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Herman first settled in the town of New Castle. Here, he buried the horse, and here, this stone,
if it exists, should be. He settled on Bohemia Manor prior to 1664. Herman was the great man of the
region; he had his deer park -- the walls of it are still standing; he rode in his coach, driven by
liveried servants; his mansion commanded a fine view of the Bohemia river to the Chesapeake Bay.
His tombstone has this inscription:
Augustine Herman, Bohemian
The First Founder and
Seater of Bohemia Manor
Anno 1669
As a relic of olden times, in the history of Europeans in this country, there is a house on this
Manor that has been standing one hundred and sixty years, or more; the bricks, sash, and all the
original materials in it, were made in England, and brought to Cecil county, Md.
The Inzer, or Enzer, family was Herman's heir to Bohemia Manor. In this family, the title of "First
Lord of the Manor" existed, until the Revolution abolished all titles of nobility. In one version of
Asbury's Journal he says, he preached to the First Lord of the Manor on Bohemia, about the year
1772 or 1773. This Inzer family had become idiotic, probably by intermarrying. They are still
remembered by some who are living. The last Lord of the Manor was happy enough when
surrounded by his dogs -- clothes, or no clothes -- for he was often seen almost entirely denuded. The
Bouchell, or Sluyter family, one or the other, by marrying into the Inzer family, inherited a part of
the Manor; so, also, the Oldham family. -- A Mr. Lawson, a lawyer, married a Miss Inzer, who made
over to him her real estate in the Manor. Though she was regarded as an idiot, he so trained and
taught her, that she answered such questions before the proper persons, making the conveyance, as
made them say she was not only rational, but very rational; thus, Mr. Lawson became her heir. She
had no child; but Mr. Lawson acknowledged Richard Bassett, and gave him his education, and his
own profession, that of the law; and Mr. Bassett became heir to Mr. Lawson's six thousand acres of
Bohemia Manor, which embraced the fairest and best portion of the Manor. As we have already said,
Mr. Bayard married the only child -- a daughter of Governor Bassett. His estate was inherited by his
children; and his son, the Honorable Richard Bayard, still has much of this Manor land, which was
once the estate of Mr. Bassett, once the estate of Lawson, of Inzer, and originally of Augustine
Herman.