begetter

noun2

1. •
   A procreator; one who begets.

   • Our fond Begetters, who would never die, Love but themselves in their posteritie. — 1681
2. •
   (figurative) An originator; a creator.

   • To the onlie begetter of these insuing sonnets Mr. W. H. all happinesse and that eternitie promised by our ever-living poet wisheth the well-wishing adventurer in setting forth. — 1609