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| name = Carroll of Maryland |
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| crest = [[File:O'Carroll.png|140px]]<br>''Carroll of Maryland'' |
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| early_forms = Ó Cearbhaill |
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| origin = [[Éile]], [[Ireland]] |
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The '''Carroll family''' of '''[[Maryland]]''' is a prominent political family in the [[History of the United States]], or, more correctly, a group of distantly related families. |
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==Irish descent== |
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Of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent, the Carrolls have their origins in the ancient kingdom of [[Éile]],<ref>[http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlkik/ihm/thomond.htm Ireland's History in Maps - Tuadmumu (North Munster)]</ref> commonly anglicized ''Ely'', as a branch of the ruling [[O'Carroll]] family.<ref>[http://www.libraryireland.com/Pedigrees1/Carroll1Heber.php Carroll of Maryland] (O'Hart 1892)</ref> |
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==Pedigree== |
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A partial, summarized pedigree of the Carroll family: |
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* Domhnall O'Carroll, King of Éile (Ely) |
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* Dónal Dhearg (the Red) O'Carroll |
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* Willaim Álainn (the Handsome) O'Carroll |
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* Teige O'Carroll |
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* Donough O'Carroll |
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* Anthony O'Carroll |
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* Daniel O'Carroll of Litterluna, (1629-1688) |
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** [[Charles Carroll the Settler]], (1661-1720) |
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*** [[Charles Carroll of Annapolis]], (1702-1782), Land sold to lay-out the town of [[Baltimore]], 1729 |
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**** [[Charles Carroll of Carrollton]], (1737-1832), member of [[Continental Congress]], last surviving signer of [[Declaration of Independence]] (1776), Laid "first stone" for [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad]], 1828. |
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***** Charles Carroll of [[Homewood Museum|Homewood]], (1775-1825), constructed house, 1800; later site of [[Johns Hopkins University]] campus, 1900. |
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****** Charles Carroll V, (1801-1862) |
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******* [[John Lee Carroll]], (1830-1911), [[Governor of Maryland]], |
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** Kean Carroll (1663-1701?), brother of [[Charles Carroll the Settler]] |
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*** Daniel Carroll I, (1696-1751), Land sold to lay-out the town of [[Baltimore]], 1729 |
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****[[Daniel Carroll]] II, (1730-1796), member of [[Continental Congress]], first [[United States Senator|U.S. Senator]] from Maryland. |
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**** [[John Carroll (bishop)|Father John Carroll]], (1735-1815), (later Bishop and [[Archbishop of Baltimore]], first appointed to an American diocese. |
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==Other Carrolls and cousins== |
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A distant cousin of the above branch of the Carroll family was [[Charles Carroll (barrister)]], a convert to [[Anglicanism]]. His immediate ancestors were among the last Lords of Ely. Other notable Carrolls were Brigadier General [[Samuel S. Carroll]], [[Thomas King Carroll]] and daughter [[Anna Ella Carroll]], and [[James Carroll (Maryland politician)|James Carroll]]. The Carrolls of Maryland have also intermarried with the "[[Blenheim (Maryland)|Blenheim branch]]" of the [[Lee family]] of [[Virginia]]. |
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In addition to these individuals, the Mitchell family of Maryland claim descent from the aforementioned Charles Carroll of Carrollton through the line of their founding matriarch [[Lillie Mae Carroll Jackson]] who, in addition to being a descendant of his, is revered today as one of the earliest and most prominent of the leaders of the African-American civil rights movement. |
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==Notable residences== |
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The Carroll family are famed for the number of beautiful homes and manors they have built across Maryland. Most famous is [[Doughoregan Manor]],<ref>[http://www.mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=63&FROM=NRNHLList.aspx National Register Listing in Maryland]</ref> which remains a family seat in the possession of descendants of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, who is buried there. Another early residence of this branch of the family was the [[Carroll House]] of [[Annapolis]].<ref>[http://www.charlescarrollhouse.com/ The Charles Carroll House of Annapolis] official site</ref> The later [[Homewood House]] was the birthplace of Governor John Lee Carroll, and is now a part of [[Johns Hopkins University]].<ref>[http://www.mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=64&FROM=NRNHLList.aspx National Register Listing in Maryland]</ref><ref>[http://www.museums.jhu.edu/ Johns Hopkins University Museums] official site</ref> |
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[[Mount Clare (Maryland)|Mount Clare]], built by Charles Carroll the Barrister, a distant cousin of the Carrolls of Doughoregan Manor, is the oldest extant Colonial era structure in [[Baltimore City]].<ref>[http://www.mht.maryland.gov/nr/NRDetail.aspx?HDID=41&FROM=NRNHLList.aspx National Register Listing in Maryland]</ref><ref>[http://www.mountclare.org/ Mount Clare Museum House] official site</ref> |
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==See also== |
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* [[Irish nobility]] |
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* [[Colonial families of Maryland]] |
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* [[Roman Catholicism in the United States]] |
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==Notes== |
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==References== |
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* Glenn, Thomas Allen (1899). [http://books.google.com/books?id=tpcLAAAAIAAJ Some Colonial Mansions, and those who lived in them: With Genealogies of the Various Families Mentioned]. Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Company. |
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* Harland, Marion (1899). [http://books.google.com/books?id=vDM2AAAAIAAJ More Colonial Homesteads, and their stories]. New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons. |
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* Hoffman, Ronald; Sally D. Mason (2000). ''Princes of Ireland, Planters of Maryland: A Carroll Saga, 1500–1782''. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0-8078-2556-5 |
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* McDermott, Scott (2002). ''Charles Carroll of Carrollton: Faithful Revolutionary''. Scepter Publishers. ISBN 1-889334-68-5 |
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* [[John O'Hart|O'Hart, John]] (1892). [http://books.google.com/books?id=elNmAAAAMAAJ Irish Pedigrees]. Dublin: James Duffy and Co. 5th edition. |
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* Richardson, Hester Dorsey (1913). [http://books.google.com/books?id=l_oMAAAAYAAJ Side-lights on Maryland history: with sketches of early Maryland families. Vol. II]. Williams and Wilkins. |
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* [http://www.communitywalk.com/ely_carroll_map/map/797671 Ely Carroll Map] |
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{{Refend}} |
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[[Category:Political families of the United States]] |
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[[Category:American families]] |
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[[Category:Irish families]] |
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[[Category:American families of Irish ancestry]] |
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[[Category:Families from Maryland]] |
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[[Category:Carroll family]] |
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