Johannes Heinrich Hirt Landis^{[1, 2, 3]}

1696 - 1756  (60 years)

• Name	Johannes Heinrich Hirt Landis
  Nickname	Ephrata John
  Birth	6 Mar 1696	Mannheim, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
  Gender	Male
  Death	14 May 1756	Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Burial	Kemper-Landis Cemetery, Akron, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA   [4]
  Person ID	I6910	Tulpehocken Genealogy | Bollinger, Hackman, Miller, Lane, Kenege, Royer 1
  Last Modified	29 Dec 2023

  
  

  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	Margaretha Naas,   b. 19 Apr 1707, Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 22 Sep 1780, Akron, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	1721	Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Children	1. Anna Margaretha Stay   d. 12 Dec 1812   2. Maria (Greybil) Landis,   b. 28 Sep 1722, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 30 Jan 1802, Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 79 years) + 3. Rev John Naas Landis, Jr,   b. 19 May 1723, Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 7 May 1801, Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 77 years)   4. Rebecca (Bear) Landis,   b. 1724   5. Henry Landis,   b. 1726, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1814, Frederick County, Maryland, USA (Age 88 years)   6. Elizabeth Naas Landis,   b. 13 Apr 1731, Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 20 Mar 1804, Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 72 years)   7. Benjamin Landis,   b. 1734, Pennsylvania, USA d. Aug 1826, Schaefferstown, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 92 years) + 8. Barbara Landis,   b. 3 Jul 1736, Ephrata Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 18 Mar 1818, Springville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 81 years)   9. Margaret Landis,   b. 1738, Dunkard, Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1826, New Windsor, Carroll County, Maryland, USA (Age 88 years) + 10. Anna Naas Landis,   b. 17 Feb 1738, Ephrata Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1785 (Age 46 years)   11. Elizabeth Brickelbeck Landis,   b. 14 Apr 1738, Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 20 Mar 1804, Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 65 years)   12. Magdalena N Landis,   b. 1740, Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1826, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 86 years)   13. David N Landis,   b. 1741, Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 7 Apr 1825, Salisbury Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 84 years)   14. Jacob Nass Landis,   b. 15 Oct 1742, Ephrata Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 20 Aug 1804, East Cocalico Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 61 years) + 15. Susanna Naas Landes,   b. 1746, Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1806, Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 60 years)   16. Catherine N Landis,   b. 26 May 1747, Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1835 (Age 87 years)   17. Salome Landis,   b. 1748, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 1760, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 12 years)   18. Abraham Landis,   b. 27 Oct 1750, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 25 Aug 1832, Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 81 years)   19. Benjamin N Landis,   b. 1752, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA d. May 1826, Landis, Cumberland County, New Jersey, USA (Age 74 years)   20. Benjamin Landis,   b. 1766   d. 1853 (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F1898	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2021

  
  

• Notes

  John Landes was born 6 March 1696, and married Margaretha Naas who was born 19 April 1707. He is called "Ephrata" John to distinguish him from the other John Landis European emigrants who came to the Lancaster area in the 1700's. Our "Ephrata" John Landes died 14 May 1756 and Margaretha 22 Sept 1780. John and Margaretha are said to be buried in the Landis-Kemper Cemetery in the borough of Akron, Lancaster Co. All the stones are lying flat, overgrown with grass and only tiny parts of a few stones are visible. This cemetery appears to be the far upper end of the 135 acre property that "Ephrata" John Landes patented from the Penn's on 16 March 1738/9 (patent A-1-189, can be seen on microfilm at the PA Historical Society in Philadelphia). Standing at the cemetery on Scenic View Drive in Akron, one can look down the hill and across the fields and see the rusty old oil tanks just off Rothsville Road that are on part of his property. Rothsville Road cuts his property in half. The lower half (northern half) is bounded by Cocalico Creek and Rothsville Road, the creek makes a big loop and at the northern end both Hammer and Middle Creeks join Cocalico Creek. This is bottomland and does get flooded. There is an old stone house on the south side of Rothsville Road at Millway Road. We wonder if this could have been the family home. The old barn across Rothsville Road was torn down in 1999. An old brick house, down by the juncture of the three streams, burned about 1998.

  
  

• 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=6911 [S175] Website: Geni World Family Tree, (https://www.geni.com/family-tree/html/start), https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40000-117355726/johannes-heinrich-landis-in-geni-world-family-tree (Reliability: 4). Johannes Heinrich Landis&lt;br&gt;Gender: Male&lt;br&gt;Birth: Mar 6 1696 - Mannheim, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany&lt;br&gt;Death: May 14 1756 - Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, British America&lt;br&gt;Burial: Kemper-Landis Graveyard, Akron, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States&lt;br&gt;Father: <a>Johannes Jacob Landis</a>&lt;br&gt;Mother: <a>Anna E. (Ebbe) Landis (born Witmer)</a>&lt;br&gt;Wife: <a>Anna Margaretha Landis (born Naas)</a>&lt;br&gt;Children: <a>Elizabeth Naas Mohler (born Landis)</a>, <a>Barbara Keller Buchwalter (born Landis)</a>, <a>Martha Landis</a>, <a>Magdalena N. Baer (born Landis)</a>, <a>Jacob Nass Landis</a>, <a>David Landis</a>, <a>Susanna Naas Bowman (born Landis)</a>, <a>Benjamin Landis</a>, <a>Mary Sontag (born Landis)</a>, <a>John Landis, Jr.</a>, <a>Henry Landis</a>, <a>Margaret Hess (born Landis)</a>, <a>Anna Hernley (born Landis)</a>, <a>Catherine Bauman (born Landis)</a>, <a>Salome (born Landis)</a>, <a>Abraham Landis</a>&lt;br&gt;Siblings: <a>Heinrich (Henry) Landis</a>, <a>Johannes Landis</a>, <a>Barbara Witmer Myer (born Landis)</a>, <a>Benjamin Witmer Landis</a>, <a>Felix Landis</a>, <a>Anna W. Musser (born Landis)</a> [S181] WikiTree contributors, Website: WikiTree: Family Tree, (wikitree.com), https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10109-19704215/johann-john-w-heinrich-hirt-ephrata-john-landis-in-wikitree (Reliability: 4). Johann John W. Heinrich Hirt Ephrata John Landis&lt;br&gt;Gender: Male&lt;br&gt;Birth: Mar 6 1696 - Steinsfurt, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Wuertemburg, Germany&lt;br&gt;Marriage: 1721 - , Lancaster County, , Province of Pennsylvania&lt;br&gt;Death: May 14 1756 - Ephrata Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania&lt;br&gt;Father: Jacob Landis&lt;br&gt;Mother: Anna Barbara Landis (born Witmer)&lt;br&gt;Wife: Margaretha Margaret Landis (born Naas)&lt;br&gt;Children: Susanna Naas LandisBenjamin N. LandisAnna N LandisMagdalena N. LandisRev. John Naas LandisElizabeth N LandisDavid N. LandisJacob N. LandisCatherine N. LandisBarbara Keller (born Landes)&lt;br&gt;Siblings: Rev. Heinrich Henry W LandisRev. Benjamin LandisAnna LandisBarbara Buckwalter (born Landis Buchwalter)Anna Barbara Meyer (born Landis)Christian LandisJacob Witmer Landis [S64] Website: Find a Grave [text], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91149687/johannes-heinrich_hirt-landis.