Hans Kasper Spengler

1684 - Bef 1760  (< 76 years)

• Name	Hans Kasper Spengler
  Birth	20 Jan 1683/84	Weiler, Heidelberg, Baden, Germany
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 28 Apr 1760	York, Pennsylvania, USA
  Person ID	I672	Horton
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2016

  
  

  Father	Hans Rudolph Spengler,   b. Abt 1637, Canton Bern, Schoftland, Aargau, Switzerland d. Aft 1712, Weiler, Heidelberg, Baden, Germany (Age > 76 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	Judith Hargis,   b. Bef 1664, Germany
  Relationship	Natural
  Marriage	16 Jul 1678	Sinsheim, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
  Family ID	F252	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jidith Ziegler,   b. 1684, Weiler, Heidelberg, Baden, Germany d. York, Pennsylvania, USA
  Marriage	09 Feb 1711/12	Baden, Baden, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
  Children	1. Albrecht Spengler,   b. 20 Nov 1712, Germany  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   2. Jonas Spengler,   b. 26 May 1715, Weiler, Heidelberg, Baden, Germany  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   3. Phillipp Spengler,   b. 18 Jul 1717, Weiler, Heidelberg, Baden, Germany d. York, Pennsylvania, USA  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   4. Berhard Spengler,   b. 03 Sep 1719, Weiler, Heidelberg, Baden, Germany d. 1804, York, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 84 years)  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   5. Rudolph Spengler,   b. 01 Mar 1720/21, Weiler, Heidelberg, Baden, Germany  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   6. Anna Maria Spengler,   b. 15 Jul 1725, Weiler, Heidelberg, Baden, Germany  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   7. Judith Spengler,   b. Abt 1728, York, Pennsylvania, USA  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]   8. Philip Casper Spengler,   b. Abt 1730, York, Pennsylvania, USA d. York, Pennsylvania, USA  [Father: Natural]  [Mother: Natural]
  Family ID	F251	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2016

  
  

• Notes

  Hans Kasper Spengler ATTR: IMMIGRANT. Casper was a Master and Craftsman of the Linnen Weaver's Guild of Weyler. Guilds at that early period were organizations created for the mutual protection, for the attainment of some Common purpose, or the pursuit of a special object and advancement of interest of the fraternity. They attained their highest prosperity and development in the Teutonic countries. The craft guilds as well as others, appointed a master and subordinate officers, made ordinances, including provisions for religious observance, mutual help and burial, and enforced regulations against fraudulent workmanship. The art of linen weaving, with its inventions, combinations and embellishments, was then classed among the fine arts, and men of birth and education were accustomed to practice it. These guilds became of such importance, that their laws grew to be that of the town, and the heads of which were concerned in its government. Casper Spengler, as head of his guild at Weyler, was therefore, from the very nature his position, and weight, consideration an authority. Artisans were very much desired by William Penn, whose cardinal principle, so strongly emphasized in the settlement of Pennsylvania, was that the learning of a trade was the fittest equipment for colonialization. Casper was buried in the family plot that was about 80 feet square on his plantation one and a half miles east of York adjoining the ("Great Road to Lancaster".) This burial was substantially enclosed, and had a fenced roadway seventeen wide leading to the " Great Road". In it were also interned his wife Judith, his sons Bernhard, Philip, Caspar and other members and descendants of the family, as well as the remains of a few immediate neighbors. Unfortunately the cemetery fell into ruin and slowly was taken over by the surrounding farm fields and today not a vestige of it remains. Immigration: Sept. 18 1727 Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co. Pennsylvania. Note:Hans Kaspar Spengler, set sail from Rotterdam, Holland in the summer of 1727 and arrived in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania on Sept. 18 1727 on the Ship William and Sarah Captained by William Hill. Hans Kaspar came over with his wife, Judith Ziegler and his children; Jonas, Bernhard, Rudolph and Anna Maria. LND-Oct 16,1738 York Co., Pennsylvania; Note: Settled in York Co., Pennsylvania in 1729. Land Warrant Issued to Casper Spengler, 1738, by the Proprietaries, SS. Whereas Casper Spingler of the County of Lancaster requested that we would grant him to take up six hundred acres of land situate on the Conogocheague Road, about on mile from Little Conewago Creek, in the said County of Lancaster, for which he agrees to pay for our use the sum Fifteen Pounds Ten Shillings current money of this Province for every hundred acres, and the yearly quit Rent of one Half Penny Sterling for every acre thereof; These are therefore to authorize and require thee to survey or cause to be surveyed unto the said Casper Spingler, at the place aforesaid, according to the Method of the Secretarry's Office in order for further confirmation; for which this shall be thy sufficient warrant; which survey in case the said Casper Spingler fulfil above agreement with six months for the date hereof shall be valid otherwise void. Given under my hand the lesser seal of our Province at Philadelphia, this 16th day of October, 1738. Thomas Penn to Benjamin Eastburn, Surveyor General. Will: 27 Apr. 1759 Note: Will of Casper Spengler in the name of God Amen , I Caspar Spengler being sick and weak in body but sound and perfect understanding & memory thanks be to God do recommend my soul to God who gave it & my body to the earth to be buried in a christian-like decent manner at the discretion of my freinds and as for my wordly substance I dispose of the same in the manner following: Eo, Imp. My will and desire is that my beloved wife Judith Spengler is to have her choice of two dwelling housuses twenty four bushels of wheat eight bushel of rye thrity bushel of oats yearly & every year during her natural life. Item my Will and desire is that my Wife beloved Judith shall have Three Cows & two Sheep to be Foddered yearly and every year during her natural Life by the Person that lives on my Plantation whereon I now live, also the Interest of John Christian Wamblers Bond which is Twenty Five pounds and if she stands in need of the Principle or any part thereof she is to have tthe benefit of the same yearly and every year during her natural Life & she is to Will and dispose of the same as she thinks proper she is also to have part of the Garden and as much of the Apples as she pleases. Item - my Will and desire is that my beloved wife Judith shall have the Bed and Beding which we now lye in , the Bedstead and one quarter of an acre of flax ground to be plowed and sowed yearly and every year by my Son Philip Caspar and at his expense she is also to have the choice of the stables to feed her Cows in. Item - my Will and desire is that my beloved Wife Judith have the Dark bay Mare which she commonly rides on and to be fed by the person that will live on the Plantation whereon I now Dwell & my will is that my beloved Wife Judith have one seventh part of all my Personal Estate share and share alike with my Children after my Debts and Funeral Expenses are paid and to Dispose of the same as she thinks proper. Item - I will to my Daughter Judith WWidow of Henry Baker Ten Bushels of Wheat yearly and every year during her Widowhood and the Privilege of living with her Mother till she is Married and to have an equal share with my other Children of all my Personal Estate share and share alike the Ten Bushels of Wheat to be paid my Daughter Judith by the person that lives on my Plantation and whoever lives on the said Plantation is to find & procure sufficient Fire wood for my Wife Judith & Deliver the same at the House wherein she lives during her natural life. Item - I will and bequeath to my son Philip Caspar Spengler two Hundred Acres of Land including all the buildinggs and orchard one half of all the Wheat Rye Oats Hay Flax & Indian Corn the other half to be equally Divided amongst my Wife and Children Including Philip Caspar. Item - I will and bequeth to my Son Barnet Spengler one Jundred Arces of Land part of the Tract of Land that I now live on he yielding and paying yearly and every year one third part of the Wheat Rye Oats Flex Etc., before Willed to his Mother and Sister. Item - my Will and desire is that the shares coming to my Grand Childrdren be equally Divided among the Sons and Daughters and I nominate and appoint my beloved Wife Judith Spengler Barnet Spengler and Michael Bard the only and sole Exe'rs of this my last Will and Testament IN WITNESS whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the Twenty Seventh Day of April one Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty Nine. Signed Sealed Published and Declared as his last Will Caspar Spengler (SEAL) and Testament in the Presence of John Adlum Caspar Wiliar York County SS. Before me George Stevenson Esq. Deputy Peg'r for the Probate of Wills & granting of Letters of Administration for the said County persersonally came John Adlum Esq. and Caspar Wiliar the two subscribing Witnesses to the forgoing Instruments of writing & on their solemn Oath say that they saw and heard Caspar Spengler Sign seal publish and declare the same as & for his Testamennt & last Will, that at that Time the s'd Caspar Spengler was of sound and disposing Mind & Memory as far as they know & believe and that they subscribed their Names as Witnesses to the same in presence of the Testator. Sworn & Subscribed at York the 28th April 1760 John Adlum Cor. Geo Stevenson D: R;'r Caspar Wiliar The inventory of Caspar Spengler's personal property was made by John Adlum, Associat Judge; Zach. Shugart and Michael Ebert, and amounted to 786 pounds, 10 shillings, and 4 pence. Cows were then worth $16.00, horses $60.00, butter 13 cents, salt $1.50 per bushel, flax seed $3.75, dried beef 9 cents, bacon 12 cents, wheat $1.00, rye 62 cents, and oats 50 cents. The following money was appraised: Pounds Shillings Pence Paper Money..........................40 0 0 Silver.....................................22 13 9 Sterling....................................0 17 6 Gold III pistoles.....................149 17 0 Four English Guineas.................6 16 0 Eight French Louisdores...........13 8 0 Four Half Johanneses................5 15 0 A piece of gold.........................2 12 0 Nineteen half French pistoles...25 16 9 Fourteen Duggards...................9 6 0 The gold appraised was probably what remained of the coin brought from the Fatherland. The decree of distribution of the personal estate was made "At an Orphans Court held at York for the County of York the 28th day of October in the Sixth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord, George the third by the Grace of God of Great Britain, France and Ireland King Defender of the faith and so fourth, and in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty five. Before Martin Eichelberger, Michael Swoope and John Adlum Esqs., Justices, Assigned &c." The distribution was of the money collected to that time, and there was awarded to the widow Judith 103 pounds, 3 shillings and to the guardian of the minor children of Jonas, to Bernhard, Rudolph, Philip Caspar, Judith Baker and to the children of Mary deceased wife of Michael Swoope, Esq., or their guardian, each the sum of 103 pounds, 12 shillings; total 706 pounds, 16 shilldings. One farthing, inclusive of Court expenses.