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From: Dan Landiss <>
Subject: Re: [LANDIS] Hans Landis
Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2001 16:39:19 -0500
In-Reply-To: <MFMBM008uMJ4ySUfjhc000023ae@mfmbm008.myfamilycorp.local>


Rev. Wm. Landiss wrote about 1930:

A letter by Henry Landiss (now deceased) of Richtervil, Switzerland in the
summer of 1913 contains this statement "The Landis family
originated in the parish of Hirzel and spread throughout the cantons of
Zurich and Zug. A large branch of the family settled at Walchvil on
Lake Zug and remained Catholic. The branch that located in Richtervil were
Reformed (Calvinistic), and still remain Reformed. The
Landises first appear as Anabaptists in the History of the Reformation in
Zurich."

The Anabaptists were so called because they insisted on rebaptism,
rejecting infant baptism as practiced by the Roman Church. They
also denied the authority of the Pope, refused to bear arms, and taught a
rigid adherence to the Holy Scriptures.

Hans Landis appears as a prominent Anabaptist, the first to be mentioned in
the record. He was a preacher of the Reformation and
suffered martyrdom because of his religious zeal and teachings. His arrest
was ordered by the Papal Council of Zurich probably in
expectation that fear of imprisonment would cause him to cease his
religious opposition. Hans, however, could not be thus intimidated, so
he was arrested and carried in irons to Zolothorn where he was imprisoned.
By the aid of friends he escaped prison, but beginning again
his preaching, he was soon retaken. He was carried before the Council at
Zurich and rigidly examined as to his faith and doctrine.

When he refused to deny his faith, cease his preaching, to bear arms or
take the oath of allegiance to the Pope the Council ordered that
he be executed. This was done in September, 1614. Hans was led under guard
to Wolf-Statt and there beheaded by Paul Volmar, the
public executioner. But Paul first fell to his knees before Hans and begged
forgiveness for what he was about to do. Hans consoled him
saying, "I have already forgiven you. May God forgive you also that nothing
may hinder you in this matter."

After his execution all the property of Hans was confiscated and his family
persecuted. One after another his sons were imprisoned, or
their property taken from them until they were reduced to starvation.

In the years between 1640 and 1660 all of Hans descendants, after having
their property confiscated, were driven out of Switzerland.
They sought refuge in the Palatine country, in the neighborhood of Mannheim
and Strassburg on the Rhine, where they found employment
as farmers and weavers.

The names of those going to the Rhine country of South Germany have not
been definitely ascertained. The following names and dates
are given, and it is hoped that future investigations will make it possible
to form a complete chain.

1547 - In this year Johannes Landis married Catherine Schintz.

1553 - Hans Landis, their son, was born. He married Barbara Hochstratter an
became a preacher of the Anabaptists. Because of
religious activity and zeal he was persecuted and imprisoned. In 1614 he
was beheaded by the order of the Papal Council of Zurich, and
all his property confiscated. An account of his execution may be found in
Martyrs Mirrors (Elkhart Edition) pages 1045-1047. His
martyrdom was also commemorated by a hymn of forty-six verses in "Asbund",
the old Mennonite hymnal which was used in the
Mennonite services from 1642 until within recent years.

1588 - Hans Landis, second, was born. He was the son of Hans the Martyr and
also a preacher of the Anabaptists. In 1608 he was
imprisoned. In 1633 he, with his daughter, Margaretha, was imprisoned at
Orthensbach for sixty weeks. He married Elizabeth Erzinger,
but date of this marriage was not found, nor the number and names of his
children.

1614 - Caspar Landis was born. He may have been a grandson of Hans the
Martyr. He married Susannah Pfister and was living in
Marhirch, Germany in 1674.

1640 - Foelix Landis, another son of Hans the Martyr, was reduced to
starvation and his wife disgracefully abused. Their children were
driven away and their furniture taken from them.

1640 - Oswald and Jacob Landis, sons of Hans the Martyr, were banished from
Switzerland and their property confiscated.

1641 - Hans Landis the third was born. It is not known whose son he was,
but undoubtedly a grandson of Hans the Martyr. He married
Angelina Trimpler and lived at Marhirch, Germany.

1659 - Christian Landis was born. He was living in Marhirch, Germany in
1675. He may have been a son of Caspar.

1670 - Hans Heinrich Landis was born at Colmar, Germany.

1675 - Jacob Landis was living at Frostweiler, Germany.

1683 - Hans Rudolph Landis was born. He married Elizabeth Hirt at Marhirch,
Germany, in 1709. Migrated to Germantown,
Pennsylvania in 1724.

SEE ALSO: <http://www.landiss.com/family/chap01.htm>;


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