Life and times of the Most RevJohn Carroll, bishop and first archibishop of Baltimore . rs in the religious state, and tothe kind friend who had given him so delightful a home, hesailed from England in 1774, bearing faculties as a secularpriest granted by the Yicar-Apostolic of London. The vessel was one of the last that cleared from Englandfor the Chesapeake before the Revolution. Rev. Mr. Carrollarrived in America June 26, 1774, and landed at Richland,Virginia, the seat of William Brent, who had married hissecond sister, Ellen. His old classmate at Bohemia and , Robert Brent, now the
Life and times of the Most RevJohn Carroll, bishop and first archibishop of Baltimore . rs in the religious state, and tothe kind friend who had given him so delightful a home, hesailed from England in 1774, bearing faculties as a secularpriest granted by the Yicar-Apostolic of London. The vessel was one of the last that cleared from Englandfor the Chesapeake before the Revolution. Rev. Mr. Carrollarrived in America June 26, 1774, and landed at Richland,Virginia, the seat of William Brent, who had married hissecond sister, Ellen. His old classmate at Bohemia and , Robert Brent, now the husband of Carroljs eldersister, Anne, lived in the same neighborhood. After enjoy-ing the affectionate welcome of his sisters and their families,the priest thus restored to his country proceeded after a delayof only two days to the home which his mother had madefor herself and her younger daughters, Mary and Betsy, onRock Creek, in Frederick, now Montgomery County, Mary-land. Her joy at the return of her loving son may well beimagined, though the change that time had wrought in him. ELEANOR DARNALL CARROLL, MOTHER OF ARCHBISHOP CARROLL. (45) 46 LIFE OF ARCHBISHOP CARROLL. from a lad of twelve to a man of forty, made her fail torecognize him at first, so it is said. ^ His affection attestedin his letters had cheered her widowhood, but she had scarcelydared to hope for the happiness of ever having him againbeneath her roof.* ^ Woodstock Letters, vii., p. 9. We are indebted for the portrait of Archbishop Carrolls mother tothe courtesy and interest of Miss E. C. Brent, who allowed a copy to bemade of the oil painting in her possession.
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