LANDIS, Hans Heinrich

1553 - 1622  (69 years)

• Name	LANDIS, Hans Heinrich
  Birth	19 Apr 1553	Horgen, Zürich, Switzerland
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Jul 1622	Hirzel, Zürich, Switzerland
  Person ID	I903	Strom Hess and Lewis Family Tree
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	LANDIS, Johannes,   b. Aft 1 Jan 1520, Horgen, Hirzel, Canton Zurich, CH d. Aft 1 Jul 1590, Hirzel, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland (Age > 70 years)
  Mother	SCHINZ, Katherina,   b. 1524, Hirzel, Zürich, Switzerland d. 1580, Canton Zurich, CH (Age 56 years)
  Marriage	1543	Horgen, Hirzel, Canton Zurich, CH
  Family ID	F312	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	BERTSCHINGER, Verena,   b. Aft 1 Jan 1553   d. Aft 1 Jul 1640 (Age > 87 years)
  Marriage	1585	Hirzel, Zürich, Switzerland
  Family ID	F458	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Sep 2024

  
  

• Notes

  === Biography === Baptism: 19 Apr 1553LDS Film 996932 Horgen KB p 97 Parents: Hansen Landos & Katharina SchintzLDS Film 996932 Horgen KB p 97 Location: Horgen, Zurich, SwitzerlandLDS Film 996932 Horgen KB p 97 Marriage: About 1585[https://www.lmhs.org/memberdb/PMH/PMH/1995-01.pdf Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage - Volume XVIII, Number 1 - January 1995 - Pages 13 to 18 - Landis Families of Canton Zurich, Switzerland by S. Michael Wilcox]Samuel E. Wenger and Werner Baumann, A Combined Landis/Landes Genealogy Report of the Descendants of Hans Landis and Katharina Schinz (Akron, Pa.: 2005) - 1.6 Death: 1 Jul 1622LDS Film 996924 Hirzel KB p 340 Location: Hirzel, Zürich, SwitzerlandLDS Film 996924 Hirzel KB p 340 ==Research Notes== Confusion of Two Brothers There has been a longstanding confusion at Wikitree and at other places on the internet about the birth date of Hans Landis the Martyr. One camp has him born in 1553 or 1554, which is based on his age at death being 70 or 71. The other camp uses an exact birth date of 19 Apr 1553. More recent research by S. Michael Wilcox in 1995[https://www.lmhs.org/memberdb/PMH/PMH/1995-01.pdf Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage - Volume XVIII, Number 1 - January 1995 - Pages 13 to 18 - Landis Families of Canton Zurich, Switzerland by S. Michael Wilcox] and Samuel E. Wenger in 2005)Samuel E. Wenger and Werner Baumann, A Combined Landis/Landes Genealogy Report of the Descendants of Hans Landis and Katharina Schinz (Akron, Pa.: 2005) have shown that this conflict results from the confusion of two brothers in the same family. One was named Hans, and the other was named Hans Heinrich at baptism. Hans (the Martyr) was never called Hans Heinrich as an adult. There was no exact birth date for him because the church books did not begin until 1546 and there is no record to tell us his birth name or birth date. Wilcox and Wenger use the year 1543 (or 1544) because someone (GAMEO and maybe also someone else) say he died in his 70th year (or at age 71). Although there is no birth record, I don't think there's anyone who thinks the Martyr's parents were other than Hans Landis and Katharina Schinz. On the other hand, we have an exact birth date for Hans Heinrich, son of these same parents, born 19 Apr 1553, and called Heini as an adult at the baptism of his 4 children. Wilcox provides the exact dates for Heini's children (and most others in his tree) and my examination of the original baptism records mirror the specific dates Wilcox uses. It's my feeling that some early researchers, when they could find no church record of a Martyr called Hans Landis, found instead the baptism of his brother Hans Heinrich. They used that date because they saw the first name of Hans, and did not realize that a child given a double name such as Hans Heinrich would be called by his second name, or "call name" of Heinrich or Heini.[[Fosnocht-12|Bruce Fosnocht]] '''Excerpts from: Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage Volume XVIII, Number 1 - January 1995 - Pages 13 to 18 Landis Families of Canton Zurich, Switzerland by S. Michael Wilcox''' In 1589 fifteen men from Canton Zurich were imprisoned for their Anabaptist beliefs; among them were some whose descendants would later come to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. From Wadenswil came RudolphHofman, Walti Pfister, Rutsch Brupbach, Hans Pfister, Petter Hon, Walti Hess, and Jos Bruppach. From Horgen came Uli Sutter, Heini Landis, and Hans Landis . From Ebertswil came Gorius Weber. From Wetzwil came JacobHochstrasser. From Guldens came Uli Ertzinger. From Erlibach came Heinrich Bindschadler. From Surthal (Bernpirt) came Jagli Walti. The authorities reported on the responses of each of these men concerning their religious beliefs and activities. The following ones may be of interest to descendents of Hans Landis, the Anabaptist martyr who was beheaded on September 29, 1614. Hans Landis from Horgen reports. They alone are the signs for his soul. And he searched for the well-being of his soul. He will not turn away from it but stay with it. To take another stand is against his beliefs and he will not change. Heini Landis from Horgen does report that after they had met he made a statement to the people and never preached after that, but simply prayedtogether and stated they had done nothing to anyone. Yet he is not ready to listen to the church and speeches, for this is against his conscience, they will stay with it and continue with the New Testament which they understand. Uli Ertzinger from Guldinen side. He wants to be obedient to God and thinks that he and the others hope to have done good works. Jacob Hochstrasser from Wetzwyl does report. They have not done anything else but pray and hope that they have done good works. He is not ready to go to church, but will stay with his convictions. According to the 1589 reports some of the arrested men were fined, placed in the heretics tower, escaped or were released, but they remained faithful. No doubt that conviction helped later generations prove faithful.[https://www.lmhs.org/memberdb/PMH/PMH/1995-01.pdf Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage - Volume XVIII, Number 1 - January 1995 - Pages 13 to 18 - Landis Families of Canton Zurich, Switzerland by S. Michael Wilcox] == Sources == *[https://www.lmhs.org/memberdb/PMH/PMH/1995-01.pdf Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage - Volume XVIII, Number 1 - January 1995 - Pages 13 to 18 - Landis Families of Canton Zurich, Switzerland by S. Michael Wilcox - LS6] ::LS6 Hans Heinrich (Heini) Landis, Anabaptist, bap. Apr. 19, 1553, Horgen; d. July 1, 1622, Hirzel; on 1589 list with brother Hans. :::m. ca. 1585 Verena Bertschinger, Anabaptist ::LS61 Jacob Landis, bap. Jan. 5, 1586, Horgen ::LS62 Conrad Landis, bap. Nov. 11, 1587, Horgen ::LS63 Caspar Landis, Anabaptist, bap. Sept. 5, 1589, Horgen ::LS64 Verena Landis, bap. Dec. 29, 1591, Horgen