Chapter IX
HERRMAN’S HEIRS AND THE DESCENDANTS OF THE ORIGINAL FAMILIES OF BOHEMIA MANOR
The exact date of the death of Augustine Herrman is uncertain. But inasmuch as his will was proved November 11, 1686 he likely died in the summer or in the early autumn of that year.[1] This will in itself is very interesting as its provisions formed a subject of contention as late as 1700. Consisting of some fifteen hundred words, the will is written on a single piece of parchment and is preserved in the Pennsylvania Historical Society. It is dated September 27, 1684.
“In the Name and Good Will of God, the Holy Tri Unity, Amen”, the document begins. It first provides that a monument stone on which is stated that he was the “first author of Bohemia Mannour” be erected over his grave, next naming the executors of the will, his son Ephraim, his second son Casperus and his son-in-law Jn. Thompson. It further provides:
- ↑ See Johnston, G. Hist. of Cecil County, Md. p. 107.
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