Hans Caspar Wüster

Hans Caspar Wüster¹

• Baptism*: 5 April 1671; Neunkirchen, Palatinate¹
• Marriage*: 18 August 1695; Gaiberg, Palatinate; The marriage is also recorded in the Neunkirchen reformierte Kirchenbuch, as 20 July 1695.; Spouse=Anna Catharina Müller²
• Burial*: 15 January 1726; Neckargemünd, Palatinate³

Parents:

Family:

Anna Catharina Müller b. 17 Dec 1671, d. 24 May 1743

• Marriage*: 18 August 1695; Gaiberg, Palatinate; The marriage is also recorded in the Neunkirchen reformierte Kirchenbuch, as 20 July 1695.; Spouse=Anna Catharina Müller²

Children:

Hans Caspar Wüster⁵ b. 19 Feb 1696
Dorothea Wüster⁵ b. 22 Aug 1697
Maria Barbara Wüster³ b. 2 Mar 1700
Anna Barbara Wüster+ ³ b. 25 Jan 1702, d. bt 26 Oct 1762 - 25 Jan 1775
Albertina Wüster³ b. 28 Oct 1703
Maria Margaretha Wüster³ b. 13 Jun 1707, d. 11 Oct 1714
Johannes Wüster³ b. 11 Sep 1708
Johann Ludwig Wüster³ b. 2 Feb 1711, d. Feb 1741
Georg Bernhard Wüster³ b. 21 Jul 1713

Notes

• Note*: Hans Caspar Wüster was born in Neunkirchen, the Palatinate, Germany, and baptized there 4/5/1671. He was buried 1/15/1726. Hans Caspar Wüster was trained, like his father, as a forester, a position in the Palatinate government. Shortly after his father's death in 1695 he moved to the village of Waldhilsbach, just south of Heidelberg, to take the position of forester for the Gaiberg district, a position he held for his lifetime. He and Anna Catharina Muller were in nearby Gaiberg, 8/18/1695. Her father held the position of magistrate of Waldhilsbach. Of Hans Caspar and Anna Catharina Wüster's nine children, seven lived to adulthood and four immigrated to Pennsylvania.
  
  Their eldest son Hans Caspar Wistar (1696-1752) immigrated in 1717, became a button merchant, joined the Quakers, became a partner in an iron furnace, working with a German partner imported rifles and other goods, purchased large tracts from the Penn family when they were in need, and sold lots to many German immigrants, established the glass manufacture in Salem, New Jersey, and died extremely wealthy, and well respected in the German and British communities.
  
  Two daughters, Maria Barbara and Anna Barbara married in Germany, and immigrated together with their families in 1737. Maria Barbara, baptized 3/2/1700, married first Johan Georg Bauer from Meckesheim 1/10/1719, and second Johan Georg Hütner from Inlangen 8/?/1733. In 1733 French troops occupied Heidelberg. Hans Caspar Wistar lost contact with his German siblings until November 1735. The sisters' families immigrated the next spring.
  
  Another brother, Johannes Wüster, baptized 9/11/1708, immigrated to Philadelphia in 1727. He married, all in Philadelphia, first 2/1731 Salome Zimmerman, second 11/1737 Anna Catharina Rubinkam, and third 1771 Anna Thoman.⁴