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of Rehobeth, and also a small quantity of ground
around them, so that "they may be forever quietly
and peaceably used and without interruptions, as
they heretofore have done." OCCUPATIONAL PRO-
FILE: attorney, admitted to the following courts:
Somerset County in March 1731/32; Provincial
Court in October 1739. Planter; merchant, owner
and part owner in several sloops, all of which were
captured by the French and taken to Martinique
in 1746 while on a voyage from Maryland to the
British West Indies. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE
SERVICE: Lower House, Somerset County, 1738,
1739-1741 (Laws Cv-3), 1747-1748 (elected to
the 3rd session to fill vacancy; Laws 4), 1749-1751
(Laws Cv-3), 1751-1754 (Laws 1-6), 1754-1756
(Laws 1-4; appointed to the Council before the
5th session); Upper House, 1756-1757 (appointed
before the 5th session), 1757-1758, 1758-1761,
1762-1763, 1765-1766 (died before the 4th ses-
sion). OTHER PROVINCIAL OFFICES: justice, Pro-
vincial Court, 1746-at least 1756 (quorum, 1754-
at least 1756); judge, Assize Court, Eastern Shore,
1747-1766; Council, 1756-1766 (appointed and
qualified on May 22, 1756); naval officer, Poco-
moke, 1762-1766. LOCAL OFFICES: clerk of Indict-
ments, Somerset County, in office 1732, 1737/38,
and 1747; justice, Somerset County, in office 1747;
justice, Court of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol De-
livery, Somerset County, commissioned 1750,
1753, and 1754. MILITARY SERVICE: captain, by
1735; major, by 1745; colonel, by 1752. STANDS
ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES: in his will he re-
quested that "my Negros may be treated with Hu-
manity into whosesoever Hands they may Come."
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST
ELECTION 500 acres in Somerset County (all
through personal acquisition). He also held title to
1,696 acres in Somerset County and 1,570 acres in
North Carolina, all of which he had inherited from
his father, but his mother had control of it during
her lifetime. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND
BETWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: acquired
more than 6,100 acres in Somerset, Worcester, and
Calvert counties, and Sussex County, Delaware,
and North Carolina, plus lots in Rehobeth, Som-
erset County (after the death of his mother, he
attained possession of the land he had inherited
from his father. He also inherited from his mother
an additional 909 acres in Somerset County and
Sussex County, Delaware, plus lots in Rehobeth,
Somerset County. He acquired 976 acres in Cal-
vert County as a result of his marriage in 1746. He
also purchased over 1,000 acres in Somerset and
Worcester counties between 1740 and 1765). He
sold 930 acres in North Carolina by 1764, and
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gave 896 acres in Worcester County to his brother
John Henry (ca. 1714-1781) in 1754. WEALTH AT
DEATH. DIED: in October 1766 of the gout in Dor-
chester County at the house of his brother John
Henry (ca. 1714-1781) while on his return home
from a meeting of the Assize Court. PERSONAL
PROPERTY: TEV, £6,797.15.8 current money (in-
cluding 86 slaves, 1 servant, law books, and other
books); FB, £6,247.4.10. LAND: over 3,964 acres in
Somerset, Worcester, and Calvert counties, and
Sussex County, Delaware, plus lots in Rehobeth,
Somerset County.
HERMAN (HERRMAN), CASPARUS AU-
GUSTUS (1656-1697). BORN: in 1656 in New
Amsterdam; second son. IMMIGRATED: in 1661 as
a minor with his parents. RESIDED, near New Cas-
tle, Pennsylvania, by 1676; resettled in Maryland,
ca. 1687; Cecil County. FAMILY BACKGROUND.
FATHER: Augustine Herman (1621-1686), born in
Prague; moved to Holland, and by 1644 was a
factor in New Amsterdam; began preparation of
map of Maryland in 1660 for which he received
5,000 acres; immigrated in 1661 with his family
and servants, settling on Bohemia Manor, which
eventually included 25,000 acres; served as a jus-
tice of both Baltimore and Cecil counties.
MOTHER: Jane. BROTHER: Ephraim (?-by 1689).
SISTERS: Anna Margarita, who married first,
Henry Ward (?-1683/84), and second, Matthias
Vanderheyden (?-1729); Judith, who married John
Thompson (?-1701); and Francina, who married
Joseph Wood. MARRIED first, Susanna Huyberts.
MARRIED second, in 1682 Anna Reyniers. MAR-
RIED third, Catherine Williams, who subsequently
married John Jawort. CHILDREN. SON Ephraim
Augustus Herman (1683-1734/35), who married
first, Isabella, daughter of Maurice Trent, of Penn-
sylvania, and second, Araminta. DAUGHTERS:
Augustina, who married first, Thomas Frisby
(1681-ca. 1715/16), second, Roger Larramore (?-
1721), and third, Henry Rippin; Catherine (1697-
?). PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELI-
GIOUS AFFILIATION: Protestant. SOCIAL STATUS
AND ACTIVITIES: established a residence on the
Delaware River in the vicinity of New Castle,
Pennsylvania; carried on commercial activities in
New York; on the death of his brother he inher-
ited Bohemia Manor and moved to Maryland by
late 1687 or early 1688. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE:
planter; merchant; contractor (built the first State
House in Annapolis). PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLA-
TIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Cecil County, 1694-
1696 (died before the 7th session). LOCAL OFFICES:
justice, Cecil County, 1687-1697 (quorum, 1688-
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