Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 02-03-2022.

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 may be downloaded here.

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


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: Benjamin LANDIS
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1697 b
  • Death: 1781 in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Jacob LANDIS Birth: 1667 Death: 1730 in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
    • Mother:
  • Ann WITMER Birth: 1671

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Banjamin LANDIS Birth: Dec 1730 in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 1787 in Manheim Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  2. Abraham LANDIS Birth: 1734 in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 1790
  3. Maria LANDIS Birth: 1738 in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 29 Jan 1804 in East Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  4. Jacob LANDIS Birth: 1740 in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 8 Apr 1794 in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  5. Barbara LANDIS Birth: Abt 1742 in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  6. Henry LANDIS Birth: 10 Apr 1744 in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania Death: 1828 in East Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania
  7. Ann LANDIS Birth: 5 Jun 1753 in Lampeter Twp, Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania

Bibliography
  1. Best, Jane E, European Roots of the Bear Families of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: An Update, in Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, Jan 1984. LMHS. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Best BEAR-Euro 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. 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]*].
  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. Recker, Charles, People of the Marsh, Newsletter of the Musser Family 1972-75. Grenada Hills, CA: author, 1972-5. NYPL APV (Moser) 87-2041. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh [IVX]*#[0-9]p[0-9]].
  6. 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: Best SwissOrigins p23]
abt 1697 [Ref: Wilcox LANDIS p15]
abt 1704 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v3p234],
parents:
[Ref: Best SwissOrigins p23, Davis Emigrants v3p234, Wilcox LANDIS p15],
father:
[Ref: Recker PeopleMarsh III#2p3]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
father:
Benjamin LANDIS [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p453]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Best SwissOrigins p23, Davis Emigrants v3p234, Wilcox LANDIS p15],
place:
[Ref: Davis Emigrants v3p234]
Lancaster Co [Ref: Wilcox LANDIS p15]
Sources with Information about marriage to Maria WEBER
names:
[Ref: Best SwissOrigins p23, Wilcox LANDIS p15],
child:
[Ref: Best BEAR-Euro p26, Davis Emigrants v3p234, Davis Emigrants v3p235]
Research Notes:
1717: arrived in Pennsylvania, with father [Ref: Davis Emigrants v3p234]

emigrated at age 18 with father [Ref: LancasterCoPA Biog p453]

1729: naturalized [Ref: Davis Emigrants v3p234]

lived on the land in Lampeter Two which his father warranted in 1718 [Ref: Davis Emigrants v3p234]

1751: taxed in Lampeter Twp [Ref: Davis Emigrants v3p234]

1766: Mennonite minister, of Lampeter Twp [Ref: Davis Emigrants v3p234]



Pedigree of Benjamin LANDIS
                                     /-----Hans LANDIS
                            /-----Hans LANDIS
                           |         \-----Katharine SCHINZ
                   /-----Hans LANDIS
                  |         \-----Barbara HOCHSTRASSER
          /-----Hans Heinrich LANDIS
         |        |         /-----Uli ERTZINGER
         |         \-----Elsbeth ERTZINGER
 /-----Jacob LANDIS
|         \-----Barbara BUELER
Benjamin LANDIS
 \-----Ann WITMER



Descendants of Benjamin LANDIS
1. Benjamin LANDIS m. Maria WEBER
m. Maria WEBER

2nd generation

2. Banjamin LANDIS m. Anna SNEVELY
m. Anna SNEVELY father: John SNEVELY
3. Abraham LANDIS m. Maria BEAR
m. Maria BEAR father: Martin BARR mother: Anna Elisabeth GROFF
5. Jacob LANDIS m. Anna (LANDIS)
m. Anna (LANDIS)
7. Henry LANDIS m. Maria BRUBAKER
m. Maria BRUBAKER

3rd generation

12. Benjamin LANDIS m. Elizabeth BRACKBILL
m. Elizabeth BRACKBILL
14. Henry LANDIS m. Anna LONG
m. Anna LONG
32. Benjamin LANDIS m. Barbara MUSSER
m. Barbara MUSSER father: Henry MUSSER mother: Ann NEFF
35. Henry LANDIS m. Magdalena STONER
m. Magdalena STONER father: Christian STONER mother: Magdalena CRONER

4th generation

43. Benjamin LANDIS m. Nancy LONG
m. Nancy LONG
55. Benjamin LANDIS m1. Catharine (LANDIS) m2. Elizabeth HOSTETTER
m. Catharine (LANDIS)
m. Elizabeth HOSTETTER

5th generation

64. Henry L LANDIS m. Catharine S REIST
m. Catharine S REIST father: Jacob REIST