Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Benjamin Landis




Husband Benjamin Landis 1

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Children
1 M Henry Landis 1 2 3

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           Died: 1760 - Manheim Twp, Lancaster Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Veronica Graafe (      -      ) 1 2 3



General Notes: Husband - Benjamin Landis


He came from Switzerland and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, prior to 1720, taking up eight hundred acres of land in Manheim township. He was a preacher of the Mennonite denomination.

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 73.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 489.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1077.


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