History of the Landis Family; Pictures by Jack E. Landis and Others; All Names and Dates Complete as of May 1966
Author: Betty R. Landis
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Published: 1966
Total Pages: 88
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"John Landis, with his brothers, Benjamin and Felix came to America, from the vicinity of Manheim, Germany, about the year 1717. They were descendants of a family from the district of Zurich, Switzerland, prominent in the Mennonite faith ... "--P. 2. "Benjamin, probably the eldest, settled in what is now Lancaster County [Pennsylvania] in 1718, where he was a Mennonite Minister ... Felix Landis, received a patent from the London Company in 1719 or 20, ... in Lampeter Township. John Landis, the third brother, settled in Bucks County, near what is now Shelly, where he died in 1748 or 49."--P. 4. John married Ann Musselman. Descendants and relatives lived in Pennsylvania, Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and elsewhere.