Caspar was a Master and Craftsman of the Linen Weaver's Guild of Weyler. Guilds at that early period were organizations created for mutual protection, for the attainment of some common purpose, or the pursuit of a special object and the advancement of the interests 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 wer concerned in its government. Caspar Spengler, as head of his guild at Weyler, was therefore, from the very nature of his position, an official of weight, consideration and authority. Artisians 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.
Hans was born at
Weyler, Heidelberg, Baden, Germany, on 20 January 1684. He was the son of
Hans Rudolph Spengler and
Judith Haegis. He married
Judith Ziegler at
Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, on 9 February 1712. Hans immigrated, on 18 September 1727. Destination: an unknown place . He purchased land on 16 October 1738 at
York Co., Pennsylvania. He made a will on 27 April 1759. Hans died before 28 April 1760 at
York Co., Pennsylvania. His body was interred at
York Co., Pennsylvania. 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 substanially 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. Unfortunetly the cemetery fell into ruin and slowly was taken over by the surrounding farm fields and today not a vestige of it remains..