Individual Details
Johannes "Hans" Landes Senior
(Abt 1544 - 30 Sep 1614)
Hans Landis, Sr. was an Anabaptist who resided on the west side of Lake Zurich. The Landis family figured prominently in the religious movement in the late 1500s and early 1600s in Switzerland. Johannes Landis was the last Anabaptist Martyr to be executed in Switzerland. He was beheaded in 1614.
Events
| Birth | Abt 1544 |  |  | ||
| Marriage | Abt 1580 | Barbara Hochstrasser | |||
| Death | 30 Sep 1614 | beheaded for his Anabaptist beliefs - , Zurich, Switzerland | | ||
| Marriage | By 1582 | Margaretha Hochstrasser |
Families
| Spouse | Margaretha Hochstrasser (1554 - ) |
| Child | Felix Landis (1583 - 1642) |
| Child | Johannes "Hans" Landis Junior (1578 - ) |
| Child | Rudolf Landis (1590 - ) |
| Child | Margreth Landis (1594 - ) |
| Child | Verena Landis (1595 - 1643) |
| Spouse | Barbara Hochstrasser ( - ) |
| Father | Johannes "Hans" Landes (1520 - ) |
| Mother | Katherina Schintz (1524 - ) |
| Sibling | Ulrich Landes (1546 - ) |
| Sibling | Rudolf Landes (1547 - ) |
| Sibling | Verena Landes ( - ) |
Notes
Birth
Johannes Landis, Sr.'s birth year was 1553 according to another source, but I cannot recall which source.Death
Jane Best gave the 29th as the day of Hans Landis' beheading.Endnotes
1. Bittinger, Emmert F., "Ancestors and Descendants of "Hill" John Landis (1779-1858) of Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania." (Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage. April 2001, pages 27-32). Email: ebitting@bridgewater.edu, page 29.