Individual Details

Johannes "Ephrata John" Landis

(6 Mar 1696 - 14 May 1756)

Johannes Landis came to America in 1717, with his parents. He and Margretha Naas joined the German Baptist Brethren, Ephrata, Pennsylvania, by 1734. Johannes patented 135 acres along Cocalico Creek in Ephrata Township on 16 March 1738/1739. Today, the Rothsville Road cuts through the property.

Events

Birth6 Mar 1696, , , Germany or Switzerland
MarriageAbt 1734Margaretha Naas
Death14 May 1756, Lancaster, PA
Marriagems
Alt nameJohannes Heinrich Hirt Landis
Alt nameJohn Landis Senior
Alt nameJohannes Landis Senior
BurialAkron, Lancaster, PA

Families

SpouseMargaretha Naas (1707 - 1780)
ChildMargaret Landis (1734 - )
ChildBarbara Landis (1736 - 1818)
ChildAnna Landis (1739 - )
ChildMagdalena Landis (1740 - 1826)
ChildDavid N. Landis (1741 - 1825)
ChildJacob Landis ( - )
ChildSusanna Landis (1746 - 1806)
ChildCatherine Landis (1747 - 1835)
ChildBenjamin Landis (1748 - 1826)
ChildAbraham Landis (1750 - 1832)
ChildSalome Landis (1752 - )
Spousems ( - 1733)
ChildJohn Landis Junior (1723 - 1801)
ChildHenry Landis (1726 - 1815)
ChildMaria Landis (1728 - )
ChildElisabeth Landis (1731 - 1804)
FatherHans Jacob Landis (1667 - 1730)
MotherAnna Witmer (1671 - 1730)
SiblingFeliz Landis ( - )
SiblingJacob Landis (1694 - 1728)
SiblingBenjamin Landis Senior ( - )
SiblingHenrich Landis Senior (1700 - 1760)
SiblingBarbara Witmer Landis (1705 - 1782)
SiblingAnna Landis ( - )
SiblingChristian Landis (1717 - 1771)

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