The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1885-09-19

delaware. The Labbadie tract is de-
scribed, but not by that name, as lying
on the Bohemia river, embracing four
necks of land, bounded on the west by
Long creek, on the north by the great
cart road leading to Ready Island, on
the Delaware, on the east by the Apo
quinimink path, leading from the great
cart road to the head of Bohemia river,
and on the south by the Bohemia river.
The whole of this tract, with the excep.
tion of few acres, lies within the State
of Maryland, the line between the two
States crossing the eastern extremity
just before reaching the Bohemia river.
Con the Oath of May, 1854, Augustine
Herman, having previously sold to
J Peter Sluyter and Casper Danckerts and
fraternito' the three upper tracts of land
which | have mentioned as comprised in
the Labbadie tract, by deed of that date
conveyed to Peter Bayard, of New York,
the remaining and most western of the
four necks, lying on Long creek, and
which was called Morris Neck. Three
days afterwards Peter Bayard, by deed
dated the eth of May, 1854, conveyed
the same neck to Peter Sluyter and JAS
per Danckerts for and in behalf of their
friends and brothers the church or con.
gregation of Walta, in Friesland. On
the 18th of august, 1854, Augustine
Herman executed deed of conveyance
and confirmation for the entire tract of
land, comprising, as l have described
them, the four necks of land adjoining
each other, to Peter Sluyter, alias Vors.
man, Jasper Danckerte, alias Schilders,
both of Friesland; Petrus Bayard, of
New York; John Moll and Arnoldus Della
grange, both Of Delaware, in company,
their heirs and assigns, as freeholders
and suitors of Bohemia Manor. Two
months afterwards, on the 10th October
1854, John Moll and Arnoldus Della
grange conveyed their right in the prop
erty to Peter Sluyter and Jasper Danck-
erts. On the 4th May, 1858, Peter Bay
ard conveyed his right to the same per-
sons, and finally on the 22d Marcb,cG93,
Jasper Danckerts conveyed his right to
the same Peter Sluyter, by virtue of
which conveyances Sluyter became the
sole proprietor of the whole tract.
''John Labbadie had died at Altoona,
on the Elbe, ten years before the con-
veyance of the tract in question by Au-
gustine Herman to the individuals have
mentioned, and the intention of forming
Labbadist community would seem to
have been abandoned, when Jasper
Danckerts, who was an -inhabltant of
Friesland, finally relinquished his inter-
est to Sluyter in the year 1903. Five
years after this event Peter Sluyter, by
deed bearing date 10Th July, 1893, sold
and conveyed three of the above men.
toned necks of land to Samuel Bayard,
of New York, and company as freehold
ders and suitors of Bohemia Manor. This
| gentleman was the son of Petrus Bayard,
| and was the first of the name who settled
| on Bohemia Manor. He built large
| brick house in one of the necks, and he
and some of his descendants resided there
until the year 1889, when it was sold to
a gentleman by the name of Foard.
''The lot of ground on which St. Au-
gustine's Church was built is part of
the tract of land which was popularity
called the Labbadie tract. The old
church was brick quadrangular build
ing, with circular projection on the
eastern side. 1t had hippedroof, with
| a heavy wooden cornice round the four
sides. The entrance was on the western
side, and / think there were too large
| windows in each of the other sides.
| There was gallery along the western
side, board floor, and the body of the
church was divided into the old-fash-
Toned box pews. recollect it while it
| was yet in decent state of preservation.
But as most of the inhabitants of the
manor at the period refer to Gin the
early part of the present century, had
embraced the discipline and form of
worship of the Methodist Church, there
was no Episcopal congregation to repair
the ravages of time, and these were has
tened by the depredatiohs of obscure
individuals living in its immediate neigh
borhood. Its gallery, its pews and its
floor were carried off piecemeal for fuel,
and finally its brick walls were demol.
ished aud used in the domestic architec-
ture of its spoilers. The service was
that of the Episcopal Church, and tho
same pastor officiated there and at the
church in Sassafras Neck on alternate
Sundays. The lot on which the old
church stood is still inclosed, and a franc
building was some years since erected
upon it, in which divine service is occas-
ionally performed.
"The property now hold on bohemia
Manor, which includes the site of the
original manor house and plantation of
| Augustine Herman, comes to me by the
ordinary conveyances of deed and will,
and by descent, through my maternal
grandfather, the Hon. Richard Bassctt,
whose mother, Judith Bassett, was a
cousin OF Mary Augustine Herman, who
married John Augustine Lawson.
| "The Oldhams were connected with
Augustine Herman through Jos. Ensor,
who married a daughter of Catharino
Augustine Herman, who was sister of
Mary Augustine Herman. These two
sisters, one of whom, Mary, married
John Augustine Lawson, the other,
Catharine, married Peter Augustine
Bouchell, were coheiresses of Ephraim
| Augustine Herman, the son of Angus.
tine Herman.
| 'The Maclane family, or as in more
recent times it is srelt McLane, we've in
no way and in no degree connected with
the Herman family, nor did any mems
Der of that family ever own any land on
! Bohemia Manor. The father of the late
Hon. Louis McLane was citizen of tho
| State of Delaware at the commencement
of the revolutionary war, and Louis Nc.
Lane himself was born in Kent county,
in the State of Delaware, not far from
the town of Dover. He purchased from
his brother-in-law George B. Milligan,
Esq, the plantation and family mansion
of the Milligan family. which lies in
Sassafras Neck, on the south side of the
Bohemia river, which separates Sassa-