Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Family Register |
Object ID # |
2015.37.10 |
Title |
Jacob & Agnes Landes family register by John Adam Eyer, 1782 |
Creator |
Eyer, John Adam, 1755-1837 (attributed) |
Place of Origin |
Hilltown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania |
Year Range from |
1782 |
Year Range to |
1798 |
Material |
Laid paper, ink, watercolor |
Dimensions |
W-6.75 L-9.75 inches |
Description |
Family register of Jacob & Agnes Fretz Landes [Landis]. The births and marriage of parents are given in colorful fraktur lettering at the top (attributed to John Adam Eyer), followed by births of 11 children in German script (continuing onto reverse). Only the first child's birth is in the handwriting of the fraktur artist. Badly torn along top and right sides; the left edge has been cut away cleanly. Colors: red, green, black. |
Provenance |
Jacob Landis (1760-1837) and Agnes Fretz Landis (1763-1826) resided in Hilltown Township, Bucks County and are buried in the Deep Run Mennonite Church East Cemetery. |
Source |
Acquisition made by possible by a gift from Hiram and Mary Jane Lederach Hershey and the Lederach family. |
People |
Landis, Jacob, 1760-1837 (Hilltown Twp) Landis, Agnes Fretz, 1763-1826 Baum, Mary Landis, 1783- Leatherman, Sarah Landis, 1785-1855 Shelly, Elizabeth Landis, 1787-1856 Landis, Ralph, 1789-1852 Shaddinger, Agnes Landis, 1791-1852 Landis, Magdalena, 1793-1876 Overholt, Anna Landis, 1796-1869 Landis, Jacob F., 1798-1822 Landis, Barbara F., 1800-1861 Landis, Abraham F., 1803-1870 Landis, Joseph F., 1807-1858 |
Collection |
Fraktur |