Felix Landis Sr. (1673 - 1739)

Born 8 Jun 1673 in Hirzel, Zürich, Switzerland

Ancestors

Husband of Rosina (Weltner) Landis — married 1699 in Heiliges Römisches Reich

Descendants

Died 22 Dec 1739 at age 66 in Lampeter, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

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Biography

Felix Landis Sr. is of Swiss descent

Felix was baptised on 8 Jun 1673 in Hirzel, Zurich, Switzerald, with sponsors Felix Stocker and Elsbeth Zurich. ^[1][2] He is recorded in Hirzel on the censuses of 1678 (age 4),^[3] 1682 (age 10).^[4] and 1689 (age 16).^[5]

Felix emigrated to Pennsylvania from the Palatinate, Germany in about 1717, settling in that portion of Chester County, Pennsylvania that was later formed into Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1729. ^[6][7] According to available land records, Felix and his wife, Rosina, acquired two 400 acre parcels of land in East Lampeter Township in Chester County from the London Company by deeds dated 19 & 20 February 1718. ^[8] Felix Landis, Sr. later sold one 400 acre parcel in Lampeter Township, which was totally bisected by Mill Creek, to Mr. John Binkley on 25 March 1737, and another 200 acre parcel in the same Township on 26 March 1737, also to Mr. Binkley. ^[9] On 25 March 1737, Felix Landis Jr. sold 200 acres in Lampeter Township to his parents, and on 26 March 1737, his parents sold Felix Landis, Jr., 200 acres of land in Lampeter Township. ^[9] Felix Binkley, the son of John Binkley, subsequently constructed a gristmill on the parcel that was sold to his father. ^[10]

Felix Landis died in 1739 in Lampeter Township in what was then Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. His will, which had been written on 29 April 1737, was probated on 29 December 1739 before the Lancaster County Court. Felix's wife, Rosina, is known to have survived him, and is believed to have also died in Lampeter Township in Lancaster County. The below listed children were named in Felix's will. ^[11]

Issue: (Surname Landis)

1. Felix, II - b. 1708 in the Palatinate, Ger. ^[11][12]; m. (1) ca. 1727 to Catherine Loban in Chester Co., PA. ^[12][13][14]; m. (2) ca. 1751 to Mary Elkin in Lancaster Co., PA. ^{[12][15][16][17]} ; d. 1770 in Lancaster Co., PA. (will dated 25 January 1770, probated 3 May 1770) ^[18]; bur. Union Deposit Cem., Union Deposit, Dauphin Co., PA. ^[16][17]
2. Anna - b. in the Palatinate, Ger. ^[11]
3. Barbara - b. in the Palatinate, Ger.^[11]; m. John Binkley in Lancaster Co., PA. ^[12]
4. Fronica - b. in the Palatinate, Ger. 6; m. Abraham Miers in Lancaster Co., PA. ^[11][12]; d. probably in Lancaster Co. PA.

Sources

1. ↑ LDS Film 996924 Hirzel KB, p101
2. ↑ Samuel E. Wenger and Werner Baumann, A Combined Landis/Landes Genealogy Report of the Descendants of Hans Landis and Katharina Schinz (Akron, Pa.: 2005).
3. ↑ 1678 Hirzel census, p 449 : Hans Landis(46), wagner, and wife Maria Huber(33) with children Barbara(18), Hans Heinrich(15), Felix(4), Caspar(2), and Verena (bap 12 Aug 1677).
4. ↑ 1682 Hirzel census, p 409 : Hans Landis(52), wagner, and wife Maria Huber(39) in Hirzel with children Felix(10), Caspar(8), Verena(5) and Jorg(2)
5. ↑ 1689 Hirzel census, p 321 : Hans Landis(56) and wife Maria Huber(46) in Brunnen with children Felix(16), Caspar(14), Verena(12), Jorg(9), Susana(7), Barbara(5), and Hans Jagli(1).
6. ↑ Landis, David B. 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. Lancaster, PA: Published and printed by author, 1888. (archive.org) and (hathitrust.org) and (familysearch.org)
7. ↑ The Handy Book for Genealogists, United States of America. 8th Edition. Logan, Utah: The Everton Publishers, Inc., 1995
8. ↑ Survey Plat produced by Isaac Taylor, Deputy Surveyor General of the Province of Pennsylvania, showing the two 400 acre parcels acquired and later sold by Felix Landis, Sr. Dates of acquisition and sale, and all parties involved are shown on plat. Source: "Miscellaneous records, tax lists, warrants, surveys, wills, deeds etc. pertaining to early settlers of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania." Vol. 2 (familysearch.org)
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Mayhill, R. Thomas. Index and Abstract of Deeds, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Deed Books A Through K, (1729 to 1766). Page 5, Book A-13b, 14, 15, 16. Copyright by Author, 1965.
10. ↑ Ellis, Franklin and Samuel Evans. History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men. Chapter LIX, Pages 891-893. Philadelphia, PA: Everts and Peck, 1883. (ancestry.com)
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4} Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994. Lancaster County Wills, 1730-1908; Index to Wills, 1729-1947. United States and Canada Film #5534200. Will Book A-B, 1730-1773. Book A, Image 33 of 514, Pages 59-60. "Will of Felix Landis." Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Register of Wills. (familysearch.org) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-899B-V8JY?cc=1999196&wc=9PM8-4WY%3A268493801%2C268514701
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4} Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Mennonite Vital Records, 1750-2014. (ancestry.com) https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/961948:60592?_phsrc=mRd668&_phstart=successSource&gsfn=felix&gsln=landis&ml_rpos=1&queryId=48dc81388debd8b16a78f5b7f70e8c89
13. ↑ Approximate year of marriage is based upon the date of birth of Felix Landis and Catherine Loban's first child, unnamed, on 21 October 1782 in Chester Co., PA.
14. ↑ Find A Grave - # 73432023, Citing Union Deposit Cemetery, Union Deposit, Dauphin Co., PA. Not known if Catherine Loban was buried here. (findagrave.com)
15. ↑ Approximate year of marriage is based upon the date of birth of Felix Landis and Mary Elkin's first child, Jacob Landis, on 16 January 1752 in Lancaster Co., PA.
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1} Pennsylvania, U.S., Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012 for Jacob Landis. Jacob (1752-1821) was re-interred at Union Deposit Cemetery from the old plantation burial ground in Spring Creek / Swatara area to a "common grave with the remains of his father Felix Landis, the Junior Emigrant of 1717 to America, and his mother, Mary Elkin Landis." (ancestry.com)
17. ↑ ^{17.0 17.1} Find A Grave - # 73431615, Citing Union Deposit Cemetery, Union Deposit, Dauphin Co., PA. (findagrave.com) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73431615/felix-landis
18. ↑ Pennsylvania Probate Records, 1683-1994. Lancaster County Wills, 1730-1908; Index to Wills, 1729-1947. United States and Canada Film # 5534200. Will Book A-B, 1730-1773. Book B, Pages 618-619. "Notice of probate of Will of Felix Landis, Jr." Actual will was written in "high Dutch" and filed in Will Book X, Vol. 2, Page 121, Lancaster County. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Register of Wills. (familysearch.org)

Acknowledgements

Updated biography and references entered by Jack E. MacDonald-10654 on 22 July 2023.