Landis and Henry Ruth. On 14 Mar 1729 Hans Landis and Gerrart Clemens made a payment on their land. He was called Hans Lundis when he made a land transaction in 1726 in the Perkiomen region in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.6 He signed his name "Johannes Landis" when he signed a petition to form the township of Richland from Milford Township in 1730. He was of Bucks County when he bought 125 acres in Richland Township (Milford Township), Bucks County next to Jacob Musselman on 21 Dec 1743 from William Allen. He probably arrived in Pennsylvania in about 1721 or 1722. Richard W. Davis. Landis/Landes, p. 20 "Our (Landis) ancestors in America were pioneers in a newly discovered country, with few conveniences for the record of events; however the family hs been so prominent in affairs of public interest, that records of it are found in all generations reaching back over four hundred years. But thanks to the meager records available, we are able to declare that our progenitor John Landis was b. in Switzerland, that he came to America in 1717, from the vicinity of Manheim, Germany, that he descended from a family who resided formerly in the vicinity of Zurich, Switzerland, -- an armovial family prominent in the Mennonite faith for which they had suffered cruel persecutions during rthe 16th and 17th centuries -- that he settled in Bucks Co., Pa., near what is now Shelly, that he left a Will dated Sept 12, 1747, proven May 1, 1750, written in German, that his wife Ann survived him, that he had a brother-in-law Jacob Musselman, that he called himself "of lower Milfort Twp., Bucks Co., Pa., and that he signed his name Hons B. Lunnlrj. (Lunndis) Some time prior to 1738 John Landis entered into an agreement with the Proprietaries by which 100 acres of land lying within the proprietaries Manor of Richard in Bucks County would be granted to him for which he was to pay seven Shillings per acre. In the same year it was surveyed to him, order of warrant was issued buthere is no record of the patent being granted. 9 children -- 7 of whom are known -- all b. Pa. John, b. Nov. 11, 1720, in Bucks Co., and removed to Montgomery Co., Pa. Jacob, d. 1806 near Jersey Shore, Lycoming Co., Pa. Martin George Samuel, d. 1771; m. Margaret _____, left a will. 7 ch'n. Veronica (called Fronica; m. Michael Bauer Barbara. Loomis, Elisha S. Some Account of Jacob Oberholtzer who settled, about 1719 in Franconia Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania And some of his descendants in America, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931. Pp. 149 - 150. "Of Milford Twp., Bucks County." "In 1717, three brothers, Rev. Benjamin, Felix and John LANDIS, all Swiss Mennonites, came to America from the vicinity of Man heim on the Rhine, where they had been driven from Zurich, Switzerland, and purchased land from Penn and the Conestogoe Indians. " "It was from the vicinity of Manheim that the three brothers Benjamin, Felix, and John LANDIS, in 1717, emigrated to Pennsylvania....John Landis...settled in Bucks County, near what is now Shelly, where he died 1749-50.....[P]roperty owned Page 25 by John Landis came into the possession of the heirs of his daughter, Veronica Landis BAUER.....[P]rior to 1738 he entered into an agreement with the Propiretaries by which one hundred acres of land lying within the Proprietaries' Manor of Richland in Bucks County, would be granted to him.... [M]ade a will dated Sep. 26, 1747, which was probated May 1, 1750." "As a brief overview, about 1717, three brothers (Benjamin, Felix, and John) emigrated to Pennsylvania from their ancestral home near Zurich, Switzerland. All 3 were Mennonites, but Benjamin was a preacher; Benjamin and Felix went directly to Lancaster , whereas John first went north to Bucks County. Most living members of the Landis family are descended from Benjamin, and the published genealogies of the Landis families are heavy with those descendents. However, our group of families is descended from John, of Bucks County, as he is called, who left fewer descendents." Tom McFarland "Among the early Landis imigrants were Jacob...Felix...John Landis who settled in Richland township, Bucks County, Pa. about 1717 , Rudolph and Abraham Landis,... Jacob (of Franconia), and Jacob (of Salford township.)" Settled first near Germantown, Penn. "Located in Bucks county, Penn." From near Mannheim, Germany; settled in Milford Tp. Bucks Co., Pa . 1730 - Signed a petition to form the township of Richland from Milford Township. 1730 - Signed a petition for a road in Richland, Penn. (Bucks Co. website) 1734 - Petitioned for naturalization in Bucks County 1743, Dec 21 - Bought 125 acres in Richland Twp. from Wm. Allen next to Jacob Musselman. 1747, Sept. 26 - Wrote will Probated May 1, 1751 (Phila. Co., Will Book 1:397, File #255). "Allen acquired his land holdings in many different ways. After his return from England in 1725, young Allen purchased ten-thousand acres of land from William Penn, the son of the founder of Pennsylvania, for £741.15. [40] These lands, located above the forks of the Delaware at Easton, had not as yet been purchased from the Indians. [41] James Logan, the proprietary secretary, objected to the sale. He believed that once the Indians found out that Allen had claimed the area, they would raise the purchase price. Penn had wasted the colony's money in order to reward Allen with prime real estate without any competition from other colonists, since the colony did not even own the land yet. Allen profited quickly from the sale, surveying the land, then dividing and selling it in small lots. [42] "William Allen and the Search for Economic Security in Eighteenth Century Pennsylvania" by Augustine Nigro. http://earlyamerica.com/review/2001_summer_fall/william_allen.html#_ftnref37 A [different?] "Johanis Landis" b. ca. 1712 immigrated to Phildelphia on the pink Plaisance Sept. 21, 1732. # Pink = A smaller vessel, usually in the coasting trade as a merchantman. The name seems to have come from a particular type of hull with round bow and stern, but with the upper part of the stern having the characteristic pinched in shape of the 'pink' stern. In the naval context used in the late seventeenth century for small vessels, probably chiefly used as transports. Text: p12 Lee Irwin. The Irwins of Pennsylvania and Iowa. ljirwin42@hotmail.com. 12/14/2006 RICHLAND* Richland was organized in 1734. In the early day a large scope of country in the north-west corner of the county, including Richland and Milford, with Quakertown for the centre, was known as the Great Swamp. The origin of the name is not known, but probably because the surface is flat, and before it was cleared and cultivated water stood upon it at certain seasons of the year. A feature of interest in the settlement of Richland, is that is was first peopled by English Friends, who located far away from their kindred in the lower section of the county, and who reached their new homes over the route afterward traversed by the Germans who settled Milford. The English preceded the Germans into Richland several years, and while the descendants of the former are quite numerous, those of the latter predominate, and Richland is a German township. Griffith Jones was probably the first man to own land in Richland. Peter Lester, or Leister, of Leicestershire, England, is thought to have been the first actual settler in Richland. Page 26 In 1730 thirty-two of the inhabitants of Rich lands, one-half of whom were German, petitioned for a road from new meetinghouse to the county line near William Thomas's in order to go to Philadelphia by the Montgomery road. Those names are : Hugh Foulke, John Lester, John Adamson, Arnall Hancocks, John Phillips, George Phillips,, Jr.,William Morris, Edward Roberts, Arthur Jones, William Nixon, John Ball, John Edwards, Thomas Roberts, Joshua Richards, William Jamison, Edmund Phillips, Johannes Bleiler, Michael Everhart, Joseph Everhart, Abraham Hill, Johannes Landis, Jacob Klein, John Jacob Klemmer, Jacob Musselman, Jacob Sutar, Peter Cutz, Jacob Drissel, Henry Walp, Samuel Yoder, George Hix, John Jacob Zeits, and Heinrich Ditterly. A monthly meeting was established in 1742. In 1744 Saucon Friends were granted permission to hold meetings for worship, and Springfield in 1745, Richland being the mother meeting; and in 1746 or 1747, Abraham Griffith, Samuel Thomas and Lewis Lewis, were appointed to assist the Friends of Springfield to select a place for building a meeting-house. Richland Township, Bucks County History and Genealogy. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~buckscounty/richland.html came to America 1717; the stone house he built on California Rd. is still standing 2 miles north of Quakertown; his house has only one door...the only answer that they found as to why only 1 door in the Landis Homestead at Quakertown, Pa. is that per Billy Graham, In ancient times the door was a thing of great importance. Houses had only one entrance. When Christ said "I am the Door" the people understood the exclusiveness of His claim. This on the door was the only legitimate entrance to the house. Anyone who tried to get in by some other means showed that he was a thief and did not have honest motives. When Jesus said, "Behold I stand at the door and knock," He demonstrated that He was not only at the legitimate place of entrance but He was endeavoring to gain admission in the legitimate way. DIANA RENNINGER DMora58471@aol.com. 10/31/2001 Anna (Unknown) "Ann" ?MUSSELMAN? and Johannes (Schneider) 1.3.4a.8.9.4 "John of Bucks County" LANDIS were married before 1716 in ?Richland Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania USA?. Name: John Landis Gender: male Birth Year: 1696 Spouse Name: Ann Landis Spouse Birth Year: 1700 Number Pages: 1 Source Citation: Source number: 16358.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: WAY. Source Information: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived from an array of materials including pedigree charts, family history articles, querie.

129. Anna (Unknown) "Ann" ?MUSSELMAN? was born in 1695 in Pennsylvania USA. She named in husband's will on 26 Sep 1747. She died after 1748 at the age of 53 in Lower Milford Township, Bucks Count, Pennsylvania USA. There is some discussion as to whether or not Anna Musselman was John's wife. The speculation that she was indeed his wife seems based on the fact that he names Jacob Musselman as his brother-in-law in his will.

From the information about the Landis family from Volumes 1 and 2 of RW Davis, the Anna Landis b. 1704 and sister of John Landis of Milford Twp., Bucks Co. is likely the wife of Jacob Musselman. Based on ages, it is highly unlikely that Ann Musselman, b. 1708, was the wife of John Landis, as a card in the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society library lists. John Landis and Jacob Musselman were brothers-in-law as we know from the will of John Landis.

130. David BECHTEL was born in 1690 in Germany. He died before 1753 at the age of 63 in Manheim, Germany. Elizabeth UNKNOWN and David BECHTEL were married.

Page 27 131. Elizabeth UNKNOWN was born (date unknown).

132. Abraham (Brachman) SHELLY Sr. was born about 1700. He immigrated between 1700 and 1720. He died in 1761 at the age of 61 in Milford Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania USA. The information recorded is from an unpublished manuscript with no further identification at the Mennonite Historical Library, P.O. Box 82, 565 Yoder Road, Harleysville Pa 19438. Copies came into my possession on 1 July 1996. Quoting from the manuscript:

" Abraham Shelly (or Schelle), the first, was among 46 inhabitants who petitioned the Colonial Government of Pennsylvania in 1734 for the right of their land as a colony. This large tract of land in what is now Milford Township in Bucks Co., was purchased from William Penn and his brother, situated about 3 miles from Quakertown and 40 miles from Philadelphia. This was subdivided into smaller farms, but the original homestead passed from Abraham to his son Jacob, then to his grandson Francis, then to his great grandson Francis Y., who was the grandfather of Uriah S. Shelly who arranged this family tree dated April 1, 1924, at Daytona Beach, Florida"

Estimated that Abraham the first and Elizabeth came to Pennsylvania about 1700 to 1720.

Unidentified -- Ancestry.com

NOTE: Herb Frantz suggests that the father of immigrant Abraham is Adam SHELLY.
Herbert Ludwig reports that the father is Abraham ZSCHILLE.
See:http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com database [ :1551405 ]

"Shelly" surname may originally be English, some members having emigrated during the reign of Queen Mary.

Abraham Shelly (b. c. 1699) and his wife Elizabeth who came to Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in the mid 1720s, and became a dominant family in the building of the Mennonite congregation in that area. Before coming to America the Shellys were living in Friedelsheim in Germany in the Palatinate. It seems that they had earlier roots in Canton Zurich in Switzerland. Lived in Bucks Co., Penn. He arrrived ca. 1727. E. Elayne Alexander cites DoD from: History of Waterloo County Ontario, Canada, by Ezra Eby. History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania by Davis, p. 353. Philadelphia Co. Probate Records. "The Shelly Family" by Edwin Shelly, an unpublished manuscript:

Abraham Shelley was among 46 inhabitants of Bucks Co. who petitioned the [PA] Assembly in 1734, stating that they came from Germany and having purchased lands they desire naturalization that they may hold the same and transmit them to their children.... .Homestead was located about a mile NW of the village of Milford Square, and remained in the possession of members of the SHELLY family until the fall of 1927., p292. Evidently, He was unsuccessful:

"In 1734 the names of both John Yoder Sr. and John Yoder Jr. appear on a single document; a petition for naturalizations. The purpose for naturalization was to secure the right to own and transfer real estate under existing English law.(8) Between 1720 and 1740 naturalization virtually required an act of the Provincial Pennsylvania Assembly and few Germans achieved this goal, and then not without political bribery.(9) The results of this particular petition were that only 14 of 55 petitioners obtained naturalization by an act passed on March 29, 1735 (10)....10. James T. Mitchell & Henry Flanders. Statutes At Large of Pennsylvania From 1682-1801 (Harrisburg Pa - 1891} 4:282-285. Both John Yoders are included among the successful 5 Mennonites, 2 Brethren , and 7 Lutheran or Reformed petitioners that acquired naturalization steming from the petition of 1734. Abraham SHELLY and Jacob MUSSELMAN were among the who were not successful. Whether their failure can be attributed to their moral scruples or a lack of funds remains to be answered."

-1738 - Land Warrant Register 1685-1950 for Bucks Co., page 22 4 #76 lists Thomas and Richard PENN conveyed 50 acres to Abraham SHELLY.

-1739 and 1743 - warrants for survey of land in Bucks Co for 50 and 150 acres respectively.

-1749 - 198 acres in Donegal Township in Lancaster Co., surveyed to Jacob HOFFMAN by warrant of the 17 Sept which is

Page 28 vacated and the survey ordered to return to Abraham SHELLY. [From films at the SLC, Utah library.]

-1759 - Land Warrant Register, 1695-1950 lists Abraham SHELLEY, John LANDES, and Jacob MUSSELMAN as having land adjoining John STOFFER in Lower Milford

Irwins of PA and IA Contact: Lee Irwin

Abraham & Elizabeth arrived in America in 1727.

In February 1761, he and his wife Elizabeth, entered an agreement to convey to their son Michael, 135 acres of this tract, but Abraham died before the conveyance was completed. They also conveyed a portion of their land to their son Jacob in 1760. Elizabeth UNKNOWN and Abraham (Brachman) SHELLY Sr. were married before 1722.

133. Elizabeth UNKNOWN was born (date unknown).

134. Hans "John" YODER34 was born in 1708. He died in Mar 1782 at the age of 74 in Upper Saucon Township, Northampton County, PA, USA. Family "B"

651. Hans Joder, b. 19 Nov 1685. He may have been the Hans Joder who died in Lower Milford Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania in about 1751/55. He was married to Anna. He bought 99 acres at Great Swamp (L. Milford Township) on 17 Jan 1720. He probably came over in 1717 with other Mennonite who settled at Great Swamp. He was a neighbor and friend of Mennonite John Landis who died in 1751 and also neighbors to George Bachman and Jacob Clemmer. Hans was naturalized in 1734. He was a Mennonite. He was supposedly married to a Bachman.4 See Family"E".

Family "E"
Hans Joder, b. 19 Nov 1685. He may have been the Hans Joder who died in Lower Milford Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania in about 1751/55. He was married to Anna. He bought 99 acres at Great Swamp (L. Milford Township) on 17 Jan 1720. He probably came over in 1717 with other Mennonite who settled at Great Swamp. He was a neighbor and friend of Mennonite John Landis who died in 1751 and also neighbors to George Bachman and Jacob Clemmer. Hans was naturalized in 1734. He was a Mennonite. He was supposedly married to a Bachman.

Davis, R. W. The Joder/Yoder Family, MennoSearch.com, Pp. 2, 6. Anna Maria BACHMAN and Hans "John" YODER were married before 1730.

135. Anna Maria BACHMAN was born about 1710. She died in 1782 at the age of 72.

256. Hans Jakob (Polier/Bollier) 1.3.4a.8.9 LANDIS9,35 was born on 25 Feb 1649 in Hirzel, Canton Zurich, Switzerland. Wenger has his birth date as January 1647 in Hirzel, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland.
p. 48.

Jay D. Weaver has his birth as January 1647. He died on 30 Jan 1712 at the age of 62 in Rohrbach Bei Sinsheim, Baden, Germany.9 Best, Jane Evans, Swiss Origins of Groff, Hess, Weber, Landis, and Oberholtzer Families. In Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Apr 1990. pp9-25. LMHS

Wilcox, S Michael, Landis Families of Canton Zurich, Switzerland. In Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Jan 1995. pp13-18. LMHS BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Best, Jane Evans, Swiss Origins of Groff, Hess, Weber, Landis, and Oberholtzer Families. In Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Apr 1990. pp9-25. LMHS

Wilcox, S Michael, Landis Families of Canton Zurich, Switzerland. In Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Jan 1995. pp13-18. LMHS

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1717 Immigrated.

1717, Apr 26: Hans lived at Steinsfurt with 3 children.

Ira Landis says he is probably Hans Jacob, eldest of 10 children of Hans Heinrich Landis and born in 4/13/1656. Lena Weaver notes say he was born in 1678 in Zurich, Switz. Lloyd Eby concurs on birth and death dates as recorded above. M. G. Weaver says in his history of the Lancaster Conference, on p. 42 that he "...began to acquire extensive acreage on both sides of what is now known as 'the Old Road' ...which became the center of the Mellinger church activities.

1730: An Index to the Will Books and Intestate Records of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania 1729-1850; page 83.

Sources:

Best, Jane Evans. Swiss Origins of Groff, Hess, Weber, Landis and Oberholtzer Families. Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, April 1990. 23.
Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, October, 1995 published by the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, 2215 Millstream Rd, Lancaster, PA 17602. The article is called Reader’s Ancestry.
The Wenger Book, edited by Samuel S. Wenger, 1978. Published by the Pennsylvania German Heritage History, Inc., Lancaster, Pa.

Caution: There may be another Hans Jacob Landis (died 1730 Lampeter Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania ) and Anna Witmer with children John and Henry Landis.

Alternate ancestry has father Hans Heinrich Landis baptized on 13 Nov 1621 in Hirzel, Switzerland. (1229) He died before 1670. (1230) Weaver in Strasburg and Colmar, Alsace. Ira Landis in 4-vol work says following: "--a quarryman, was arrested in 1643 at Steinam Rhine and 'was for many years out of the country, no one knew where.' In 1657 moved to Heidolsheim or Heidletzen. Attended Steinsfurt meeting in 1661. Jane Evans Best in PMH, April, 1990, page 19 says, "According to the pastor, Heinrich Landis moved away with his wife and child, did not know how to keep out of debt, and lived at Heidletzen, two hours from Ohlestett. Ira Landis also thinks he was our ancestor.
Parents: Hans Landis and Elizabeth Ertzinger.

Robert and Janet Wolfe Genealogy Gateway
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gene/Web2Ged/WolfeGenealogy.htm

1.3.4a.8.9 Hans Jakob Landis, b. Jan 1647 in Hirzel, d. January 30, 1712, Rohrbach, near Sinsheim, Germanyh. He was an Anabaptist. He was listed as Hans Jacob Landes (sic.) living at Rohrbach, Germany in 1687. He may have been the Jacob Landis of Switzerland who was one of the signers of a letter written on March 3, 1709 to the anabaptist congregation in Holland. He was married to Verena Schneider (b. 1650, d. October 16, 1713) in Rohrbach, near Sinsheim, Germany.

Wenger, Pp. 48 - 49.

Hans Jacob Landis was born in Jan 1647. He died on 30 Jan 1712 in Rohrbach, Germany. He was an Anabaptist. He was listed as Hans Jacob Landis living at Rohrbach, Germany in 1687. He may have been the Jacob Landis of Switzerland who was one of the signers of a letter written on March 3, 1709 to the Anabaptist convention in Holland.

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Weaver, Jay D.

Verena SCHNEIDER and Hans Jakob (Polier/Bollier) 1.3.4a.8.9 LANDIS were married about 1686.

257. Verena SCHNEIDER was born in 1650 in Switzerland.9 She died on 16 Oct 1713 at the age of 63 in Rohrbach near Sinsheim, Germany.9

258. ?Michael (Jau)? ?MUSSELMAN/MOISIMAN?36 was born about 1674 in Lauperswil, Germany. He died in 1725 at the age of 51 in Friedrichstadt, Germany. Michel Mosiman, and his brother Casper were among the two groups of Mennonites that migrated from the Palatinate for Friedrichstadt, Schleswig in north-west Germany, in 1693. Almost all of them returned to the Palatinate by 1698. They were in the second group left by letter dated October 26, 1693, and signed by Christian Pliem of Heppenheim, Hans Meyer of Rudesheim, hans heinrich Bar, Rudolph Bletcher and Christian Bechtel. Casper was listed among the single persons, and Michel among the young people not yet members. Some Hiestand families were among those listed in a postscript to this letter.

He was living at Friesenheim as a Mennonite in 1717. In 1724 he was still in Friesenheim as the hereditary tenant and was well-to-do. He was not living a Friesenheim by 1738. He may have migrated to Pa. after 1724 and died on the voyage as he did not appear in any pennsylvania or Palatine records after 1724. R W Davis' reconstruction of these families leads him to think that Jacob and Samuel that went to Bucks and Montgomery Co.s, Pa., were his sons.

Unknown UNKNOWN and ?Michael (Jau)? ?MUSSELMAN/MOISIMAN? were married before 1695.

259. Unknown UNKNOWN was born (date unknown).

264. Abraham ZSCHILLE was born on 28 Nov 1655. He died about 1710 at the age of 55. Christina BRACHMAN and Abraham ZSCHILLE were married.

265. Christina BRACHMAN was born in 1663.

268. Hans John YODER was born (date unknown). Anna ABT and Hans John YODER were married.

269. Anna ABT was born (date unknown).

512. Hans Heinrich (Schneveli) 1.3.4a.8 LANDIS Sr.9,35,37 was born before 21 Jul 1611 in Horgen, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland.9,35 He was baptized on 21 Jul 1611 in Horgen Reformed Church, Horgen, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland.9,35 He emigrated about 1650 from Moosacher in Hirzel, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland to Rohrbach, Germany.9 Hans died after 1661 at the age of 50 in Baden, Germany. He was a weaver.9,35 BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Best, Jane Evans, Swiss Origins of Groff, Hess, Weber, Landis, and Oberholtzer Families. In Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Apr 1990. pp9-25. LMHS

Wilcox, S Michael, Landis Families of Canton Zurich, Switzerland. In Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Jan 1995. pp13-18. LMHS

1.2.4a.8 Hans Heinrich Landis, bap. July 21, 1611 in Horgen. He married Magdalena Bollier (b. about 1610) on November 26, 1630 in Hirzel. Some reports give her last name as Polier. Hans Heinrich was a weaver by trade. Hans Heinrich and Magdalena were both Anabaptists and they had ten children. In 1633, Hans Heinrich and Magdalena and their five children were living at Moosacher, in Hirzel with his parents Oswald and Anna Landis. About 1650 they emigrated to Heidlezen, near Colmar, Alsace. He was likely living in Rohrbach, Germany in 1661 and attended the Steinsfurt meeting in 2 March 1661 with his son Hans Heinrich Jr.

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Wenger. Pp. 31 - 32.

Hans Heinrich Landis was born in 1611 in Horgen, Canton Zurich, Switzerland. He was baptized on 21 Jul 1611 in Horgen, Canton Zurich, Switzerland. He was a weaver. Hans Heinrich and Magdalena were both Anabaptists. In 1633 they were living at Moosacher in Hirzel with his parents Oswald and Anna Landis. About 1650 they emigrated to Heidlezen, near Colmar, Alsace. He was likely living in Rohrbach, Germany in 1661 and attended the Steinsfurth meeting in 2 March 1661 with his son Hans Heinrich Landis, Jr. Hans Heinrich and Magdalena Bollier were married on 26 Nov 1630 in Hirzel, Canton Zurich, Switzerland.

Weaver, Jay D.

Hans Heinrich Landes, b. 21 Jul 1611, age 22 in 1633. He married Magdalena Polier (b. 1610) on 26 Nov 1630 at Hirzel. He was living with his parents and wife and children at Hirzel in 1643 and 1646. His wife Magdalena was called an exiled Anabaptist in 1643 and a Täufer in 1646. This family left Hirzel between 1647 and 1649. He probably first settled in Alsace. He was probably the Hans Heinrich Landes living at Rohrbach bei Sinsheim, Germany who attended the illegal 1661 Anabaptist meeting at Steinsfurt, Germany with his son.

Richard W. Davis, p. 16 Magdalena POLIER (BOLLIER) and Hans Heinrich (Schneveli) 1.3.4a.8 LANDIS Sr. were married on 26 Nov 1630 in Hirzel, Canton Zurich, Switzerland.9,35

513. Magdalena POLIER (BOLLIER) was born in 1610.9,35

516. Christian MUSSELMAN/MOISIMAN 38 was born in 1633. He died in Lauperswil, Germany. Christian Mosiman, b. 15 Dec 1633, Lauperswil. He was called an Anabaptist at the baptism of his children in 1667 & 1671. He was married to Barbara Jau. He was fined in 1658 for being a täufer. He was in prison at the Trachselwald castle, Canton Bern in 1670/71 with Benedict Baumgartner and was exiled with the large group of Bernese Anabaptists in late 1671. On 6 Apr 1672 he was an Anabaptist refugee, age about 30 with his wife Babbe, the same age with their three children living at Neidenstein, Baden, Germany. Neidenstein is about 3 miles northeast of Zuzenhausen. The refugee list also stated that "her mother with them is an old woman who left her husband who goes to the church [Reformed] and is rich. The friends don't yet know what the husband will give her. She has another daughter in Switzerland who is a member of the congregation and who came [to the Pfalz], but was taken back by her husband, who goes to the church, in the hope that he can keep her quiet". Christian and Barbara had only three children in 1672 which would indicate that either their daughter Anna or their son Ulrich died by 1672.

Davis, Richard W. Musselman/Moisman Pp. 1 - 2

R W Davis, v1, p264: Christian Mosiman was called an Anabaptist at the baptism of his children in 1667 & 1671. He was fined in 1658 for being being an Anabaptist. He was in prison at the Trachselwald castle, Canton Bern in 1670/71 with Benedict Baumgartner and was probably exiled with a large group of Anabaptists in the fall of 1671.
Barbara/Barbli JAU and Christian MUSSELMAN/MOISIMAN were married in 1659.

517. Barbara/Barbli JAU was born in 1640.

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Weaver, http://www.jdweaver.com/jayanc/index.html, 02/16/2004. 36. Davis, Richard W. The Musselman/Moisman Family, MennoSearch.com 2007, p. 6. 37. Davis, Richard W. Landis - Landes Endnotes 2 January 2010 34 P.O. Box 50182, Provo, Utah 84605 richard@mennosearch.com © Copyright 2007 - Richard W. Davis . 38. Davis, Richard W. The Musselman/Moisman Family, MennoSearch.com 2007, Pp. 1 - 2. Index of Names 2 January 2010 35 ?MUSSELMAN/MOISIMAN? ?Michael (Jau)? (b. 1674) . . . 30 ?MUSSELMAN? Anna (Unknown) (b. 1695) . . . 26 ABT Anna . . . 30 BACHMAN Anna Maria (b. 1710) . . . 28 BECHTEL David (b. 1690) . . . 26 BECHTEL-ESCHBACK Elizabeth (b. 1718) . . . 10 BRACHMAN Christina (b. 1663) . . . 30 COX Alice Louise (b. 1857) . . . 2 Major Albert Monfort (b. 1822) . . . 4 DAVIDS Emaline (b. 1825) . . . 5 GRUNDAKER Anna Maria . . . 9 JAU Barbara/Barbli (b. 1640) . . . 31 KLEIN Mary Magdalena (b. 1779) . . . 7 Michael . . . 9 LANDIS Hans Heinrich (Schneveli) 1.3.4a.8 Sr. (b. 1611) . . . 30 Hans Jakob (Polier/Bollier) 1.3.4a.8.9 (b. 1649) . . . 28 Johannes (Musselman) 1.3.4a.8.9.4.3 Jr. (b. 1720) . . . 9 Johannes (Schneider) 1.3.4a.8.9.4 (b. 1692) . . . 12 LANDIS/LANDES Dorathy Adele (b. 1913) . . . 1 Dr. Edmund W. (Klein) Sr. (b. 1816) . . . 2 Jacob (Bechtel) (b. 1748) . . . 8 John S. (Shelly) (b. 1776) . . . 6 John William (b. 1856) . . . 1 William W. (b. 1888) . . . 1 MUSSELMAN/MOISIMAN Christian (b. 1633) . . . 31 NENNO Adele Mary (b. 1893) . . . 1 POLIER (BOLLIER) Magdalena (b. 1610) . . . 31 ROBINSON Hannah P. (b. 1820) . . . 4 SCHNEIDER Verena (b. 1650) . . . 30 SHELLY Abraham (Brachman) Sr. (b. 1700) . . . 27 Elizabeth (Yoder) (b. 1754) . . . 9 Michael (Unknown) (b. 1730) . . . 11 UNKNOWN Elizabeth . . . 27–28 Unknown . . . 30 YODER Barbara (Bachman) (b. 1730) . . . 11 Hans (b. 1708) . . . 28 Hans John . . . 30 ZSCHILLE Abraham (b. 1655) . . . 30 Index of Places 2 January 2010 36 Germany . . . 26 Baden . . . 30 Rohrbach Bei Sinsheim . . . 28 Friedrichstadt . . . 30 Lauperswil . . . 30–31 Manheim . . . 10, 12, 26 Rohrbach near Sinsheim . . . 30 Switzerland to Rohrbach Canton of Zurich Moosacher in Hirzel . . . 30 IL Cook County Chicago . . . 1, 4 Illinois Austin . . . 1 Chicago Rosehill Cemetery . . . 1–2 Wildwod . . . 1 Illinois USA Cook County Ward 16 Chicago . . . 1, 4 DeKalb County Sandwich . . . 2, 4–5 Jr. next to John Landis . . . 9 Maryland Baltimore County Ward 3 Baltimore . . . 3 Maryland USA . . . 1 New York Fishkill . . . 5 on the ship Charming Nancy with her son Christian and husband . . . 10 PA Bucks Lower Milford Township . . . 18 Lancaster County . . . 7 Montgomery Douglas . . . 8 Montgomery County Douglas Township . . . 9–10 Pennsylvania . . . 2 Bucks County Lower Milford Township . . . 9 Great Swamp . . . 18 Pennsylvania to Lancaster County from Montgomery County . . . 6 Pennsylvania USA . . . 26 Berks County Colebrookdale Township . . . 10 Bucks Count Lower Milford Township . . . 18, 26 Bucks County Lower Milford Township . . . 15–16 Milford Township . . . 12, 27 Harrisburg Department of Internal Affairs Land Office . . . 18 Montgomery County Douglas Township . . . 6 Pennsylvania USA? Bucks County ?Richland Township . . . 26 Pp. 177 - 179 Vol. 3 Patent Book AA . . . 9 Rhode Island . . . 4 Switzerland . . . 30 Canton of Zurich Horgen . . . 30 Horgen Reformed Church . . . 30 Canton Zurich Hirzel . . . 28, 31 USA New York New York City . . . 4 PA Bucks Count Lower Milford Township . . . 17–18 Northampton County Upper Saucon Township . . . 28 Pennsylvania Bucks County . . . 8–9, 11, 15 Upper Saucon Township . . . 11 Lancaster County Lancaster City South East Ward . . . 7 Wisconsin USA Milwaukee County Milwaukee . . . 1

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