Petrus Bayard

"In consideration of a map of Virginia and Maryland, made by Herman at his own expense, which the King of England pronounced the " best map he had ever seen," Lord Baltimore gave Herman some 3000 acres of land in this beautiful region, for which Herman must lay out a new town, Cecilton, and a newcounty, Cecil.

But as the Susquehannock Indians occupied much of this ground, Herman obtained a warrant for a new survey, including altogether some 20,000 acres. First, however, he met the Chiefs of the Susquehannocks at their fort on Spesutia Island, made the necessary purchase, and introduced settlers from New York about 1660. > Peter Bayard's son Samuel married a Sluyter (!)

Through his son Ephraim's persuasion he agreed to convey a large part of his manor to Sluyter, Dankers, Judge Moll, Arnoldus de la Grange, and Peter Bayard, nephew of Governor Stuyvesant, —all Labadists.

Herman, however, repented his bargain, suspecting that the names were a device to secure his conveyance and refused to fulfill the contract until compelled by law. The final deed was executed in 1684, when a company of men and women numbering one hundred came over from Holland." < ~• see source