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- [[Category: Swiss-German and Mennonite Immigrants to Pennsylvania]]
[[Category: Mellinger Mennonite Cemetery, Lancaster, Pennsylvania]]
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== Biography ==
{{Switzerland Sticker}}From Find a Grave:[''Find a Grave,'' database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 02 September 2020), memorial page for Rev Benjamin Landis (2 Sep 1697–1781), {{FindAGrave|35906374}}, citing Mellinger Mennonite Cemetery, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Romaine Stauffer (contributor 47114269).]
:Benjamin married Maria Herr Weber during 1729 in East Lampeter Township, Lancaster Co., PA. She was also born in Zurich, Switzerland and immigrated to America during 1717 at the age of 15.:This Mennonite couple had many children some of whom are reported to be named: Benjamin, Maria, Jacob, Henry, Barbara, Ann and Abraham Landis.:Benjamin was not only a farmer but was ordained as the Reverend of the Mellingers Mennonite Church in Lancaster Co., PA.
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Parents:
: Jacob Landis (1667 - 1730)
: Anna Witmer Landis (1671 - 1725)
Spouses:
: Maria Herr Weber Landis (1695 - 1787)*
: Ursula (was Landis) Hunsaker Kopf (1716 - 1768)*
Children:
: Benjamin Weber Landis (1730 - 1787)*
: Jacob Landis (1738 - 1794)*
: Henry Weber Landis (1744 - 1825)*
: Anna Landis Weaver (1753 - 1832)*
'''Burial'''
:Mellinger Mennonite Cemetery
:Lancaster
:Lancaster County
:Pennsylvania, USA
:Inscription::Who came from Steinsfurt, Germany, 1717 and were descendants of the 1614 Martyr Hans Landis of Canton Zurich Hirzel, Switzerland
==Research Notes==Found on Ancestry.com - https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/33797766/person/19072405771/media/866a111d-c555-45fc-992f-b09fb72514af?_phsrc=HCt939&_phstart=successSource1717: arrived in Pennsylvania, with father [Ref: Davis Emigrants v3p234]
emigrated at age 18 with father [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p453]
1729: naturalized [Ref: Davis Emigrants v3p234]
lived on the land in Lampeter Two which his father warranted in 1718 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v3p234]
1751: taxed in Lampeter Twp [Ref: Davis Emigrants v3p234]
1766: Mennonite minister, of Lampeter Twp [Ref: Davis Emigrants v3p234]
== Sources ==
See also:*Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage - Volume XVIII, Number 1 - January 1995 - Pages 13 to 18 - Landis Families of Canton Zurich, Switzerland by S. Michael Wilcox.
* Landis, David Bachman, ''The Landis family of Lancaster County: a comprehensive history of the Landis folk from the martyrs' era to the arrival of the first Swiss settlers, giving their numerous lineal descendants; also, an accurate record of members in the rebellion, with a sketch of the start and subsequent growth of Landisville and Landis Valley, and a complete directory of living Landis adults, etc., etc,'' Published and printed by the author, Lancaster, PA, 1888.
== Acknowledgments ==* WikiTree profile Landis-232 created through the import of BaxterFamilyTree.ged on Jan 27, 2012 by [[Baxter-692 | Jason Baxter]]. *This person was created through the import of Horst Family.ged on 27 October 2010. * WikiTree profile Landis-162 created through the import of martins-clipping.ged on Aug 8, 2011 by [[Coggins-26 | Cody Coggins]].
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1697 - 1781 (83 years)
