Heermans, Augustine (1605-1686), surveyor; born Prague, Bohemia, moved to Amsterdam; clerk for the merchants John and Charles Gabry of Amsterdam; sent to New Amsterdam as agent for Gabry and Company; appointed to the Nine Men, 1647, 1649, 1650; married Janneken Varleth, daughter of Caspar Varleth and sister of Nicolaes Varleth [q.v.], Dutch Reformed Church, New Amsterdam, intention, Dec. 10, 1651; sent by Petrus Stuyvesant [q.v.] to Maryland to confer over disputed land title between the two colonies; received patent for 20,000 acres at the head of the Chesapeake Bay from Lord Baltimore, 1660, confirmed, 1662; moved to Maryland and founded Bohemia Manor there; died in Maryland, 1686.
David Voorhees, Jacob Leisler Papers