When Casper Glattfelder's brother died near Basel in 1742, he left a widow, Salomea, and six children with no way to reach America. Casper already had his own wife, Elizabeth, and seven children of his own. He took all of them anyway — and in 1743 carried two families across the Atlantic on a single ship, the Francis and Elizabeth.

Almost every name this family wears in America rode on that one decision. This is the story of the crossing that made the rest possible.

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The Glattfelder Gazette · Season 1, Episode 2 · A publication of the Casper Glattfelder Association of America.