The Cecil Whig., 1852-01-17
BOHEMIA MANOR,

proprietor and his descendants, cale ed out by an
error IN an article which appeared in several Of
the Delaware papers, and was copied into onrs
OF the Bird inst, and TO which we then added a
few remarks. Since that time we have been
furnished by George W. Oldham, Esq, with
several ancient deeds aud memoranda from
which we are enabled TO coIlaic the following
additional particulars. The original PATENTS to
Augustine Herman from the Lords Proprietary
the first, for four thousand acres, having been
granted by Cecilius Calvert, the second Lord
Baltimore, who died on the 3Oth of November,
1878; and others by Charles, his son-or at
least such OF them as were in possession of the
Oldhams, are known TO be lost, and the Oldest
paper OF the collection nov in our possession is
n copy OF patent from the said Charles to Her
man, bearing date the 1ilh Of fAugust. l6S2. 1t
r"capl,uatcs that on the 10Th day Of October,
l66-Uhe unit figure is wantng) Ceciiius grant
ed to Herman tract Of four thousand acres
that subsequently the sad Herman represented
that there within the bounds thereof two thou
Sand acres, "swnmps barrcns and yocosons"
18th Of May 1916, the first year Of the donin on
OF the SAID Charles, ne granted Letters Patent
anew for six thousand acrcs-that certain mali
clous persons in orler 10 disturb the said Her
man, made pretence that he held more than six
thousand acres, and that in order that he might
not be disturbed in his pcaceahle pos. cssion, the
following boundaries were fixed 10 his tract of
land, known as Bohemia Manor; vz:-"Bc-
"Sinning on the south point Of Bohemia and
:" EN- River Dividing, and from thence cast
&C wards up along the said Bohemia river near
50 the head thereof, to IIerinan's branch bv
Appoqucrnin Landing Point, and thence up
g the said Easternmost Run to the highwa,
" road, and further along the said road north
90 crly TO Bohemia Back creek run. from thence
'' westerly down into Elk river and sou,hcrIy
" down the said Elk river to the point on l.lk
" and Bohemia rivers dividing Otherwise called
" Town Point, or Cccilton;' containing, by
estimation, six thousand acres Of land, more or
less.
lie inaccuracy Ofthis estimation is shown bv
asubsequent survey by commissioners. who d-
vided the Manor years after, as we learn from
parchment map, without dare. The surveyor,
one Robert Armstrong, then found il to contain
2o:'o9 acres, nearly one fourth Of which lay in
Delaware. AT the time ofthis survey Bohemia
Manor was divided into ,ub-tacts as follows
Labodec, $3.50 acres; Town Point tract, i50
acres; Craie's tract, 10 acres, and Ha,arI's
tract G75 acres: leaving the heirs Of Herman
i'''24 acreS-Whirh last quantity was divide
by the SAID Commissioners: Stephen Hyland
Tobias Rudulph, Isaac Grant!am and Rober,
Armstrong, IN unequal portions, among Joscrh
Ensor, Peter Lawson, Mary aud Edward OIL
ham and Charles Carroll.
The Oldest original paper in our hands is a
parchment deed from Augustine Herman. with
the signature of his own hand attached. benriuo
date the 25lh Of March 1891, which convcys to
his eldest son. Ephraim George Herman. that
tract OF land called Bohemia Manor. in tho
"o'os ol The instrument: ''accordinc TO ye Char
" ter Grant and Patent granted unto NEE nv we
" ut. Hon bic Charles, absolute Lord and Pro-
I" priet'ry ofye Province of MARYLAND, beorino
" date ye 4th of September, 1852" rescryinu
certain parts thereof, sold to Peter DavarI. Pc,
Ter oluyter and Jasper Danckaerls, John Mol
and Arnoldus D'Lagrange. This deed is am.
pll1ed and confirmed by anohar deed do,ed il.
YIN OF August in the same year, which ln,,c,
deeu also gives to the said Ephraim George GER
tain personal property, amcngs, which were
the plates OF 'publiquc Mapp of Virginia aud
Maryland ''-(A Augustine Herman having been
an eminent seogra?hcr in his day) and certain
negro slavcs-(which shows they had been thus
early introduced into the country
From memoranda made BY Joseph En,or. thc
father olthe mother ofGeorge w. Oldham Esu..
dated the 9TH of December 1866, made TO obtain
therefrom an opinion from Daniel Duany,
celebrated lawyer ofthat day. we find. that on
the death of Ephralm George Herman, Bohemia
fell to his brother Casrarus Herman, who lch
issue CCl. Ephraim Augustus Herman. SuSonnah
Herman. and Ca'harnr. Gel. Erhraim Angus
lG. diHd leaving two daughters by his first wiir,
ana son, EpIram, by his second wife, which
son entered by Guardian and died seized Of Eolr-
mia Manor.
'athnInc, the eldest oithe daughters Of Col.
EphraIm Augustus, is fixed by our correspon-
dent "Bohemia" as the wife of Peter Bouchcl.
and the mother Of Mary Bouchell, who became
me wife OF Joseph Ensor, the father Of the wife
OF Col. Edward Oldham. The Chain from Au-
GuStne Herman Q) therefore, CONES down thus.
CaSparns Herman (2), Eph. Aug. lIcrram (3),
Caiharlne Herman, who married Peter Huu-
chell (D, Mary Borchcl who married Joseph
Ensor, (5), Miss Ensor who married Cant. I'd
ward Oldhom 90, and George W. oldham, the
only surviving son Of Capt. oldham as
From the papers in our possession We canno,
determine the precise year, in which Augustine
Herman obtained the first Patent Of Bohemia
Manor. 1t was granted him by the second Lord
n,u md, /.