Andreas Wüster1

M, #2, b. circa 1627, d. 30 July 1692
Last Edited: 14 Dec 2016
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Ancestors of Elmira Seltzer

Family:

Anna (?)

Children:

Anna Magdalena Wüster6 b. 1665
Maria Catharina Wüster6 b. 1669, d. 1670
Hans Caspar Wüster+ 6 b. 5 Apr 1671
Maria Catharina Wüster6 b. 1673
Anna Sibila Wüster6 b. 1676
Anna Maria Wüster6 b. 1679, d. 1686
Johannes Christopher Wüster6 b. 1682
Maria Helena Wüster6 b. 1684
Johann Adam Wüster6 b. 1687

Notes

  • Note*: Immigrant Casper Wister in his biographical note "A Short Report" names his grandfather Andres Wüster, and states that he was a hunter living in the village of Neunkirchen, in the "Mospacher Ambt", a district in the mountains two hours from Heidelberg in the Palatinate, now Germany.

    Andreas Wüster had moved from Crailsheim, a city in Württemberg, first to Bruchhausen, and then to Neunkirchen. The children of Andreas Wüster and his wife Anna were all baptized (1665 - 1687) at the Reformed church at Neunkirchen.

    In 1653, Andreas Wüster at age 26 obtained a position as forester at Neunkirchen. This was a government position, with the responsibility to oversee the use of the elector's forest resources in that district, to provide game for the elector's kitchens, and to assist with hunts. He served first in the reign of elector Karl Ludwig (1648-1680), starting just after the end of the Thirty Years War, a period of repopulation and economic rebuilding. His salary stagnated. In 1680, after the death of the then elector, serving under a 2nd Karl (1680-1685), he received a promotion to chief forester, with significantly increased salary and responsibilities, overseeing the districts of Dilsberg, Mosbach and Boxberg, including the heavy forests around Heidelberg. The death of the 2nd Karl brought the reign of Philipp Wilhelm (1685-90), along with war with France in 1688, and the torching of Heidelberg and many villages in 1689 and 1693. Salaries lapsed. Foresters mediated the conflicting demands of government and citizenry for timber and game.5

Citations

  1. [S9] Beiler, Rosalind F., Immigrant and Entrepreneur : The Atlantic World of Caspar Wister, 1650-1750. Penn. State Univ. Press, 2008.
  2. [S9] Beiler, Rosalind F., Immigrant and Entrepreneur : The Atlantic World of Caspar Wister, 1650-1750. Penn. State Univ. Press, 2008, p. 180.
  3. [S9] Beiler, Rosalind F., Immigrant and Entrepreneur : The Atlantic World of Caspar Wister, 1650-1750. Penn. State Univ. Press, 2008, p. 15, footnote 6, citing their children's baptism records.
  4. [S9] Beiler, Rosalind F., Immigrant and Entrepreneur : The Atlantic World of Caspar Wister, 1650-1750. Penn. State Univ. Press, 2008, p. 25, 180.
  5. [S9] Beiler, Rosalind F., Immigrant and Entrepreneur : The Atlantic World of Caspar Wister, 1650-1750. Penn. State Univ. Press, 2008, p. 12, 15-25.
  6. [S9] Beiler, Rosalind F., Immigrant and Entrepreneur : The Atlantic World of Caspar Wister, 1650-1750. Penn. State Univ. Press, 2008, p. 180, citing Neunkirchen reformierte Kirchenbuch. Evangelisches Oberkirchenrat, Karlsruhe, Germany.