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  • Name: Elizabeth LANDIS
  • Sex: F
  • Birth: 9 Oct 1743 b
  • Death: 12 Dec 1781 d
  • Burial: Hershey Cemetery, Manheim Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania u


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Henry LANDIS Birth: 1700 in Switzerland Death: Abt Nov 1760 in Manheim Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  • Mother:
  • Veronica GROFF Birth: Abt 1710 Death: Abt 1752 in Manheim Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Mary HERSHEY Birth: 1763 in Manheim Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 1856 in Williamsville, Erie Co, New York
  2. Anna HERSHEY Birth: Abt 1765
  3. Esther HERSHEY Birth: Abt 1767
  4. Barbara HERSHEY Birth: 1 Mar 1769 in Manheim Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 9 Dec 1828
  5. Catharine HERSHEY Birth: 13 Jul 1771 Death: 25 Sep 1849
  6. Elizabeth HERSHEY Birth: 18 Sep 1765 in Pennsboro Twp, Cumberland Co, Pennsylvania Death: 26 Dec 1832 in Cumberland Co, Pennsylvania
  7. Abraham HERSHEY Birth: 3 Mar 1774 in Rapho Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 6 May 1839
  8. Christian HERSHEY Birth: 16 Jan 1777 Death: 3 Aug 1853 in Lisbon, Linn Co, Iowa
  9. (Unk) HERSHEY Birth: 1781 Death: 1781
  10. (Unk) HERSHEY Birth: 1781 Death: 1781

Bibliography
  1. Best, Jane Evans, The Groff Book, Volume 2, A Continuing Saga, Ronks, PA: Groff History Assiciates, 1997. NYPL APV (Groff) 86-1589 v2. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Best GROFF p[0-9]*].
  2. 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]*].
  3. Davis, Richard Warren, Emigrants Refugees and Prisoners, Vol I. Provo, UT: author, 1995. LMHS Ref E184.M45.D3 1995 v1. LDS Film#1573238#15. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/007956425 images 739-959. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Davis Emigrants v1p[0-9]*].
  4. Davis, Richard Warren, Emigrants Refugees and Prisoners, Vol III. Provo, UT: author, 1999. NYPL APK 01-2370v3. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Davis Emigrants v3p[0-9]*].
  5. Groff, Clyde L, Walter B Groff, Jane Evans Best, The Groff Book, Ronks, PA: Groff History Associates, 1985. NYPL APV (Groff) 86-1589 v1. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: GroffCL GROFF p[0-9]*].
  6. Lancaster County Pennsylvania Recorder of Deeds, Deed books 1729-1867. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1947. Book O, 1764-1773, LDS Film#0021386#1. Lancaster County Court House, Office of Records and Archives, 50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/008067072 images 46-7. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds O-85].
  7. Lancaster County Pennsylvania Recorder of Deeds, Deed books 1729-1867. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1947. Book P, 1764-1773, LDS Film#0021386#2. Lancaster County Court House, Office of Records and Archives, 50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/008067072 images 481-2. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds P-293].
  8. Lancaster County Pennsylvania Recorder of Deeds, Deed books 1729-1867. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1947. Book X, 1782-1786, LDS Film#0021390#1. Lancaster County Court House, Office of Records and Archives, 50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/008067076 images 87-90. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds X-164].
  9. Landis, Ira D, Hans Groffs Aplenty, in Mennonite Research Journal, vol 14 no 3, July 1973. Continued in Oct 73, Jan 74, Apr 74. NYPL ISD (Lancaster Co) 75-1114. Available (for purchase) at https://www.lmhs.org/research/lmhs-publications/research-journal/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Landis HansGroffs 7[34][01][0-9]p[0-9]*].
  10. Mason, Floyd R, Hershey Family Tree of Pennsylvania. Bridgewater, VA: author, 2002. NYPL APV (Hershey) 05-3375. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Mason HERSHEY p[0-9]*].
  11. Slabaugh, John M, Henry Landis of Warwick and Manheim Townships, Lancaster Co, PA. In Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, vol 7 no 4, Oct 1984. NYPL APR (PA) 82-1017. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Slabaugh LANDIS p[0-9]*].
  12. Wenger, Samuel S, The Wenger Book, Lancaster, PA: Pennsylvania German Heritage, 1978. NYPL APV (Wenger) 86-601. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: WengerSS WENGER p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Best GROFF p91, Bittinger LANDIS p29, Davis Emigrants v3p233, GroffCL GROFF p54, Landis HansGroffs 7307p29, Slabaugh LANDIS p23]
1743 [Ref: WengerSS WENGER p1064],
parents:
[Ref: Best GROFF p91, Bittinger LANDIS p29, Davis Emigrants v3p233, GroffCL GROFF p54, Landis HansGroffs 7307p29, Slabaugh LANDIS p23, WengerSS WENGER p1064],
father:
[Ref: LancasterCoPA Deeds O-85, LancasterCoPA Deeds P-293, LancasterCoPA Deeds X-164]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Best GROFF p91, Bittinger LANDIS p29, Davis Emigrants v3p233, GroffCL GROFF p54, Landis HansGroffs 7307p29, Slabaugh LANDIS p23]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Slabaugh LANDIS p23]
Sources with Information about marriage to Abraham HERSHEY
names:
[Ref: Bittinger LANDIS p29, Davis Emigrants v1p210, Davis Emigrants v3p233, LancasterCoPA Deeds O-85, LancasterCoPA Deeds P-293, LancasterCoPA Deeds X-164, Landis HansGroffs 7307p29, Mason HERSHEY p10],
child:
[Ref: Best GROFF p91, Best GROFF p92, GroffCL GROFF p54, GroffCL GROFF p55, Mason HERSHEY p16, Slabaugh LANDIS p23, WengerSS WENGER p1064]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Elizabeth LANDIS
                                              /-----Hans LANDIS
                                     /-----Hans LANDIS
                                    |         \-----Katharine SCHINZ
                            /-----Hans LANDIS
                           |         \-----Barbara HOCHSTRASSER
                   /-----Hans Heinrich LANDIS
                  |        |         /-----Uli ERTZINGER
                  |         \-----Elsbeth ERTZINGER
          /-----Hans LANDIS
         |         \-----Barbara BUELER
 /-----Henry LANDIS
|         \-----Anna GOOD
Elizabeth LANDIS
|                                    /-----Hans GRAF
|                           /-----Jakob GRAF
|                          |         \-----Elsbeth PETER
|                  /-----Marx GRAF
|                 |        |         /-----Jacob SPORRI
|                 |         \-----Anna SPORRI
|         /-----Hans GROFF
 \-----Veronica GROFF
         |                           /-----Peter KUNDIG
         |                  /-----Jorg KUNDIG
         |         /-----Hans Jagli KUNDIG
         |        |         \-----Barbel HUFFELBERG
          \-----Susanna KENDIG
                  |         /-----Martin MEILI
                   \-----Elsbeth MEILI
                            \-----Barbara BAR



Descendants of Elizabeth LANDIS
1. Elizabeth LANDIS m. Abraham HERSHEY
m. Abraham HERSHEY father: Christian HERSHEY mother: Esther EGLI

2nd generation

2. Mary HERSHEY m. John LONG
m. John LONG father: John LONG mother: Anna (LONG)
8. Abraham HERSHEY m. Mary HERR
m. Mary HERR father: Christian HERR mother: Mary HERSHEY
9. Christian HERSHEY m. Elizabeth YORDY
m. Elizabeth YORDY father: Christian YORDY mother: Barbara GINGRICH

3rd generation

23. Mary Katherine HERSHEY m1. John EBY m2. Michael HOOVER
m. John EBY
m. Michael HOOVER father: George HUBER mother: Susanna RYDER