Descendants of Christopher Landers

Second Generation


4. Henry Landers (Christopher ) was born 1 in 1740. He died 2 on 1 Mar 1801 in Warren County, KY.

"The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy" gives Felix Landers, Jr.of Lancaster, PA as Henry's father.

Henry married 2 Catherine Goodnight 1 daughter of Hans Michael Goodnight and ? ? in 1763. Catherine was born 3 in 1744 in Germany. She died 4 in 1816 in Warren County, KY.

Per Timothy R. Marsh, via Roger Rice Landers: In 1801, in Warren County,KY, Catharine Landers was appointed administratrix over the estate of herhusband Henry Landers, deceased.

They had the following children:

  11 F i Elizabeth Landers was born 1 in 1764 in Tyron County, NC. She died 2 in Oct 1847 in Lincoln County, TN.
        Elizabeth married 2 Moses Satterfield 1 in 1792.
  12 F ii Sally Landers was born 1 in 1765 in North Carolina. She died 2 in 1830 in Allen County, KY.
        Sally married 2 Isaac Lee 1 in 1789.
+ 13 M iii Christopher Landers was born in 1767. He died in 1814.
  14 F iv Sarah Landers was born 1 in 1770 in Mecklenburg County, NC. She died 2 in 1830 in Rutherford County, NC.
  15 F v Phoebe Landers was born 1 in 1776 in Tyron County, NC. She died 2 in 1850 in Allen County, KY.
  16 M vi John Landers was born 1 in 1779 in Tyron County, NC. He died 2 in 1847 in Henry County, TN.
        John married 2 (1) Patsy Johnston 1 in 1801.
        John married 2 (2) Mary Satterfield 1 on 30 Sep 1805.
  17 F vii Mary Landers was born 1 in 1781 in Rutherford County, NC. She died 2 in 1830 in Madison County, IL.
        Mary married 2 Aaron Armstrong 1 on 17 Dec 1800.
+ 18 F viii Rachel Landers was born in 1783. She died in 1847.
+ 19 M ix Jacob Landers was born in 1785. He died on 1 Dec 1834.
  20 F x Catherine Landers was born 1 in 1787 in Rutherford County, NC. She died 2 in Oct 1847.
        Catherine married 2 James Satterfield 1 on 1 Aug 1808.
  21 M xi Isaac Landers was born 1 in 1789 in Rutherford County, NC. He died 2 on 20 Aug 1854 in Allen County, KY.
        Isaac married 2 Patsey Roberts 1 on 14 Feb 1814.
  22 F xii Rebecca Landers was born 1 in 1792 in Rutherford County, NC. She died 2 in 1847 in Henry County, TN.
        Rebecca married 2 Andrew Willoby 1 on 2 Jul 1810.
  23 M xiii Henry Landers was born 1 in 1796 in Rutherford County, NC. He died 2 in Oct 1847 in Illinois.
        Henry married 2 Betsy Hinton 1 on 20 Sep 1817.
  24 F xiv Susannah Landers was born 1 on 8 Jul 1798 in Warren County, KY. She died 2 on 17 Feb 1853 in Independence, PA.
        Susannah married 2 John Slayton 1 on 25 Aug 1815.

5. Mary Landers (Christopher ) was born 1 in 1744 in Lancaster County, PA. She died 2 on 25 May 1795 in Harlan's Station, KY.

This line is said to include President of the US Harry S Truman.

Mary married 1 Hans Michael Goodnight on 19 Feb 1762 in Bedford County, VA. Hans was born 2 in 1709 in Germany. He died 3 on 1 Sep 1781 in Harlan's Station, KY.

They had the following children:

  25 F i Margaret Goodnight was born 1 in 1763.
  26 F ii Elizabeth Goodnight was born 1 in 1764.
  27 M iii John Goodnight was born 1 on 1 May 1765 in Mecklenburg County, NC.
  28 M iv Jacob Goodnight was born 1 in 1767.
  29 M v Henry Goodnight was born 1 in 1758 in Virginia.
  30 F vi Rachel Goodnight 1.
  31 M vii Abraham Goodnight was born 1 in 1772.
  32 F viii Sarah Goodnight was born 1 on 4 Apr 1777.
  33 M ix Isaac Goodnight was born 1 on 1 Jan 1782 in Harlan's Station, KY. He died 2 on 14 Oct 1869 in Three Forks, KY.

6. John Landess 1 (Christopher ) was born 2 in 1748 in Greenbriar, VA. He died 3, 4 on 13 Jun 1814 in Washington County, KY.

Frances Fonnette Landess (Sadler) [frances1@tds.net] says her family usesthe spelling "Landess". Robert McAlear [rmcalear@pacific.net] says thesame. Further, McAlear lists his father as "Christian" (died 1771), sothis entire line may not belong under "Christopher". More work to do! Butsee also the notes for Christopher, his father.

John married 2 Susannah Harmon 1 daughter of John Harmon and Mary ? in 1785 in Lincoln County, NC. Susannah was born 3 in 1753. She died 4 in 1814 in Washington County, KY.

They had the following children:

+ 34 M i Henry Harmon Landess was born on 14 Aug 1777. He died in Nov 1862.
+ 35 M ii John Landis II was born in 1780. He died on 10 Jun 1841.
  36 F iii Catherine Landers was born 1 in 1782. She died 2 in 1814.
        Catherine married 2 Seth Catlin , Jr. 1 on 16 Nov 1801 in Washington County, KY.
+ 37 M iv Jacob Landess was born in 1784. He died in Jun 1832.
  38 F v Rachel Landers was born 1 in 1786. She died 2 in 1814.
        Rachel married David Lawrence 1.
+ 39 F vi Anna Landers was born in 1787.
+ 40 M vii Levi Landers was born in 1788. He died on 26 Dec 1834.
  41 F viii Christiana Landess was born 1 in 1788.

Jean Heaps lists the date of birth as 1792.
        Christiana married (1) Thomas Scott 1.
        Christiana married 2 (2) John T. Catlin 1 on 1 Jan 1817.

Tom Landers has recorded the marriage date as 6 April 1812 in WashintonCounty, KY.
  42 M ix Joseph Landers was born 1 in 1790. He died 2 in 1790.
  43 M x Felix Landers was born 1 in 1795 in Washington County, KY.
        Felix married (1) Betsy Roundtree 1.
        Felix married (2) Eliza Oliver 1.
        Felix married (3) ? Tuck 1.
        Felix married 2 (4) Rhoda Hopkins 1 on 1 Feb 1819 in Shelby County, KY.
+ 44 F xi Mary Landess was born on 8 Jan 1799. She died in Mar 1874.
+ 45 M xii Ilar Landess was born in 1801. He died on 16 Feb 1842.
  46 F xiii Sarah Landess 1 was born 2 in 1801 in Washington County, KY.
        Sarah married 2 James Harrigan 1 on 31 Aug 1824 in Washington County, KY.

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