Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-30-2024.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom available to be downloaded.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: Hans LANDIS
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1543 b
  • Death: 29 Sep 1614 in Hirzel, Switzerland d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Hans LANDIS Birth: Abt 1521 in Hirzel, Zurich, Switzerland
    • Mother:
  • Katharine SCHINZ Birth: Abt 1524

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Margreth LANDIS Birth: Abt 1580 in Horgen, Switzerland
  2. Hans LANDIS Birth: 1581 Death: Before 1657

Marriage: Children:
  1. Rudolf LANDIS
  2. Heinrich LANDIS
  3. Verena LANDIS Death: Abt 1643
  4. Adeli LANDIS
  5. Felix LANDIS Death: 1642
  6. Jagli LANDIS Death: 16 Jan 1636 in Hirzel, Switzerland
  7. Margareth LANDIS
  8. Welti LANDIS
  9. Rudolf LANDIS Birth: Abt 1603

Bibliography
  1. Best, Jane Evans, Swiss Bruppachers in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, July 1993. LMHS. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Best BRUBAKER p[0-9]*].
  2. Best, Jane Evans, Swiss Origins of Groff, Hess, Weber, Landis, and Oberholtzer Families. In Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Apr 1990. pp9-25. LMHS Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p[0-9]*].
  3. Bittinger, Emmert F, Ancestors and Descendants of "Hill" John Landis (1779-1858) of Manheim Township, Lancaster County, PA. In Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Apr 2001. LMHS Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Bittinger LANDIS p[0-9]*].
  4. Biographical Annals of Lancaster County Pennsylvania. Spartonburg, SC: Reprint Publishers, 1985. Orig pub 1903. LMHS rF157.L2B6 1985. Available at http://archive.org/details/biographicalanna00megi and at http://archive.org/details/cu31924028852998 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p[0-9]*].
  5. Wagner, Roland, Exodus of Anabaptists from Canton Zurich to Alsace - Landis Family. in Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Apr 1995, pp2-15. LMHS. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Wagner Zurich2Alsace p[0-9]*].
  6. Wenger, Samuel E, Combined Landis-Landes Genealogy Report of the Descendants of Hans Landis and Katharina Schinz, Morgantown, PA: Mastof Press, 2005. NYPL APV (Landis) 09-114. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: WengerSE LANDIS p[0-9]*].
  7. Wilcox, S Michael, Landis Families of Canton Zurich, Switzerland. In Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Jan 1995. pp13-18. LMHS Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Wilcox LANDIS p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: WengerSE LANDIS p6]
1553 [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p22]
abt 1544 [Ref: Bittinger LANDIS p29, Wilcox LANDIS p14],
parents:
[Ref: Best SwissOrigins p22, Bittinger LANDIS p29, WengerSE LANDIS p6, Wilcox LANDIS p14]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: WengerSE LANDIS p6]
30 Sep 1614 [Ref: Bittinger LANDIS p29, Wilcox LANDIS p14]
Sep 1614 [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p452],
place:
[Ref: Best SwissOrigins p19]
executed in Zurich [Ref: WengerSE LANDIS p6]
Sources with Information about marriage to Barbara HOCHSTRASSER
date:
before 1580 [Ref: Bittinger LANDIS p29, Wilcox LANDIS p14]
first marriage of Hans [Ref: WengerSE LANDIS p6],
child:
[Ref: Best BRUBAKER p25, Best SwissOrigins p22, Bittinger LANDIS p29, Wagner Zurich2Alsace p4, Wilcox LANDIS p14]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margaretha HOCHSTRASSER
date:
by 1582 [Ref: Bittinger LANDIS p29, Wilcox LANDIS p14]
second marriage of Hans [Ref: WengerSE LANDIS p6],
names:
[Ref: Wagner Zurich2Alsace p3],
child:
[Ref: Best SwissOrigins p22, Best SwissOrigins p23, Wagner Zurich2Alsace p4, Wilcox LANDIS p15]
Research Notes:
Anabaptist minister, beheaded for his faith [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p22, LancasterCoPA Biog p452]

famous Anabaptist martyr; executed Sep 30 1614 [Ref: Bittinger LANDIS p29]

beheaded because of his faith, in Hirzel, on the west side of Lake Zurich, Switzerland; the last Anabaptist execution in Zurich [Ref: Best SwissOrigins p19]



Pedigree of Hans LANDIS
 /-----Hans LANDIS
Hans LANDIS
 \-----Katharine SCHINZ



Descendants of Hans LANDIS
1. Hans LANDIS m1. Barbara HOCHSTRASSER m2. Margaretha HOCHSTRASSER
m. Barbara HOCHSTRASSER
m. Margaretha HOCHSTRASSER

2nd generation

2. Margreth LANDIS m. Uly BRUBACHER
m. Uly BRUBACHER father: Rutschli BRUBACHER mother: Anna WIS
3. Hans LANDIS m. Elsbeth ERTZINGER
m. Elsbeth ERTZINGER father: Uli ERTZINGER
6. Verena LANDIS m. Jacob SUNER
m. Jacob SUNER
8. Felix LANDIS m1. Margareth STRELER m2. Magdalene HESS m3. Adelheid EGLI
m. Margareth STRELER
m. Magdalene HESS
m. Adelheid EGLI
9. Jagli LANDIS m1. Barbara SCHAPPI m2. Elsbeth TRINCKLER
m. Barbara SCHAPPI
m. Elsbeth TRINCKLER
10. Margareth LANDIS m1. Ulrich BRUPPACHER m2. Hans Rudolph BAUMANN
m. Ulrich BRUPPACHER
m. Hans Rudolph BAUMANN
12. Rudolf LANDIS m. Anna BAUMANN
m. Anna BAUMANN

3rd generation

15. Caspar LANDIS m1. Susanna PFISTER m2. Catharina DANHERR
m. Susanna PFISTER
m. Catharina DANHERR
19. Hans Heinrich LANDIS m. Barbara BUELER
m. Barbara BUELER
20. Rudolf LANDIS m. Christine METTLER
m. Christine METTLER father: Hans METTLER mother: Adalheit ANDRESUTER
33. Felix LANDIS m.
49. Ulrich LANDIS m. Elsbeth DRULLINGER
m. Elsbeth DRULLINGER
52. Hans Jacob LANDIS m. Elsbeth HOLTZ
m. Elsbeth HOLTZ

4th generation

62. Hans Rudeli LANDIS m1. Elizabetha GRANDHOMME m2. Anne GOTZ
m. Elizabetha GRANDHOMME
m. Anne GOTZ
72. Hans LANDIS m. Anna GOOD
m. Anna GOOD
74. Jacob LANDIS m. Ann WITMER
m. Ann WITMER
78. Felix LANDIS m. Rosanna (LANDIS)
m. Rosanna (LANDIS)

5th generation

100. John LANDIS m. Anna GOOD
m. Anna GOOD
101. Henry LANDIS m1. Veronica GROFF m2. Mary KNIESLEY
m. Veronica GROFF father: Hans GROFF mother: Susanna KENDIG
m. Mary KNIESLEY
102. Benjamin LANDIS m. Maria WEBER
m. Maria WEBER
103. Barbara LANDIS m. Theodorus BUCKWALTER
m. Theodorus BUCKWALTER father: Francis BUCKWALTER mother: Mary Magdalena DURST
104. Anna LANDIS m1. Christian MOSSER m2. Henry TINKEY
m. Christian MOSSER father: Peter MOSER
m. Henry TINKEY
105. Barbara LANDIS m. Jacob DOWNER
m. Jacob DOWNER father: Hans DANNER mother: Anna (DANNER)