c 1544 Hans Landis, son of Johannes Landis and Katharina Schinz, was born about this time. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
c 1554 Margaretha Hochstrasser was born. [6]
before 1580 Hans Landis and Barbara Hochstrasser were married. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
1580 Daughter Margreth Landis was baptized on May 29, at Horgen. [12] [13]
before 1582 Hans Landis and Margaretha Hochstrasser were married. [14] [15] [16]
1581 Son Hans Landis was baptized on December 31, at Horgen. [17] [18] [19] [20]
1583 Son Rudolph Landis was baptized on September 8, at Horgen. [21] [22] [23] [24]
1587 Daughter Verena Landis was baptized on February 12, at Horgen. [25] [26]
1589 Fifteen Anabaptists were imprisoned, at Horgen, in October ... four from Horgen, namely, Pfister Hans Sommerauer, Uli Suter, and Heini and Hans Landis." [27]
1608 Anabaptist meetings were held "in the house of Hans Landis, a farmer. Landis, a man more than sixty years of age, was their minister and leader." [28]
Hans Landis "was taken prisoner by his enemies and sent in irons from Zürich to the papists at Zolothurn." After being liberated by the aid of some kind-natured persons, he was again retaken and sent to Zürich, where he was rigorously examined as to his doctrine. In September, 1614, he was beheaded* with a sword, as a true follower of Christ. The authorities, then tried to persuade the common people that Hans was decapitated for his obstinacy towards them, but it remains a fact that he suffered death for religion's sake." [29]
The following extract from a letter dated July 19-29, 1659, written by a preacher at Zürich, gives a description of the execution: "Hans Landis was tall of stature, had a long black beard, a little gray, and a masculine voice. Being led out cheerfully with a rope, to Wolfsstatt, the place of decollation, the executioner, Mr. Paul Volmar, let the rope fall [not, however, before Hans' wife and child came to him with tears in their eyes to bid him a last farewell, after which he entreated them to depart so as not to shake his resolution to meet his fate], raised both hands to heaven, and said: ' O, God of mercy, to thee be it complained, that you, Hans, have fallen into my hands; for God's sake forgive me for what I must do to you,' etc. Hans consoled the executioner, saying: ' I have already forgiven you, may God forgive you also; I am aware that you must execute the sentence of the magistracy; be undismayed, and see that nothing hinders you in this matter,' etc., whereupon he was beheaded." [30]
1614 Hans Landis was an Anabaptist minister and was beheaded for his faith. Dated September 29 or 30. [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36]
1615 Margaretha Hochstrasser Landis was imprisoned, in February, in Spital prison in Zürich. [37] [38] [39]
[1] Emmert F. Bittinger, "Ancestors and Descendants of 'Hill' John Landis (1779-1858) of Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 24 (April 2001), 27-32, at 29, person LS1.
[2] S. Michael Wilcox, "Landis Families of Canton Zurich, Switzerland," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 18 (January 1995), 13-19, at 14, person LS1.
[3] Jane Evans Best, "Swiss Origins of Groff, Hess, Weber, Landis, and Oberholtzer Families," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 13 (April, 1990), 9-25, at 22, person LS3.
[4] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Landis A5, [Website].
[5] Samuel E. Wenger and Werner Baumann, A Combined Landis/Landes Genealogy Report of the Descendants of Hans Landis and Katharina Schinz (Akron, Pa.: 2005), 6, person 1.1.
[6] S. Michael Wilcox, "Landis Families of Canton Zurich, Switzerland," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 18 (January 1995), 13-19, at 14.
[7] Jane Evans Best, "Swiss Origins of Groff, Hess, Weber, Landis, and Oberholtzer Families," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 13 (April, 1990), 9-25, at 22, person LS3.
[8] S. Michael Wilcox, "Landis Families of Canton Zurich, Switzerland," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 18 (January 1995), 13-19, at 14, person LS1.
[9] Emmert F. Bittinger, "Ancestors and Descendants of 'Hill' John Landis (1779-1858) of Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 24 (April 2001), 27-32, at 29, person LS1.
[10] Samuel E. Wenger and Werner Baumann, A Combined Landis/Landes Genealogy Report of the Descendants of Hans Landis and Katharina Schinz (Akron, Pa.: 2005), 6.
[11] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Landis A5, [Website].
[12] S. Michael Wilcox, "Landis Families of Canton Zurich, Switzerland," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 18 (January 1995), 13-19, at 14, person LS11.
[13] Samuel E. Wenger and Werner Baumann, A Combined Landis/Landes Genealogy Report of the Descendants of Hans Landis and Katharina Schinz (Akron, Pa.: 2005), 6, person 1.1a.1.
[14] S. Michael Wilcox, "Landis Families of Canton Zurich, Switzerland," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 18 (January 1995), 13-19, at 14, person LS1.
[15] Emmert F. Bittinger, "Ancestors and Descendants of 'Hill' John Landis (1779-1858) of Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 24 (April 2001), 27-32, at 29, person LS1.
[16] Samuel E. Wenger and Werner Baumann, A Combined Landis/Landes Genealogy Report of the Descendants of Hans Landis and Katharina Schinz (Akron, Pa.: 2005), 6.
[17] S. Michael Wilcox, "Landis Families of Canton Zurich, Switzerland," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 18 (January 1995), 13-19, at 14, person LS12.
[18] Emmert F. Bittinger, "Ancestors and Descendants of 'Hill' John Landis (1779-1858) of Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 24 (April 2001), 27-32, at 29, person LS12.
[19] Samuel E. Wenger and Werner Baumann, A Combined Landis/Landes Genealogy Report of the Descendants of Hans Landis and Katharina Schinz (Akron, Pa.: 2005), 6, person 1.1b.1.
[20] Jane Evans Best, "Swiss Origins of Groff, Hess, Weber, Landis, and Oberholtzer Families," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 13 (April, 1990), 9-25, at 22, person LS32, reports birth 1588.
[21] S. Michael Wilcox, "Landis Families of Canton Zurich, Switzerland," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 18 (January 1995), 13-19, at 15, person LS13.
[22] Emmert F. Bittinger, "Ancestors and Descendants of 'Hill' John Landis (1779-1858) of Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 24 (April 2001), 27-32, at 29, person LS13.
[23] Jane Evans Best, "Swiss Origins of Groff, Hess, Weber, Landis, and Oberholtzer Families," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 13 (April, 1990), 9-25, at 23, person LS33, reports birth 1590.
[24] Samuel E. Wenger and Werner Baumann, A Combined Landis/Landes Genealogy Report of the Descendants of Hans Landis and Katharina Schinz (Akron, Pa.: 2005), 9, person 1.1b.2.
[25] S. Michael Wilcox, "Landis Families of Canton Zurich, Switzerland," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 18 (January 1995), 13-19, at 15, person LS14.
[26] Jane Evans Best, "Swiss Origins of Groff, Hess, Weber, Landis, and Oberholtzer Families," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 13 (April, 1990), 9-25, at 23, person LS34, reports birth 1595.
[27] Paul Klaui, "Hans Landis of Zurich (1614)," The Mennonite Quarterly Review 22 (1948), 203-204.
[28] Paul Klaui, "Hans Landis of Zurich (1614)," The Mennonite Quarterly Review 22 (1948), 204.
[29] David Bachman Landis, The Landis family of Lancaster County (Lancaster, PA: 1888), 10, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[30] David Bachman Landis, The Landis family of Lancaster County (Lancaster, PA: 1888), 10, [GoogleBooks], [HathiTrust].
[31] Paul Klaui, "Hans Landis of Zurich (1614)," The Mennonite Quarterly Review 22 (1948), 208-209.
[32] S. Michael Wilcox, "Landis Families of Canton Zurich, Switzerland," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 18 (January 1995), 13-19, at 13-14, person LS1.
[33] Jane Evans Best, "Swiss Origins of Groff, Hess, Weber, Landis, and Oberholtzer Families," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 13 (April, 1990), 9-25, at 22, person LS3.
[34] Emmert F. Bittinger, "Ancestors and Descendants of 'Hill' John Landis (1779-1858) of Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 24 (April 2001), 27-32, at 29, person LS1.
[35] Richard Warren Davis, Mennosearch.com Family Notes, Landis A5, [Website].
[36] Samuel E. Wenger and Werner Baumann, A Combined Landis/Landes Genealogy Report of the Descendants of Hans Landis and Katharina Schinz (Akron, Pa.: 2005), 6.
[37] Paul Klaui, "Hans Landis of Zurich (1614)," The Mennonite Quarterly Review 22 (1948), 210.
[38] S. Michael Wilcox, "Landis Families of Canton Zurich, Switzerland," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 18 (January 1995), 13-19, at 14.
[39] Emmert F. Bittinger, "Ancestors and Descendants of 'Hill' John Landis (1779-1858) of Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania," Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage 24 (April 2001), 27-32, at 29.