Caspar Wistar February 3, 1696 – March 21, 1752

[Steve/sewell]

RE: Caspar Wistar February 3, 1696 – March 21, 1752

Page ten of the ledger shows more book keeping.

 

[Steve/sewell]

RE: Caspar Wistar February 3, 1696 – March 21, 1752

Page eleven shows more itemized amounts of monies.

 

[Steve/sewell]

RE: Caspar Wistar February 3, 1696 – March 21, 1752

Page twelve again shows the name Catherine Greenleafe Caspars daughter.

 

[Steve/sewell]

RE: Caspar Wistar February 3, 1696 – March 21, 1752

On page 13 we see the name Caspar Wistar and to the left April 1 1752 thats 10 days after his death.

 

[Steve/sewell]

RE: Caspar Wistar February 3, 1696 – March 21, 1752

Page 14 is my favortite as it clearly shows Richard Wistars Name at the top.
Even better then mentioning his name is the reference to the GLASS HOUSE on the very next line.
Most of the text is easily visble and easy to discern.This is the only page in the ledger that is whole (double)
all the rest are single sheets.

 

[Steve/sewell]

RE: Caspar Wistar February 3, 1696 – March 21, 1752

Page fifteen is humorous to me as Catherine refers to her brother as simply Rich Wistar!!
I did not know people from the 1700s used nick names for siblings or anyone for that matter.
Rich Wistar sounds like a baseball player to me.

 

[Steve/sewell]

RE: Caspar Wistar February 3, 1696 – March 21, 1752

Page 16 again mentions the term by her legacy.

 

[Steve/sewell]

RE: Caspar Wistar February 3, 1696 – March 21, 1752

Page 17 mentions the most famous person in the family.
he is more famous then Caspar and Richard.

Here is a little background about the man.

Samuel Morris (June 24, 1734 – July 7, 1812) was an American soldier in the American Revolutionary War.

The grandson of Anthony Morris (II), he was born in Philadelphia. He often served in the legislature.

He married Rebecca Wistar, daughter of Caspar Wistar (the elder).

He was elected "governor" in 1776 of the social club known as "The State in Schuylkill," and re-elected annually until his death. He was also a founder and president for many years of the "Gloucester fox-hunting club." When the first troop of Philadelphia city cavalry was organized, no fewer than twenty-two members of the club were enrolled in its ranks, and Morris was elected its captain. The troop served through the campaign of 1776-77 as George Washington's bodyguard, and took an active part in the battles of Trenton and Princeton, in which latter engagement Samuel's brother, Anthony, ensign of the troop, was killed. On temporarily relieving the command from duty in January, 1777, Washington returned his "most sincere thanks to the captain," and added that, although the troop was "composed of gentlemen of fortune," its members had "shown a noble example of discipline and subordination." For thus taking part in the Revolution, Captain Morris was disowned by the Quakers, but he continued until his death to wear the dress and use the language of that sect, worshiping with them regularly.

Morris died in Philadelphia, July 7, 1812.

The Reynolds-Morris House, built in 1787 and purchased in 1817 by Samuel's son, Luke Wistar Morris, still stands in Philadelphia, where it is currently operated as a hotel.

 

[Steve/sewell]

RE: Caspar Wistar February 3, 1696 – March 21, 1752

Page 18 offers more running totals of interest and money amounts.

 

[Steve/sewell]

RE: Caspar Wistar February 3, 1696 – March 21, 1752

Page 19 shows us the name of Sarah Wistar.
She remained single and lived till the year1812 the year of our second war with Great Britain.
On the bottom of this sheet are the names of John Poll and Jerimiah Warder.
They rented ground for a store in Philadelphia as they were merchants. I have News paper clippings to back this up.
When Richard Wistar died he owned 1/4 of Philadelphia.