The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-10-04

| ''for 81 years, or during the lives of
Judith Bassett and Michael and Richard
Bassctt, her sons This is the first
reference in the records of the county to
| Richard Bassett, who became Il diStn-
| guiShed lawyer, and was Il member of
| the convention that framed the Consti-
tuition of the United States: afterwards
Il member of Congress and Governor of
the State of Delaware. He was also
warm friend of Francis ASbury, and 4
| leading and influential member of the
Methodist Church.
On the day following the date of this
lease, the widow of John Lawson gave
her brother-in-law, Peter Lawson, spe-
| cial power of attorney to act for her in
all business matters pertaining to the
| management of her share of the Manor.
In this instrument she convencntcd not to
interfere with him in the management Of
| her estate; from which it seems plain
that she had unlimited confidence in him.
or that she was certainly the simple
| minded mortal that tradition states her
| to have been. At all events Peter Law
son seems to have been as securely in
vested with one undivided half of the
Manor rs circumstances permitted him
| to be. He is described as "inn-holdcr"
| in the lease from Mary Lawson. which
| indicates that he had succeeded the Bas-
sets aS pTopriCtOrS Of the tavern at
Bohemia Ferry, which still continued to
be Il place of much Importance. \ short
| time after this. in 1860. Peter Bayard.
who was probably inspector of tobacco,
| refused to repair the inspection house ut
| the ferry. that place being one of the
places designed for the inspection of that
staple, which was then cultivated to
| considerable extent upon the Manor and
| III that part Of the county south of the
Bohemia River.
tatharinc IIcrmcn. the reader will re-
| collect. married Peter Bouchcll. She died
about the year l752. leaving two daugh-
| tiers. Mary and Ann. Mary married
Joseph EnSor in 1751; and Ann. being
quit" young. was raised by her grand
| mother. Mary Holland. This is 50 stated
| in bill filed i'll Chanccry to compel Jos.
| EnS"r lwho had been appointed her
| guardian in 1150 to pay her share of
| tn" rents. This Mary Holland must have
been the mother Of Peter BOuchcll, who
had married Il gentleman by the name of
| Holland.
| Joseph EnSor was Il member of the
EnSnr family. who st titled in Baltimore
| county very early in the history of the
colony. AT this time he was called JOS
| EnSor. merchant, of Baltimore county
The family nj one time owned large
| tract of land just east of Jones Falls.
| upon which part of the city of Baltimore
has been built. Joseph EnSor is h"lirv-
| pI IA bN, il,I ia, N,,rtI, u, -; 4,
| in lIGI. for the birth of his eldest son.
Augustine IIrrmrn E,lwor. may vet be
$""n upon the register of that parish,
| and was recorded in that year. In 1860
| hr and his wife and Ann Bouchrll. an
infant by the said Joseph EnSor her
| next friend. instituted Il suit in chancrry
| against Peter Lawson and Mary Law
son. alleging that they and John Law
| son. for long time had collected the
| l"n1S of the Manor. as had also Peter
| B"uchcl. and that Peter Bourhrll had
| kept book of mcmugan,lum> Of the
rents received from the said Manor and
| leased lands, and (which rents amounted
| ia III" sum of l.UOO pounds or some other
lar"" sum of money. besides very great
number of ,lung-hill fowls received as
rent on the said leases" and that the
said Mary Lawson had actually frllrd
cut down. and carried away. off and
| from tn" Manor plantation Sundry and
great quantities of wood ANA timber. in
s"much that there is not left ON that
| plantation any quantity of timber 30
| support the same. nor tirrwOol sufficient
| therefor for any number of years. etc. !:
| praying that they might hr compelled to
| make discovery of the book kent hy