Leyser (family)
Leyser is a German family of many Lutheran theologians. The family moved during sixteenth century from Swabia to North Germany.[https://ccel.org/ccel/schaff/encyc06/png/0485=469.htm New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge]
- Caspar Leyser (d. 1554 or 1555), pastor, Jakob Andreae's brother in law.
- Polykarp Leyser the Elder (1552-1610), only son of Caspar Leyser, professor of theology, court-preacher in Dresden.
- Polykarp Leyser II (1586-1633), elder son of Polykarp Leyser the Elder, professor at Wittenberg and Leipsic.
- Wilhelm Leyser (1592-1649), younger son of Polykarp Leyser the Elder, superintendent at Torgau and professor at Wittenberg.
- Johannes Leyser (1631-1685), son of Polykarp Leyser II, pastor.
- Polykarp Leyser III (1656-1725), grandson of Polykarp Leyser II, general superintendent of Celle.