Rev Benjamin Witmer Landis^{[1, 2]}

1697 - 1781  (83 years)

• Name	Benjamin Witmer Landis
  Title	Rev
  Birth	2 Sep 1697	Zürich, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland
  Gender	Male
  Death	1781	Conestoga Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Burial	Mellinger Mennonite Cemetery, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I6943	Tulpehocken Genealogy | Bollinger, Hackman, Miller, Lane, Kenege, Royer 1
  Last Modified	5 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	Hans Jakob Bueler Landis,   b. 7 Jan 1667, Switzerland d. 2 Dec 1730, East Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Anna Witmer,   b. Nov 1671, Zürich, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland d. 1725, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	1688	Zürich, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland
  Family ID	F1899	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Maria Herr Weber,   b. 1695, Switzerland d. 1787, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	1729
  Children	1. Christian Landis,   b. 1728   d. 1782 (Age 54 years) + 2. Benjamin Weber Landis,   b. Dec 1730, East Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1 Oct 1787, Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 56 years) + 3. Abraham Landis,   b. 1734   d. 1790 (Age 56 years) + 4. Maria (Buckwalter / Buchwalter) Landis,   b. 1737, Lampeter, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 29 Jan 1804, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 67 years)   5. Jacob Landis,   b. 1738   d. 1794 (Age 56 years)   6. Henry Weber Landis,   b. 1744   d. 1825 (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F6201	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jan 2022

  
  

  Family 2	Ursula (Kopf) Hunsaker,   b. 11 Sep 1719, Berne, Canton of Berne, Switzerland d. 8 Jun 1768, Manheim, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	1752
  Children	+ 1. Anna Landis,   b. 5 Jul 1753, Manheim, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1832, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 78 years)
  Family ID	F6204	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Sep 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Benjamin married Maria Herr Weber during 1729 in East Lampeter Township, Lancaster Co., PA. She was also born in Zurich, Switzerland and immigrated to America during 1717 at the age of 15. This mennonite couple had many children some of whom are reported to be named: Benjamin, Maria, Jacob, Henry, Barbara, Ann and Abraham Landis. Benjamin was not only a farmer but was ordained as the Reverend of the Mellingers Mennonite Church in Lancaster Co., PA. Inscription Who came from Steinsfurt, Germany, 1717 and were descendants of the 1614 Martyr Hans Landis of Canton Zurich Hirzel, Switzerland

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Website: Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree (Reliability: 0). http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=53028956&pid=6944 [S181] WikiTree contributors, Website: WikiTree: Family Tree, (wikitree.com), https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10109-4700910/rev-benjamin-landis-in-wikitree (Reliability: 4). Rev. Benjamin Landis<br>Gender: Male<br>Birth: Sep 2 1697 - Zurich, Switzerland<br>Death: 1781 - Conestoga, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA<br>Father: Jacob Landis<br>Mother: Anna Barbara Landis (born Witmer)<br>Wife: Maria Herr Landis (born Weber)<br>Children: Maria W LandisBenjamin LandisSusannah Weber LandisAbraham LandisJacob LandisCorporal Henry Weber Landis<br>Siblings: Rev. Heinrich Henry W LandisAnna LandisBarbara Buckwalter (born Landis Buchwalter)Johann John W. Heinrich Hirt Ephrata John LandisAnna Barbara Meyer (born Landis)Christian LandisJacob Witmer Landis<br>Photos: [S64] Website: Find a Grave [text], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35906374/benjamin-landis.