The Cecil Whig., 1879-01-18

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execution "t = mortgage ~ tie ground
rents ui the town lots. which we're tn b.
leased for ~ ycara. renewable fofeveg for i
yearly i"ut uf not less IEau ~ Shiilinss
pen acre.
This brings lis Ia the troublesome time
at the Rc."utiun, when the people nf the
country were no dhuut thinking more about
Defending the towns they already had than
they were of building others and Eus.,r
met with no better success lhan his prcdr
cessurs. Joseph EnSnr and wife were the
parents OF n leas: three children, the old
est OF whHm bore :hc christian name Of
Augustine Herman. and WAS acc ciientally
killed. it is said. while celebrating his 2l>t
birth day, hy being thrown from his horse,
while fox hunting ou January 2Sth, 1881.
His other son. whose name WAS Joseph.
was An idiot, with probably still less sense
than his grand aunt, Mary Herman. lie is
said by old residents of the Manor. whose
parents were we'll acquainted with him, io
have been very fond of dogs. and To have
always been accompanied 10y several of
them. He had habi, peculiar to many
simple minded persons of wandering about
IN an almost nude condition, without any
definite oi.iec; in view. ani frequently slept
in fodder houses. which Were rude StI uctuies
much in vogue III hose days, bniir by poics
and covered with corn fodder. Frequently
IN the mornings. after spending night i'll
one OF these hou,es he would awake, and
finding the dogs i.ai left him IN search of
food. lie would call them in ,reutorian tone
and a curious nasal twaug that could be
heard for .! long distance. Simple though
tie WAS. hc knew that he "as lord Of the
Mauor-or at least the heir oi uEe-fourih
"f it,-and il is said lie would often draw
:. circle round him on the ground with his
cane, aad defy any PERSON who disputed
his right to the title 10 cross il. Joseph
Ensnr's other child. Mary, married Col.
Edward Oldham, wEn was AN officer of
EIca; bravery aud much distinction, and
who served in the Continental army uEGer
General Green, in the campaign in the
ClTolinas.
The time ii Eusor's death IS uncertain.
but it probably occurred about the close Of
the Revolutionary war. lie probably lived
ou the Manor for some years previous To
his death. and was probably buried there
Peter Lawson is believed to have occupied
the Manor house near Bohemia ferry al the
time of his death. lie was living IN 1871.
L. :. 4 1.
share of the Manor to Richard Bassctt and
nr. Joshua Clayton in that year for 800.
lie had previously sold Ia B,Ssett i.lauta.
ii"n o:: the Manor, continuing lJ0 acres.
fng the smal. sum Of 20 sbii,nEs.
y slip Of paper To be seen among til.
Herman papers, in possession Of the Mary
land Historical Society. contains several
memoraudums, among which j; j. stated
that hr was at that time "derauged in his
understanding" which is not strange
considering that tie greater part of his
ii'o seems 10 have been spent in litigation.
Richard Bsssett, the reader will rcCpli.ct
had received ! rift of one thousand acrcs
nf the Manor fror Mary lawson. which.
in addition % the portions purchased from
lawson. probably was equivalent i'll extent
to the share of Mary Lawson
/, ts r!obable that about the close OF the
Revolutionary War. Charles Carroll Insti.
tinted legal proceedings 10 forcc.ose his
mortgage upon Joseph EnsOr'. share Of
the Manor. But the Manor had never
been divided. and Ersor, who w.s then
dead had iCg.ng his life time continually
rc>istcI partition Of 1t. Part Of it hciug
III Delaware, it is easy tn comprehend the
difficulty Of collecting = mortgage under
such circumstances, but the legal talent Of
tha; day was equal t" the emergency ana
accordingly, IN 1859, the Legislature cf
Maryland passed an act empowering the
Court of ChanceIy 10 appoint two commits
siouers TO act in conjunction with tive
others to he appointed 10y ihr Cont Of
thaucesy of Delaware the Legislature oi
which Stale passed a like act in 100 to
divide tEe Manor between Peter Law son.
Charles Carroll, Joseph Ensor. E>u., hIs
guardiau, and Edward oldham. and Nary.
.
this method Of settling the dispute had
been Obtained. stephen lIyland ard Tobias
hldu}ph were appointed by the Court uf
Maryland and Isaac GTautnam aud Robert
Armstrong bv the Court of Deiawarr.-
These gentlemen caused the Manor To be
accurately surveyed and two plaIs of It to
ts made, which they returned to the courts
-! ihcir respective States. After much
sraTchiu, We have been unable to :iEd
either al these documents, but nave reason
rn believe. from data obtaiEed from other
sources, that they iunnd the Maro. To- con
tain - 30 acres. They divided il into
fur parts two Of which they assigned to
Peter LAWSON. One fourth part they gave
to Charles Carroll and the other 10 Joseph
Ensor aud Edwa:d ana Mary Oldham, 10
b. held by them iu seveTaliy, except the
share Of the Oidhams. These proceedings
We're ratified and CO; iiImed by the courts
of tie respective States, and the litigation
that had lasted fer more than half 4 cen
tury was ended, lis was also he legal exist
eucc of Bohemia Manor, that had continued
FOR period of one hundred aud twenty
eight years. Owing 10 the loss OF the plat
We are III ignorance of the location of these
several shares. But We learn from the
Land records of the county that Carroll's
>harc-wticA lie SOLD, III 1893, for -. s27,
10 =, to Joshua Clayton, Richard Bassett
Ard Edward Oldham. who were then in
possession CONTAINED 1881 acres, and that
il vas bounded on the north by Back
Greek and embraced port ion or all of Il e
Manor that WAS IN Delaware.
We viii only add that James 4. Bayard
Afterwards married the only daughter Of
Richard Bassett aui i'll this way came into
possession Of that pant of the Manor that
his descendants still own. Ous only a;.oi-
ngy FOR saying So much about Bohemia
Manor and the people who inhabited it
may be found in our desire TO correct the
mistakes Of other writers, who have no,