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:''This article is about the glassmaker Caspar Wistar. For the physician of the same name (his grandson) see Caspar Wistar (physician).'' Caspar Wistar (born Wüster) (February 3, 1696 – March 21, 1752) was a German-born glassmaker and landowner in Pennsylvania. One of the first German colonists in Pennsylvania, he became a leader of that community and prospered in land transactions. He was the grandfather of Caspar Wistar, the physician and anatomist after whom the genus ''Wisteria'' is named. ==Biography== He was born in Hilsbach (Waldhilsbach), Rhenish Palatinate in Baden, the son of a forester.〔() "On Dec. 7, 1738, a German immigrant named Caspar Wistar recruited four craftsmen from his homeland to help him launch his empire of glass in to the sandy forests of Salem County ."〕 He emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1717 and worked at various manual trades, including soapmaking and the manufacture of brass buttons. He became a British subject in 1724 and joined the Religious Society of Friends (the Quakers) in 1726. He married Catherine Jansen in 1727; they had seven children. With the support of Quaker merchants and political leaders, he set up a glass factory and began buying land and selling it to new immigrants from Germany. His land deals made him one of the richest men in Pennsylvania. Caspar's brother John (born Johannes) emigrated a decade after Caspar did.〔Sarah Wister and Albert Cook Myers, ''Sally Wister's journal: a true narrative; being a Quaker maiden's account of her experiences with officers of the Continental army, 1777-1778''; Ferris & Leach, 1902, p. 10.〕 While Caspar anglicized his name to "Wistar", John spelled his "Wister". The two each founded prominent Philadelphia-area families, and the difference in spelling persisted. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Caspar Wistar (glassmaker)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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