Evening journal., 1918-03-21

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Of the nrst Delaware statesman Of that
name.
James A. Bayard, 2d. was horn in VIII
mington, Delaware. He was admitted |
to the bar Of Delaware in 1922. While |
a young man he made such a reputa- |
tion that he was selected one Of the
counsel OF the. Chesapeake and Della
ware Canal Company. He married An
ME, DAUGHTER OF Thomas Willing Fran
els. They had three children, Hon.
Thomas Francis Bayard, Mrs. Levi G..
Bird, Of Wilmington, and Mrs. Benoni
Lockwood. Of New York. The closing
years Of this noted man were passed
in retirement, after many years as
United States Senator from Delaware
The Hon. Thomas Francis Bayard, Sen
ator, Secretary OF State and Ambassador
was the only surviving son OF James
A. Bayard, ID, and Annie Francis Bay
ard, was born in Wilmington, October
%, 1923. To try 10 write Of this noted
man would be indeed folly on my part
He was too well known, not only in
/ his own state Of Delaware. but through
on the whole length and breadth Of
this country and abroad
January 49, 1869, the Legislature
elected Thomas Francis Bayard to the
/ United States Senate fOr fun term, be-
ginning March 4. 1870 On the srne day
James A. Bayard, his father. was elected
to the United States Senate 90 serve
from that date till March 4 following,
to finish the term Of George Reed Bid
die, deceased.
Richard Bassett was a delegate to the
Annapolis Convention. from Delaware
in t785 Under the lead OF Mr. Bas-
sett, Delaware fastened, in 1857, TO lead
the way TO the adoption Of the new gov
| ernment by the unanimous adhesion TO
The constitution in December of that
year When the new government had
fairly gotten under way, Richard Bas
sett was a member of the United States
Senate Tie served from 1889 to 1898,
when he resigned and returned to Della
ware.
While in the Senate he was the f1rst
man 10 cast his vote for the seat OF
government on the Potomac He served
as presidential elector in 1897 and Gov
ernor Of Delaware from 1898 to 1901.
Ho was chief Justice Of the United
States District Court in 1901 and 1902.
He donated over half the cost Of Wesley
Methodist Episcopal Church, Dover. He
was an ardent Methodist, and his ample
fortune was frequently used in the be-
half Of this church. His money was
not only spent for religion, but in en-
icriaining his friends His hospitality
was noted when occupying his Whining
ion house. but it was when living on
his lordly Bohemia Manor estate that
he was best seen as a host. He mar
red a daughter Of James A. Bayard
and died in September, 1915.
Peter Shlyvesant, in May, t6F7, sue
ceeded William Keift. as Governor or
New Netherlands Stuyvesant ruled That
all the lands from Cape Cod to Cape
Henlopen belong to Holland. consequent
~ Delaware was under his rule TIL
1863.
Ausg1islinc Herman. Of Bohemia Man
or. in i6i' claimed title to allthe lands
ip IT. bcurgcs hundred under his grant
from Lord RahimOre. lie named his
Delaware tract st. Augustine Manor"
lie could nor prove his title so he ap-
piled DO lhc Dutch authorities in NeNf
amsterdam for iu0 acres on the pelN-
ware between Appoqu rimink and 81.
| Augustine creeks, captain LantWell max
, ing the survey in 1915
, A tract containing 3,209 acres near
Reeders Island, between St. Augustine
! and Appoquinimink creeks on the King s
road 90 the west, and another tract OF
! s5S acres south OF St. Augustine, were
b. resurveyed in 1886 TO Caspurus Herman
} son Of Augustine Herman. He, together
. with Captain CntVell, had received IN
ifsf 900 acres of land on both sides
of Drawers creek
The Hon Richard II. Bayard, writing
under date of May o. 1870 gives this
description Of old ST. Augustine Church
The old Manor Church was a brick
quadrangle, with a circular projection
on The eastern side It had a hipped
roof with a heavy cornice around four
sides. The entrance was on the west
ern side, and think there were large
windows on the other sides. There was
a gallery along the western side. A
board floor and the body OF the church
was divided into old-fashioned box
pews"
st. Augustine Church and The family
Of Sluyter seem almost identical. so
closely have their interests been inter
woven. The family selling the land
to build the church and owning every
J thing around Il.
Benjamin f. Siuyter, the last Of his
name of family having lived on the
, Manor for more than two hundred
years. expressed a wish while dying
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