Evening journal., 1918-03-21


and Delaware Miss Foard vas the
granddaughter Of The late Levi G.. Foard
4 descendant OF Madame Anna Bayard
sister of Peter Stuyyesant Governor Of
Now York. whose family is referred to
10 the following paper.
One -cannot write Of Bohemia Minor
without mentioning the great Role.
mian, Augustine Hermane but o simple
mention if must be, because this dis
iinenished man has been written of by
those competent 10 do him Justice.
After | started this little sketch
realized most keonl,- my limitations
and ! sadly fear III make hopeless
ianele Of nlv families. and The different
members thereof Perhaps The mann
vlloare better posted than can till in
ihg gaps OF overlook my inaccuracies.
Bohemia Manor consisted of more
tlBn twenty thousand acres Of the very
best land in Cecil County, Md. AMI
New Castle County. Delaware lttcom-
menred at the old Choniaus road, near
NiddleioWn BEL thence north 20 the
head of Back creek thence down its
Vqia@s and those OF ,he Flk river 20
tieir ,ounuence with the Bohemia river
and on lhal river 90 place Of starting.
Alglstiuc Hermane married .mdlin
1arlci u- Now Netherlands and was
naric. in Now Amsterdam on uecem-
Der 10. iGai They had 0ve children.
Fphr8im, ucorge. Caspurus, Nnna Mar
fareita Judith and Francina.
ilcrmsns grave is sboui 500 feet north
of where his house stood which vas
)ous aeo destroyed by IRE This house
,'ss lhe Bohemia Manor home o. GOV
nor Richard BasSeil Who became the
}0ssessor Of The land where lerm3n's
nady lay, as well ss poriol Of the
furniture and some portraits Of Her
man, his wife one of his sons, and his
beloved horse
The diary OF a young girl dated May,
1915, contains this extract
I'VE strayed all around Governor Ras-
settis garden, accompanied by the gar
danci who was a Swede. There was
u spacious orchard. Mrs. Hodgson
asked me IL had ever seen The Manor
House ! replied ! had not. but would
'ao 10 sec where the old house once
~l,,ed. she said might also see where
fefman was buried. His tomb Is ihere
yot BY this lime 'se had reached ihe
cnd of The crCharl We stood at ne
fI.oi where heiW9, and his horse were
buried. We 20, ~ ~ grave among su-
machs and e, ;ers We also saw , Q
place where the house and garden had
been located Mrs. H. told mc she had
all the pictures in her room. When
we returned TO the house Mrs. Bas-
seft asked me 10 stay Go tea. After
this we went in 20 -ee lle pictures.
There was one Of Herman life size one
of his Wife one Of hi- son and one Of
ls sons wife
rhis was over D century agt but IL
IS 10 be deplorel hat the last hundred
sears have not shown much yensra'iHn
for these great historical relics. Copies
OF several Of these pictures are in the
possession Of the family of Mrs. James
r. G.. Oldham end Mrs. Charles n. B.
Massey. who are descendants OF the
brave Bohemian. The late Richard Bas-
seit Bayard. of baltimore, on whose
farm is Tho tomb ~ Herman, was max
ing Preparations for having HE tomh
rc erected and tho grave put in order
when his plans were frustrated by his
ocath
Augustine Herman seems always "a
have been on the best # terms with his
uciehbors on lhc Delaware. and in i67i
ths authorities n New AmsteDinm
ordered those in Now Castle 10 clear
one-half the road from that place to
the plantation of Herman. the Mary
lander having offered so clear the other
half Soon after the settlement OF his
An on the DelaNarr. "A road was cor
slr1cted from his residence to Herman's
udatiOn Tn. Was lrlha' ly the tirs.
% on tho Manor. THE west part Of
be- lad wass 4 or ne3f me present
oal leading from 81. Augustine to Bo-
hemia Bridge. For many years after
Herman's death it was called The Old
Mans Path"
Patents Of confirmation were made TO
Herman, dated August "a. 1882. Tho
traot contained 1900 acres Of swamp.
bartens and woodland mostly dry in
summer. u is Inferred as the forests
were cut down the swamps dried up
The tract called Misfortune" he after
wards named Three Bohemia Sisters
n included the tract on which the
northern part of Chesapeake City nov,
stands. II is eslim1ied 40 contain 4
339 acres. n is north of Back creek
and bounded on the west by Long creek
Herman seems TO have been success
ful in establishing his title TO Little
Bohemia" and died believing his son
Caspurus was legally invested with a
perfect title. But years afterNard this
proved not to be so.
The deed for the Labdie tract wa.
executed by Augustine Herman on Aug.
ust II. 1854. to Peter Sluyter, jasper
DanAker and Petrus Bayard. OF New
Amsterdam, and John Moll and Arnol
dus de la Grange. Of Delaware. Peter
Bayard was probably an inspector O.
tobacco at Bohemia ferry house II
1850.
Richard Bassett, a relative Of Aug
ustine Herman. who was at one time
Governor Of Delaware, erected a vaul
on Bohemia Manor for the safeReepinl
Of the remains Of his family, removing
the ancient historic slab from the grav
Of Herman, making a door Of il for hi
Vanlt, which vault was erected som
distance from the original buryin
place on the Manor plantation, and 4
D. were deposited the remains Of In
Bassetts and the Bayards.
The body Of James A. Bayard, on
OF the Commissioners who negotiate
the Treaty Of Client. was put 10 thi
vauD, where they remained till Richar
IT, Bayard had all removed TO the vau
in cemetery on the Brandywlne.
December 1, 1855. Mary Lawson lease
her share Of Bohemia Manor to he