Ahnentafel #1782 - Christopher Landis

Chrisopher Landis or Christian Landis / Landers

Born: by 1690
Died: ca. 1771, Mecklenburg Co., NC

Buried: unknown

Married: unknown

The date that Michael and his family first set foot in Mecklenburg County, Province of North Carolina is not known, but we do know that he was there on May 3, 1764 because on that date, he and his father-in-law, Christopher Landys, purchased 190 acres for 65 pounds from James and Ruth McClain. The location was described as being on Three Mile Creek, being a branch of the Rocky River. Mecklenburg County was then two years old, having been cut off from Anson County in 1762. As was often the case, the deed was not recorded until the property was sold. Then, this deed was proved in the October term of Court 1774 by martin Phifer, Esq. a subscribing witness thereto.

For years, we searched and searched trying to identify the parents of Mary Landers / Landis without success until recently when we received records from Robert McAlear of Nice, CA. He wrote:

Ahnentafel #891 - Mary Landis

Mary Landis aka Mary Landers

Born: ca. 1710
Died: May 25, 1795 in Mercer Co., Kentucky

Buried: unknown

Married: 1) Michael Goodnight, Feb. 19, 1762 in Virginia or North Carolina
2) (--?--) Flanigan ca. 1787 in Kentucky

Biography:
The date that Michael Goodnight and his family first set foot in Mecklenburg County, Province of North Carolina is not known, but we do know that he was there on May 3, 1764, because on that date, he and his father-in-law Christopher Landys, purchased 190 acres for 65 pounds from James and Ruth McClain. The location was described as being on Three Mile Creek, being a branch of the Rocky River. Mecklenburg County was then two years old, having been cut off from Anson County in 1762. As was often the case, the deed was not recorded until the property was sold. Then, this deed was proved in the October term of Court 1774 by Martin Phifer, Esq. a subscribing witness thereto. 

For years, we searched and searched trying to identify the parents of Mary Landers/Landis

Notebook - Pennsylvania, No. 2, Part 1

Boyer, Carl. Ship Passenger Lists Pennsylvania & Delaware (1641-1825), Newhall, CA: Boyer, 1980

Naturalizations, Germantown, Pa., 3/7/1691-2; Copia Naturalisationis of Francis Daniel Pastorius and of 61 Persons More of German Town from William Penn, Esq., National Genealogical Society Quarterly, 28 (1940), 7-8 [Lancour No. 129].

William Penn, Proprietary of the Province of Pennsilvania, etc. On the King & Queen's authority, to all to whom these Presents all come Sends Greeting, etc. Whereas:

• Paul Wolff
• Willm Rittinghuysen
• Claes Rittinghuysen - land owner

High and low Germans, Inhabitants and Owners of land in German-Town and in the County of Philadelphia, being foreigners, and so not freemen, according to the acception of the Law of England, Have requested to be made freemen of the said Province, pursuant to the Powers granted by the King's Letters patent, and Act of Union and Naturalization, etc. made in this Government, Now Know ye, that for the further Incouragement of the Industry and Sobriety of the said Inhabitants, And for the better and further Security of their Estates reall and personal, to them and their heirs, They the said Inhabitants having Solemnly

Notebook - North Carolina No. 1

Absher, Mrs. W.O. Stokes County, North Carolina Wills, Vols. I-IV, 1790-1864, no imprint

Page 55. 25 October 1800. Will of Richard Beasley, Planter. September Term 1804. Wife Martha, Estate during lifetime. Son Jeremiah, home plantation to share with his mother. Children: William, Peggy Cooper, Benjamin, Robert, Richard, Molly Faylor (or Taylor), Patty Harrison, James, Sally Nunn, Thomas, Sukea Coomer, 5 shillings each. Executors: Friends and neighbors, namely James Cook and Tyro Riddle. Witnesses: Isaac Pennington, Joseph Pennington, Jurat and Caleb Sumner. Signed Richard (x) Beasley. - grandpa

Page 58. 27 August 1804. Will of William Beasley. December Term 1804. His wife should keep children together and raise them (no names). Witnesses: Tyre Riddle and William (x) Burris. Signed William (x) Beasley.

Page 70. 22 October 1802. Will of James Matthews. June Term 1806. Son Tandy, home tract Townfork 248 acres; also 600 acres bought of Chas. Beasley adjoining above; also 100 acres Blues Creek (late property of John Thompson); also 900+ acres in hands of John Griffith in Virginia; also Negro Dicy and his wife Anaky, Stephen 4 years old and man named Frank . . . To Joseph Hollensworth in trust for his Son, James, 600 acres bought of Charles Beazley including mansion house "Stone Chimneys;" also Negro Silla . . . To Tandy Hollinsworth (infant son of Mary and Joseph), Negro Rachel . . . To Mary Hollinsworth, Negro Rachel's increase. To son Tandy, 900 acres known as The

February 19th

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1687 Abigail Huntington daughter of John & Abigail (Lathrop) Huntington

1880 August May in St. Jacob, IL son of Fredrich & Elizabeth (Aebisher) May, died 1923 in St. Jacob.  He married Linda Suter in 1906. 

Herman Anderson son of Elmer & Edna (Wilkin) Anderson