The Cecil Whig., 1879-01-18


The demurrer was not SUSTAINED. and rur
caus" remained in c,urt tai ths september
term. 1863. when i wa, stlic>.u ,ii tho
docket.
In .62 Eusor auh wife suffered recuv-
cry oi all the Manor, tie effect Of winch
WAS I" break the entail I'D give item i
lee simple title to he half ui the Manor
claimed by Mis- EnSpr under the will Of
her ai-great- grandfather. Mrs. Law
sou. who was, un doubt. in>tigatcd by her
brothcr-In.lav. Peter Lawson. some tine
afterwards, probably in 1865. Ic,uricd to
the same legal proceeding. With a like It.
suit. to heI share uf the Haurr.
We will digress rri,ie .ilSt here tn re-
mark that Samuel Pa,a. one Of the sign
crs of the Declaration Of independence,
once rcsorted 10 this legal fiction or pro-
cess N order To- rif,c; a recovery, aad hy
that means became invested with a fse->im
pie in thar paEt of the Manor known rs
Town Point.
She had resor;ed 10 the same proceeding
IN 1860, bat Ensor resisted her in the pro.
vincial court, where the proceedings were
had, and the court, after 1 full bearing of
the witnesses on both sides. were un,ni-
moasIy "f the opinion that she was not
capable OF = suffering I recovery by reason
"f her insanity Of mind However III
1i6 She gave Michael and Richard Blsset.
deed for 4 thousand acres Of land each
f,r c,,,.5...r,r,,,, .t t;,..,
Ings. and ON account of the iove and Ha:u-
raj affection She bore toward the said
Michael and Richard BaSsrrt. the sous nf
her loving cousin, Judith BasSctt.' This
fact shows why the lease of her par; OF The
Manor was made 10 s.itiuue for and dur
ing their iives and also raises the prssum3-
ticn that it was about this time that she
was invested with = fee simple IN her share
nf the Manor. II also indicates that Judith
Bassett was descendant OF Judith Her
man, the second daughter of the founder
of the Manor. Ga the oh Of December.
1865. she executed deed in favor af Peter
LAWSON iur her undivided half # the Manor,
exccptin.. the > 600 acres which She had
conveyed to her cousins the lia@setts. The
consideration named IN th.s deed is iivs
sh;lings aad an annuity of Gi00 Maryland
currency. one uf the witnesses to it vas
George Cato. her step motisr's husband.
This deed c:fre;ulily accomplished what
John LT~Sons will had failed to do, and
perfected that which the Lawsuns had
vaIniy tIlcd ;"t many years to accompiish,
namely. the acquisition Of Mary lIwson's
share OF Bohemia MAJOR.
The aforementioned rccoseriss ;,eIc made
without any reference Ia the deed ii cuicoff
meut given To Eihgalm George Herman. by
the founder of the Manor, on the gih of
August, 1854; indeed il is stared in = legal
opinion, by Thomas Johnson, Jr., a distin-
suished lawyer "f ;aat day, which may be
seen among the Herman papers in the pos
session of the Historical! Society, that the
said deed Was Dot known tu he IN existence
when The aforesaid transactions took place
the discovery of this deed put i new rha-e
upon the matter; aud Enso!, following the
advice of Daniel Delaney. suu'hnr eminent
counselor, yh, was Of the opinion th,.; the
descendants pf CaspaIus He.mau's daugh-
Iers were legally eptiiled to the Manor by
vI.tue of the provision Of tis deed # On.
!eoitmeut. set 10 wu.k Ia hunt them up ana
purchase their rights.
This view of tie case makes il necessary
that we should briefly refer to the daugh
,'rs Of Casparus Herman, who, the reader
will reco!l.ct, was the grandfather # Ann
BoUchel! aud Mary Lawson. This gentle
aan was married to Katharine Williams
by Edwatd BlAy. one Of the justices Of
Cecil county, on the 3i>t 81 August. 1896.
By this union he had three daughters
Susanna, Augustine aud CglLaI!uc The
ills, named married James CIeagcar. the
second Roger Llmamore. tha third Able
Van 8urkelnw. Each Of them WAS dead
at the time OF which We wriIc hu: ali uf
them bad left heirs. The heirs oi susanna
GIaveGrod lived in New Castle. those Of
CathariLc Van iiugkrlow in Virginia But
Joseph EnsOr seems 10 have been Il man of
determination aud nc sought them out,
aud, ia order 1" make his claim To the
Manor doubly sure, he purchased any right
they had al Were supposed 10 have ia it.
L is curiods 10 observe the old English
custom that still prevailed! y hen these pur-
chases were cousummated. 4 large mum
Der of these heirs constituted Samuel Bee.
die, their attorney. To- invest Ensur with
possession n: the Manor And wc learn
itt 'la Of. Il.
iard Historical Society. thai - Samuel Bee
die, attorney iur Ca,Aarinc GTavcnrnd. hay
li'g taken possession auI livery ri all iuhe
mia Manor, d: of scrae part thereof iu the
name of the whole, f,r Caihalinc Grayeu.
goi did deliver the same 10 joseph Easoi
on the 21ih dag o: February, l7G."
The Van Burkelows have been mon.
toned beforr in these sketches. aud il NAV
be interesting To oar readers to know that
they were Il" d"ub, the descendants Of
Herman Van BuTkc.ow. who lived with
the l1badi>lS ~ 1853, At which tine he
was 81 years Of age. He Was probably
one Of the original colony. The maine has
been applied to small stream on the
Manor now called Burkaiow creek hfi,r
Eusor purchased the light. uf the heirs of
taSparus Herman, lie, as was very na;u-
raj wished to get possession If all his
rights. /" thIS cEi h." consulted his AZ
lprney. Daniel Delaney. aud made tie fol
iuwiug statement:
Col. Peter Bty4ii and pr. iiouchen
were guardians Ia my wlf. and Ann Bnu-
cAril, her SISTER After their fathers de
ease, hey kept the Manor plantation one
year, and then divided il uih Mrs Llwson
aud Mrs Cato. who had icr dover IA il.
Cato rented his v ls's part to Lawson
and kept it TIL Ms Catt,'s death. aud
now refuses I" give up the E1lt "f her part
to me, and has. ever since he had her part,
stopped up the road 20 the Manor house.
! want to know how shall gc, possession
"f that part that fails in us a. Mis-. Carto's
death aud To get the road opened. :" &c.