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Maria Wüster, b. Hilspach, 1690, m. David Deshler, Aide-de-camp to Prince Palatine, whose son David Deshler came to Pa., about 1730, and entered the counting house of his uncle John Wister;
CASPAR WUSTER, b. Hilspach, Feb. 3, 1696, came to Pa. 1717, d. at Phila., March 21, 1752, m. May 25, 1726, Katharine Johnson, of whom presently;
Maria Barbara Wüster, b. Feb. 26, 1700, m. Hitner, came to Pa. about 1727; Anna Barbara, b. 1702, m. George Bauer, a Councillor at Hilspach, came to Pa. and settled in Tulpehocken township, Berks county;
Albertina Wüster, b. Dec. 26, 1703, m. - - Ulmer, son Martin Ulmer, mentioned in will of Caspar Wistar;
Dorothea Wüster, b. 1705, m. - - Dushorn, mentioned in will of Caspar Wüster; Maria Margaretha, b. June 10, 1707, no further record;
JOHANNES (JOHN) WUSTER, b. at Hilspach, Nov. 7, 1708, came to Phila. 1727, d. there 1789, m. (first) Salome Zimmerman, and (second) Anna Catharine Rubenkam, of whom later;
Johan Ludovick Wüster, b. Jan. 29, 1711, remained in Hilspach, but is said to have d. s. p .; George Bernhardt Wüster, b. Sept. 18, 1713, no further record.
CASPAR WÜSTER, as he always wrote his name, though at the time of his natural- ization it was recorded "Wistar," and in that form has been borne by his descend- ants to the present time, was born as above shown, in the village of Hilspach, in a quaint old house still standing, February 3, 1696. On attaining his majority, 1717, his father offered to resign his position of Huntsman to the Prince Palatine and have Caspar appointed in his stead, but the ambitious youth, doubtless hearing of the success of some of his countrymen in Penn's colony in America, decided to seek his fortune in the new country beyond the seas. Bestowing his patrimony on the younger members of the family, he sailed for Philadelphia, where he arrived September 16, 1717, without other worldly goods than his clothes, a double-barreled rifle still in possession of the family, and a single pistareen (nine pence Sterling). His first employment was in assisting to gather apples from an orchard on Arch street, for which he was paid in a portion of the fruit, and his first meal in Amer- ica was made from bread and apples, a fact that was commemorated many years after by his distinguished descendant, Dr. Caspar Wistar, who entertained a num- ber of distinguished guests at his house with a menu of bread and apples only. He later found regular employment with a button-maker and learned the art of making buttons of metal, wood and horn, and eventually took up that business on his own account. He also evidently engaged in the mercantile trade within a few years of his arrival, as in 1726, he is named in a list of "the principal Merchants of the City" in the "Weekly Mercury," who had signified their willingness to accept "New Castle and Kent Bills."
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He took the oath of allegiance to the British crown in 1721, and as early as 1725, was interested in the manufacture of iron. About 1729, while travelling in the southern part of West Jersey, he noticed a deposit of sand similar to that used in his native country for the manufacture of glass, and securing the necessary capital, purchased a tract of land near Salem, and established the first glass mak- ing establishment in America. His several business ventures proved successful and he became a prosperous merchant and manufacturer and a considerable land- owner in various parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Among his other pur- chases was a large tract in Northampton county, which he sold in smaller tracts to German settlers at a considerable profit. He also owned large tracts in Berks and Lancaster counties, on part of which he settled his brothers-in-law, whom he had induced to emigrate to Pennsylvania. His home was for many years on Front street, near that of Anthony Morris, but in 1743, he purchased a house on Market street between Second and Third, where he resided until his death on March 21, 1752, at that date one of the wealthiest men in the Province. He was one of the earliest contributors to the Pennsylvania Hospital, and was present at the first meeting of the contributors, May 1751.
Caspar Wistar, married, at Germantown Friends' Meeting, May 25, 1726, Cath- arine Jansen, or Johnson, as the name came to be spelled at about this date. She was born at Germantown, September 20, 1703, and died 12mo. 18, 1786, daughter of Dirck and Margaret (Millan) Jansen, both natives of the Palatinate and early settlers in Germantown. Her maternal grandfather, Hans Millan, came to Ger- mantown in 1683, and was a considerable land owner there. He erected the Wyck house about 1700.
Issue of Caspar and Katharine (Johnson) Wistar :-
RICHARD, b. July 6, 1727, d. Aug. 4, 1781, m. (first) 1751, Sarah Wyatt, (second) Mary (Bacon) Gilbert, of whom presently;
Margaret, b. Jan. 26, 1728-9, d. Oct. 3, 1793, m. Reuben Haines, b. 1727, d. 1793, and had issue :
Catharine, b. 1761, d. 1809, m. 1798, Richard Hartshorne;
Caspar Wistar, b. 1762, d. 1801, m. 1785, Hannah Marshall;
Josiah, b. 1764, d. 1795, m. Sarah Ball;
Reuben, b. 1765, d. s. p. 1794;
Martha, b. 1769, d. 1781, unm.
Catharine, b. Dec. 19, 1730, d. 1771, m. 12mo. 6, 1753, Isaac Greenleaf, b. 1715, d. 1771, son of Isaac Greenleaf, of Ipswich, Suffolk; issue :
Elizabeth, b. 1754, d. 1812, m. 1774, Joseph Shotwell;
Catharine, b. 1756, d. 1783, unm .;
Sarah, b. 1757, d. 1758;
Caspar, b. 1759, d. 1759;
Sarah, b. 1760, d. 1813, m. 1784, Hugh Davids.
Joshua, b. Dec. 14, 1732, d. June, 1734;
Rebecca, b. Jan. 25, 1735-6, d. Jan. 22, 1791, m. Dec. II, 1755, Capt. Samuel Morris;
Sarah, b. Nov. 8, 1738, d. 1815, unm .;
Caspar, b. Feb. 3, 1740, d. at Brandywine Farm, Pennsbury township, Chester county, Pa., Oct. 31, 1811; m. Nov. 7, 1765, Mary Franklin, of N. Y., where he resided some years. Removed to Chester county, 1784. Mrs. Wistar, b. Feb. 26, 1736, d. March 28, 1804; issue :
Johnson, b. June 20, 1766;
Thomas, b. 8mo. 23, 1767, d. 7mo. 1814;
Catharine, b. 2mo. 27, 1769, d. 7mo. 11, 1824, m. 12mo. 16, 1802, Abraham Sharp- less, of Sarum Forge, Chester county;
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Sarah, b. March 5, 1770, d. July 5, 1845, m. 1790, George Pennock, of Chester county ;
Mary, b. Feb. 10, 1772, d. Nov. 11, 1810, unm .;
Deborah, b. Oct. 22, 1775;
Samuel, b. May 7, 1780, d. 1812, unm.
RICHARD WISTAR, eldest son of Caspar and Katharine (Johnson) Wistar, born in Philadelphia, July 6, 1727, was devised by his father's will the glass works and equipment in Salem county, New Jersey, on condition that he render to his brother Caspar, 700 feet of glass of specified sizes, and three and a half dozen bottles. He later established a manufactory of glass and bottles in Philadelphia, where he resided until his death, which occurred August 4, 1781. He married (first), No- vember 27, 1751, Sarah Wyatt, daughter of Bartholomew Wyatt, of Salem county, New Jersey, by his wife Elizabeth Tomlinson. She was born August 6, 1733, and died September 1, 1771. He married (second) Mary (Bacon) Gilbert, a widow.
Issue of Richard and Sarah (Wyatt) Wistar :-
Caspar Wistar, b. Sept. 1, 1752, d. Nov. 19, 1756;
Bartholomew Wistar, b. Aug. 26, 1754, d. March 5, 1796, unm .;
RICHARD WISTAR, JR., b. July 29, 1756, d. June 6, 1821 ; m. Sarah Morris; of whom pres- ently ;
JOHN WISTAR, b. May 7, 1759, d. March 16, 1815; m. Charlotte Newbold; of whom later; CASPAR WISTAR, M. D., b. Sept. 15, 1761, d. Jan. 22, 1818; m. (first) Rebecca Marshall; (second) Elizabeth Mifflin; of whom later;
THOMAS WISTAR, b. March 17, 1764, d. Nov. 25, 1815; m. Mary Waln; of whom pres- ently;
Elizabeth Wyatt Wistar, b. Dec. 22, 1766, d. 1855; m. Richard Miller;
Catharine Wistar, b. Jan. 29, 1770, d. Nov. 22, 1820; m. William Bache, M. D.
RICHARD WISTAR, son of Richard and Sarah (Wyatt) Wistar, born in Phila- delphia, July 29, 1756, turned his attention in early life to mercantile pursuits, in which he was very successful. He established a large wholesale and retail hard- ware business in Philadelphia, which he carried on many years. He invested largely in real estate in and near Philadelphia, which later became very valuable. He was, until the outbreak of the Revolution, a member of the Society of Friends, but was disowned for too active participation in warlike measures, contrary to the discipline of the Society. He became a Free Mason August 27, 1779, and achieved high rank in the order. The "Silk Stocking Lodge" was created for him and he became its first Worthy Master. He was an early supporter of Philadelphia Library and Pennsylvania Hospital, serving as a manager of the latter institution, 1803-6. His country seat, which he named "Hilspach" from the birthplace of his grandfather, Caspar Wüster, extended from Fifteenth street to Broad, and from Spring Garden to Wallace street. He died June 6, 1821.
Richard Wistar married, March 14, 1782, Sarah, born January 19, 1758, died January 7, 1831, daughter of Capt. Samuel Morris and his wife Rebecca Wistar, daughter of Caspar and Katharine, above mentioned. An account of her ancestry is given elsewhere in these volumes.
Issue of Richard and Sarah (Morris) Wistar :-
Catharine Wistar, b. 1783, d. 1822, unm .;
Rebecca Wistar, b. 1784, d. 1812, unm .; Sarah Wistar, b. 1786, d. 1866, unm .;
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Richard Wistar, b. Oct. 3, 1790, d. in Phila., Nov. 3, 1863; m. June 23, 1824, Hannah Owen Lewis, b. June 6, 1793, d. Jan. 24, 1857, dau. of William and Rachel (Wharton) Lewis, and granddaughter of Joseph Wharton, and his wife Hannah (Owen) Ogden. They had issue :
Rachel Wistar, d. 1825, unm .;
Sarah Wistar, m. (first) Oct. 23, 1851, Joseph Hopkinson, M. D., (second) James Gillilan ;
Rachel Lewis Wistar, b. May 27, 1828, d. April 15, 1893; m. May 24, 1865, Alex- ander E. Harvey;
Richard Wistar, b. Dec. 4, 1829, d. April 8, 1894;
William Lewis Wistar, b. March 2, 1831, d. July 21, 1894;
Frances Anna Wistar, m. June 25, 1857, Lewis Allaire Scott, of Phila.
JOHN WISTAR, fourth son of Richard and Sarah (Wyatt) Wistar, born in Phil- adelphia, May 7, 1759, died there March 16, 1815, was a prominent business man of Philadelphia, and identified with business and industrial interests elsewhere. He married, 1781, Charlotte Newbold, born 1762, died 1819.
Issue of John and Charlotte (Newbold) Wistar :--
Sarah Wistar, b. 1782, d. 1794;
Elizabeth Wistar, b. 1788, d. 1799;
Mary Wistar, b. 1786, d. 1864; m. Isaac Davis;
Bartholomew Wistar, b. 1790, d. 1841, m. 1815, Susan N. Lawrie; issue : Mary Ann Wistar, b. 1816, d. 1875; m. William Bunker Case;
BARTHOLOMEW WYATT WISTAR, b. 1818, d. 1869, m. Annabelle Elliott Cresson, of whom presently ;
Emma Wistar, b. 1820, d. 1852, m. Richard S. Fellowes;
Susan Wistar, b. 1824, d. 1895; m. Ellerslie Wallace, M. D .;
Laura Wistar, b. 1835, n1. 1863, William Bispham.
Cleayton Wistar, b. 1793, d. 1840, m. (first) 1814, Mary Stevenson, (second) in 1827, Martha Reeve;
Caspar Wistar, b. 1795, d. 1850; m. 1817, Rebecca Bassett;
Charlotte Newbold Wistar, b. 1797, d. 1850; m. 1827, Jonathan Freeland;
Hannah Wistar, b. 1800, d. 1864; m. 1820, Theophilus Beasley, M. D .;
Catharine Wistar, b. 1802, d. 1871; m. 1834, Thomas Evans;
John Wistar, b. 1804, d. 1880; m. 1828, Margaret Newbold.
BARTHOLOMEW WYATT WISTAR (2), of Philadelphia, born 1818, died 1869; married, 1841, Annabelle Elliott Cresson. They had issue :--
Dillwyn Wistar, Esq., of Phila. Bar, b. Oct. 4, 1844; m. Sept. 13, 1871, Elizabeth Buck- ley Morris; issue :
Annabelle Cresson Wistar, b. Aug. 26. 1872; m. Feb. 17, 1897, Horatio Curtis Wood, of Phila .; and had issue :
Morris Wistar Wood, b. June 2, 1899;
Annabelle Bonnyman Wood, b. Jan. 5, 1902;
Horatio Curtis Wood, b. Nov. 3, 1903.
Edith Wistar, b. April 10, 1874; m. Oct. 15, 1896, William Marriott Canby, Jr .; and had issue :
Marjorie Wistar Canby, b. April 13, 1899; William Marriott Canby (3d), b. July 7, 1903.
Joshua Morris Wistar, b. Dec. 6, 1879;
Caleb Cresson Wistar, b. July 21, 1846; graduated, Haverford College, 1865; thirty years engaged in wholesale oil business in Phila .; member of Union League; Secretary of Howard Hospital; member of Board of Managers of Phila. Bourse; member German- town Cricket Club and Phila. Cricket Club; member of Germantown Science and Art Club, and of Site and Relic Society of Germantown. M. Nov. 22, 1876, Mary Emlen Cresson ; issue :
Wyatt Wistar, b. Oct. 14, 1877, d. Jan. 1, 1886;
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Frederic Vaux Wistar, b. Dec. 3, 1878;
Caleb Cresson Wistar, Jr., b. Oct. 5, 1880;
Elizabeth Vaux Wistar, b. Nov. 1I, 1883.
Emma Wistar, b. Jan. 23, 1847, d. Feb. 10, 1899, unm .;
Bartholomew Wyatt Wistar (3), of Cleveland, Ohio, b. Dec. 22, 1849; m. May 29, 1872, May Dorland, b. 1852; issue :
Emma Mabel Wistar, b. March 2, 1873; m. 1894, Malone Terrell; issue : Harrison Malone Terrell, b. April 2, 1895; .
Claudia Mary Terrell, b. July 16, 1897; d. Dec. 26, 1901 ;
Arthur Wistar Terrell, b. May 14, 1904;
John Walter Terrell, b. April 26, 1906.
John Dorland Wistar, b. Oct. 25, 1874, m. 1900, Nellie E. Douglass; issue : Eleanor Frances Wistar, b. Nov. 30, 1901 ;
Ruth Alice Wistar, b. June, 1904.
Bartholomew Wyatt Wistar (4), b. Sept. 3, 1876, m. 1905, Jane Sladden ;
Bessie Louisa Wistar, b. Sept. 24, 1879; m. 1895, Charles Coffin Hubbard;
Mary Emlen Smith Wistar, b. Aug. 24, 1881; m. 1903, Frank Herbert Reeves; issue :
Frank Wistar Reeves, b. Feb. 23, 1806.
Dillwyn Caspar Wistar, b. Nov. 14, 1883;
Charles Emlen Wistar, b. April 6, 1886;
Robert Warder Wistar, b. Dec. 16, 1889;
Helen Marjorie Wistar, b. Feb. 2, 1895.
Charles Cresson Wistar, b. 1852, d. 1853.
CASPAR WISTAR, M. D., son of Richard and Sarah (Wyatt) Wistar, born in Philadelphia, September 13, 1761, died there January 22, 1818. He was educated at Friends' schools of Philadelphia, and received a thorough classical training under private tutors. He became interested in medical science through assisting in caring for wounded soldiers after the battle of Germantown, and studied medi- cine under Dr. John Rodman, also taking a regular course in the Medical Depart- ment of University of Pennsylvania, where he received degree of Doctor of Medi- cine, 1782. After receiving his degree he went to Europe and, after spending a year in London, went to Edinburgh, and entered University of Edinburgh, from which he received his degree 1786. He was for two years President of the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh. Returning to Philadelphia, 1786, he at once took up the practice of medicine there and became one of the most eminent and success- ful physicians in America.
Dr. Wistar was made a Fellow of Philadelphia College of Physicians 1787, and was one of its censors from 1794 until his death. He was many years physician of Philadelphia Dispensary; Professor of Chemistry at University of Pennsyl- vania, 1789-92; Professor of Anatomy, Midwifery, and Surgery, 1792-1808; and at the death of his associate, Dr. William Shippen, Jr., 1808, took the chair of Anatomy at the university, which he filled until his death, 1818. He was a mem- ber of the American Philosophical Society from 1787, its vice-president 1795-1815, and president from the latter date to his death. He was also president of the Society for the Abolition of Slavery. He was much interested in natural science and gave a great deal of time to scientific researches. His house at Fourth and Locust streets was a notable gathering place for students, scientists, and travellers and scholars of all grades. The "Wistar Parties" maintained in Philadelphia for many years had their origin in his custom of keeping "open house" once every week during the winter months, when kindred spirits gathered around his table
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and discussed science, literature and questions of the day. The noted travellers that visited Philadelphia were likewise his guests. Baron Von Humboldt was entertained there, 1804.
Caspar Wistar, M. D., married twice, (first) May 15, 1788, Isabella, daughter of Christopher Marshall, Jr., and Ann Eddy, granddaughter Christopher Marshall, Sr., and his wife, Sarah Thompson. She was born March 7, 1763, and died 1790, without issue. Dr. Wistar married (second), November 28, 1798, Elizabeth Mifflin.
Issue of Dr. Caspar and Elizabeth (Mifflin) Wistar :-
Richard Mifflin Wistar, b. Nov. II, 1805, d. unm. 1883; was a distinguished and success- ful physician;
Mifflin Wistar, M. D., b. June 30, 1811, d. Sept. 19, 1872; was also a successful and prom- inent physician of Phila .; m. Dec. 13, 1832, Esther Fisher, born Sept. 26, 1815, dau. of James and Hannah (Fisher) Smith; they had no issue;
Elizabeth Wistar, b. March 20, 1816, d. unm. Oct. 1834.
THOMAS WISTAR, youngest son of Richard and Sarah (Wyatt) Wistar, born in Philadelphia, March 17, 1764, died November 25, 1851. He married, May 24, 1786, Mary, born November 27, 1765, died December 15, 1844, daughter of Rich- ard and Elizabeth (Armitt) Waln.
Issue of Thomas and Mary (Waln) Wistar :-
Richard Wistar, b. Aug. 16, 1787, d. Dec. 1I, 1787;
Elizabeth Waln Wistar, b. Nov. 12, 1788, d. Nov. 6, 1880;
Sarah Wyatt Wistar, b. March 5, 1790, d. April 16, 1791 ;
Richard Wistar, b. April 6, 1701 ;
Margaret Wistar, b. Jan. 30, 1792, d. July 21, 1886; m. Roberts Vaux;
Wyatt Wistar, b. Jan. 8, 1795, d. July 20, 1795;
Mary Wistar, b. March 30, 1796, d. March 22, 1804;
Thomas Wistar, b. June 23, 1798, d. Jan., 1876; m. (first) Elizabeth Buckley Morris; (second) Mary Richardson;
Bartholomew Wyatt Wistar, b. May 17, 1800, d. Sept. 9, 1800;
CASPAR WISTAR, b. June 5, 1801, d. April 4, 1867; m. Lydia Jones; of whom presently; Joseph Wistar, b. Dec. 27, 1802, d. March 3, 1879; m. Sarah Elizabeth Comfort;
Sarah Wistar, b. Oct. 27, 1804, d. April, 1872; m. Marmaduke Cooper Cope;
Mary Wistar, b. May 10, 1807, d. July 3, 1840; m. Moses Brown.
CASPAR WISTAR, M. D., tenth child of Thomas and Mary (Waln) Wistar, born June 5, 1801, died April 4, 1867, was a physician in Philadelphia. He married, June 8, 1826, Lydia Jones, born October 24, 1804, died February 9, 1878, daugh- ter of Isaac Cooper Jones and his wife Hannah Firth.
Issue of Dr. Caspar and Lydia (Jones) Wistar :-
Isaac Jones Wistar, b. Nov. 14, 1827, d. Sept. 18, 1905; m. 1863, Sarah Toland; Mary Waln Wistar, b. June 8, 1829, d. Jan. 26, 1901 ; m. Sept. 5, 1855. Moses Brown, b. Feb. 15, 1829, d. May 23, 1883, son of Moses and Mary Waln (Wistar) Brown, above mentioned; had issue :
William Wistar Brown, b. 1856, d. 1887;
Thomas Wistar Brown, b. Feb. 7, 1858; m. 1890, Margaret Meirs Coldstream, and had issue, two sons and four daughters;
Moses Brown, b. April 7, 1860; m. March 4, 1886, Mary Louise Coxe, b. July 13, 1866, dau. of John Redman and Catharine Clifton (Bridges) Coxe; they had issue :
Thomas Wistar Brown, b. June 23, 1887.
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Mary Waln Wistar Brown, b. Nov. 23, 1861, d. Nov. 17, 1905; m. Feb. 9, 1888, Thomas Story Kirkbride Morton, M. D.
Margaret Vaux Wistar, b. Sept. 21, 1831; m. April 8, 1852, Robert Bowne Haines, b. Feb. 16, 1827, d. Aug. 9, 1895; issue :
Caspar Wistar Haines, b. Feb. 11, 1853;
Robert Bowne Haines, b. April 10, 1857; m. June 18, 1890, Mary West, b. March 19, 1858, dau. of Charles and Isabella ( Pennock) Huston; issue, two sons and two daughters;
Mary Morton Haines, b. April 2, 1860;
William Jones Haines, b. Oct. 14, 1865; m. May 26, 1903, Katharine Wirt, b. Dec. 29, 1873, dau. of Dr. D. Murray and Ellen Rosa ( Randall) Cheston; issue, one son and two daughters;
James Bowne Haines, b. July 18, 1869;
Diedrich Jansen Haines, b. April 4, 1871; m. Oct. 20, 1904, Ella Eustis Wister, b Aug. 30, 1879, dau. of William Rotch and Mary (Eustis) Wister, and a descend- ant of John Wister, brother of Caspar, the emigrant, an account of whom and some of his descendants is given below; issue :
Caspar Wistar Haines, b. Oct. 18, 1905.
Caspar Wistar, b. 1833, d. -;
Hannah Jones Wistar, b. April 27, 1835; m. Dec. 16, 1858, William Hacker, b. April 2, 1834, d. March 11, 1898, son of Jeremiah and Beulah (Morris) Hacker; they had issue :
Edward Hacker, b. April 7, 1863; m. Oct. 18, 1905, Mary Foster Lycett; issue :
William Hacker, b. Nov. 23, 1907.
William Estes Hacker, b. Sept. 12, 1867; m. April 27, 1897, Mabel Radcliffe Tilton ; Caspar Wistar Hacker, b. Oct. 9, 1869;
Arthur Heathcote Hacker, b. Jan. 15, 1871; m. April 10, 1902, Emily, b. Feb. 13, 1880, dau. of William Platt and Alice (Lyman) Pepper; they have issue :
Arthur Heathcote Hacker, Jr., b. July 17, 1903;
William Platt Hacker, b. Dec. 7, 1904.
William Wilberforce Wistar, b. March 23, 1837, d. May 13, 1866; m. 1864, Anna Mary, dau. of Harrison and Emma (Botham) Alderson; they had issue :
Emma Alderson Wistar, b. Sept. 2, 1865; m. 1888, John Shaw, and had issue: Mary Violet Alderson Shaw, b. 1890;
John Valentine Wistar Shaw, b. 1894.
Thomas Wistar, M. D., b. March 23, 1837; m. Oct. 15, 1898, Theodora Feltwell;
Sarah Wistar, b. Feb. 27, 1839; m. Nov. 28, 1866, William Gibbons, b. March 26, 1838, d. April 28, 1880, son of Samuel and Anna (Gibbons) Rhoads; issue:
Lydia Wistar Rhoads, b. June 29, 1868;
Jane Gibbons Rhoads, b. May 1, 1870; m. June 8, 1897, Marriot Canby Morris, b. Sept. 7, 1863, son of Elliston Perot Morris and his wife Martha Canby; they had issue :
Elliston Perot Morris, b. May 17, 1899;
Marriot Canby Morris, b. Dec. 29, 1900;
Janet Morris, b. April 7, 1907.
Ethel Rhoads, b. June 18, 1871 ; m. Feb. 12, 1907, Thomas Charles Potts, b. Oct. 15, 1871; have issue:
Sarah Rhoads Potts, b. Nov. 26, 1897.
Edward Rhoads, b. Oct. 8, 1873, d. July 4, 1903;
William Gibbons Rhoads, b. July 10, 1876; m. Nov. 1I, 1903, Ellen Nora Ward, b. April 5, 1883; have issue :
Nora Ward Rhoads, b. Jan. 21, 1906.
Samuel Rhoads, b. Feb. 16, 1878.
Lydia Jones Wistar, b. May 17, 1841 ; m. April 3, 1879, Edward Hale Kendall, b. July 31, 1842, d. May 10, 1892; issue :
Isaac Wistar Kendall, b. Dec. 12, 1879;
Edward Hale Kendall, Jr., b. July 16, 1881; m. Nov. 19, 1902, Rebecca Stevens, b. Aug. 15, 1881, dau. of Henry Wolcott and Helen L. ( Stevens) Thomas; issue:
Edward Hale Kendall, b. Sept. 5, 1903, d. Dec. 23, 1903;
Edward Hale Kendall, b. Oct. 16, 1904;
Thomas Wistar Kendall, b. May 17, 1906.
Katharine Jansen Wistar, b. July 29, 1843, d. March 14, 1902.
THE WISTER FAMILY.
JOHN WUSTER, second son of Hans Caspar and Anna Catharina Wüster, born in Hilspach, Rhenish Palatinate, November 8, 1708; remained with his father in Hilspach until the latter's death in 1726, when he at once made preparations to join his brother Caspar in Pennsylvania. In May, 1727, he embarked for Phila- delphia, where he arrived in September of the same year. Like his brother, he brought little of this world's goods with him, and for the first few years of his residence in the city was probably employed in connection with some of the in- dustries established by his brother. He later engaged in the business of a wine inerchant. In 1731, he purchased a lot on Market street between Third and Fourth streets, and having married, April 9, 1731, Salome Zimmerman, of Lan- caster county, also a native of Germany, he took up his residence on his new pur- chase, which continued to be the city home of the family for three generations. Like his brother Caspar, John Wister prospered in his business undertakings and acquired a comfortable fortune, becoming the owner of several dwelling and business places in the city, and a large tract of land in Germantown and Bristol townships, including "Wister's Woods" still owned by his descendants, and a large tract on Shoemaker's Lane and Germantown Road. On the latter tract, purchased 1741, he erected 1744, the old mansion, ever since occupied by his descendants, which they have christened "Grumblethorpe," now occupied by his great-grand- son Charles J. Wister, Jr. He also owned a large tract of land in Lancaster county, which remained in the family three generations. He made the Germantown Man- sion his summer residence, retaining his fine city residence on Market street, where he died January 31, 1789.
John Wister was a man of the strictest uprightness and integrity, of a kindly and charitable disposition. For many years he kept up communication with his relatives in Germany and sent them financial assistance. He also dispensed a liberal charity in his own city. Becoming on his marriage a member of the Society of Friends, during the Revolution he took no active part in the contest, though there is evidence that he was in sympathy with the cause of independence. He remained in Philadelphia during its occupation by the British, occupying the house at 325 Market street, long afterwards occupied by his sons and grandsons. As before stated, he married, April 9, 1731, Salome Zimmerman. She died 1736. Of her four children only one lived to mature years, Salome, who married William Chancellor. On November 10, 1737, John Wister married (second) Anna Cath- arine Rubenkam, who was born in the city of Wanfried, Germany, and was a daughter of John Philip Rubenkam, a clergyman of that city. She died May 17, 1770, having borne her husband five children of whom three lived to maturity. Mr. Wister married (third) Anna Thoman, who had come to Pennsylvania with her father, Durst Thoman, 1736. By her he had no children. John Wister was at one time much inclined towards Moravianism and became the intimate friend of Count Zinzendorf, who during his visit to Pennsylvania in 1741, was a frequent visitor at the Wister home in Philadelphia, and two chairs presented by him to John Wister are still prized possessions of his descendants.
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