Book_fci _J___ (9)0 l,i,l,l,i BAKROLL AEMS BARROLL IN GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA I554-I9IO COMPILED BY HOPE H. BARROLL OF CHESTERTOWN, MARYLAND JOHN H. SAUMENIG & CO. BALTIMORE 1910 ns TO MY SON LEWIN WETHERED BARROLL To whose cooperation we are indebted for the English illustrations ob- tained by him while visiting these places in 1Q07 THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED PBEFACE This book seeks to trace the descendants in America of Rev. William Barroll, of Hereford, England, who, after he was graduated from St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1757, was ordained a priest in the Church of England in 1759. In 1760 he was invited by his uncle, Rev. Hugh Jones, then 90 years of age, who himself held the degrees of A. B. and A. M., from Oxford University, and who was then the venerable rector of North Sassafras Parish, in Cecil County, Md., to come to Maryland and succeed him in his rectorship. The young clergyman, at that time 26 years of age, reached Maryland in the year 1760. He succeeded his uncle as rector and a year later intermarried with Ann Williamson. From this union have descended the Barrolls here enumerated and now living in America. The English- Welsh ancestry of Rev. William Barroll, which is an ancient and honorable one, his descendants have requested the writer, who for many years has been interested in the matter, to compile and trace ; this has been done in the following pages. Hope H. Barroll. Chestebtown, Md., November 16, 1910. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS facing PAGE ERRATA Page 15. Monument to " Barrell " not "Barroll." Page 29. For " Stackpoole " read " Stacpoole." Page 47. Letter Abigail Barroll, for "Butiful" read "Dutiful" and "Shink" read "Shinn." Page 73. Under facsimile read "James Edmondson " not "Edwin." In Note 65, same page, read "Edmondson" not "Edmonson." Page 78. On 2nd line for "1779" read "1789." Page 97. At end of line 21, "and have infant dau. Elizabeth." Page 99. Line 16 from bottom after "Henry Barroll," insert "b. Sept. 9th, 1865, d. June 5th, 1904." Page 99. Line 7 from bottom after "John Stewart, Jr." insert " d. Sept. 27th, 1903." Page 99. Last line for "David" read "David Perine." Page 100. Line 1 for "Mary" read "Mary Perine." Page 102. Line 16 from bottom after daughter read "Elizabeth Barroll." Page 102. Line 4 from bottom read "May 1st, 1905." Page 103. Line 3 from bottom read "Mrs. Elizabeth Virginia (Barroll) Holcomb." IN TABLE OF ILLUSTRATIONS Facsimile Lottery Ticket for Washington's Monument "page 96" not "6." Signature of Richard Barroll "page 96" not "6." "Byford Court" and "Doorway" "page 6" not "96." Residence of William Hands Barroll . . . 87 Law office of William Hands Barroll 87 LIST OF ILLUSTKATIONS facing PAGE Barroll arms Frontispiece Facsimile of lottery ticket for the benefit of Washington Monument 6 Signature of Richard Barroll to letter on page 48 6 Byf ord Church, showing location of monument of Thomas Barroll 7 Monument to Thomas Barroll in Byf ord Churchyard 7 Allensmore Church 7 Byford Church, England 8 Monument to Joseph Barroll, Allensmore Churchyard 8 Monument to Lt.-Gen'l William Barroll in Westminster Abbey 15 Hereford Cathedral 28 Tablet in Hereford Cathedral 28 Will of Rev. Hugh Jones 39 In the the inventory of Rev. Hugh Jones the table and fire set are given, and were eventually owned by Rev. William Barroll with chairs and silver, hall mark Gurney, London, 1753 40 Bond of Rev. William Barroll as executor of his uncle Rev. Hugh Jones, on stamped paper 41 Rev. William Barroll 43 Signature of William Barroll as attesting witness to will 43 Signature of Ann Barroll on bond as executrix of Rev. William Barroll. ..... 43 Folded address of letter of Abigail Barroll 46 Letter of Abigail Barroll 47 Facsimile of title page of sermon preached by the Rev. William Barroll 48 Reduced facsimile of will of Rev. William Barroll 50 Signatures of Richard Barroll and James Barroll of Baltimore, sons of Rev. Wm. Barroll, and of his grandson, James Edwin Barroll 73 Copy of share of Chester River Bridge Company 73 William Barroll V 74 Residence of William Barroll, Chestertown, Md 74 James Edmondson Barroll 78 Residence of James Edmondson Barroll in Chestertown, Md 78 Minute book of troop of Caulk's Field 80 Reduced facsimile of horse at battle 80 John Leeds Barroll 82 Book plate of James Edmondson Barroll 82 Sarah Hands Barroll 85 Mural tablet to Sarah Hands in church at Chestertown, Md 85 William Hands Barroll 86 Rebecca Johnson Barroll 86 Signatures of Sarah H., James E. and Wm. H. Barroll 86 Residence of William Hands Barroll 87 Law oflice of William Hands Barroll 87 Vlll LIST OF ILLTJSTKATIONS FACING PAGE Rev. William Barroll Frisby 88 Original building erected in 1783, destroyed by fire, 1827 91 Facsimile of lottery ticket for the benefit of Washington College 91 James Barroll of Baltimore 92 Mary Ann Crockett, wife of James Barroll of Baltimore 92 Crockett arms 93 Jane Donnellan, wife of Benjamin Crockett 93 Jane Crockett's certificate of confirmation 93 A glimpse of the river Wye near Byf ord 93 Main Street, Hereford 93 Barroll Street, Hereford, England 93 Mary, daughter of Thomas Donnellan, wife of Amos Loney 94 Continental currency signed by Thomas Donnellan 94 Masonic regalia of James Barroll of Baltimore 95 Byford court 96 Old Saxon doorway, entrance to Byford court 96 Edward Barroll 97 Maria Louisa Hatcher, wife of Edward Barroll 97 Benjamin Crockett Barroll 100 Richard Barroll 102 Charles Barroll 102 Henry Barroll 102 Rochester Cathedral 109 Barroll monument in Rochester Cathedral yard 109 Monument in Rochester Cathedral to Francis Barrell I, serjeant at law and member of Parliament from Rochester 110 Monument in Rochester Cathedral to Francis Barrell II, bencher 1707, and M. P., Rochester, 1701-2 112 Monument in Rochester Cathedral to Francis Barrell III; he died February 23, 1772 113 THE BARROLL FAMILY IN ENGLAND This account of the family history is taken from copies of wills and records of the Probate Registry and Diocesan Court of Hereford ; from the Consistory Court of the Deanery of Here- ford ; from the grants in the Consistory Court of the Bishop of Hereford; from records of the family in Rochester in Kent County and Isleworth, Middlesex, where the spelling of the name was Baekell ; from various books hereinafter referred to ; and from the family records from 1760 when Rev. William Bakkoll came to America. Frequent references are made to books and copies of wills, deeds, monuments, etc., and there may seem to be needless repetition of such references, but this is done because all statements relating to family history and pedigrees are valueless unless each fact as stated can be verified. The county of Hereford, in the west of England, on the border of Wales, adjoins Shropshire on the north, Worcestershire on the northeast and east, Gloucestershire on the southeast, Mon- mouthshire on the southwest, and Brecknockshire and Radnor- shire, both in Wales, on the west and northwest. The hills of Malvern constitute a kind of natural boundary on the east and the Hatterell (Black) mountains present a formidable barrier on the west. The county comprises 221 parishes, in 11 hundreds ; two bor- oughs, Leominster and Woebley; and five market towns, Ross, Ledbury, Kingston, Bromyard and Pembridge. The Parishes of Byford, Canon Frome and Allensmore are in the Hundreds of Grimsworth, Radlow and Webtree respectively. A glance at the map will show that Kent is the extreme south- easterly county of England, and the city of Rochester is in its northern part, on the Medway, within 28 miles southeast of London. The cathedral is a Norman structure, built about 1075. A number of monuments and mural tablets erected in the cathe- Z BABBOLL IN GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA dral to the memory of various members of this family, because of their curious interest, are hereafter, with their translations, given at length. The name was spelt, as disclosed by various records " Bab- roll,' ' " Barbell " and " Barrel.' ' The Eev. William Barroll who came to Maryland in 1760, was immediately descended from the Barrolls of Herefordshire. Two branches of the family appear from Edmondson to have been resident at Bochester, in Kent. * ' Joseph Edmondson 's Heraldy, ' ' x was the accepted authority on heraldry in England in the eighteenth century. Edmondson gives the following in his ' ' Alphabet of Arms ' ' : " Barbell (Bochester, in Kent), Erm. on a chief az. three talbots heads ar. " Babbel (Herefordshire), Erm. on a chief az. one talbot's head in the dexter point, couped ar. and eared gu. — Crest a talbot's head couped ar. eared gu. " Babbel (Bochester, in Kent), Erm. on a chief sa. three tal- bots heads erased of the first." In ' ' The Heraldry of Herefordshire, ' ' by George Strong, the arms are given thus : " Babboll, of Braun's Hill, or Bunshill, Mansell Lacy (Visit 1634) Erm. on a chief Az. three talbots' heads couped Arg. ears gut."' In " The Mansions and Manors of Herefordshire," we find the most important resident families connected with Byf ord were those of Gomond and Barroll. A brief pedigree of the Barrolls of Byf ord and Bunshill was entered in the visitation of 1634, James Barroll, son of James, being then the heir. He was the gallant defender of Canon Frome against the Scottish Army. ' ' * This book contains an interesting picture of " Byf ord Court," the manorial house, a handsome stone residence of considerable antiquity, but remodelled in Jacobean times. There is some good panelling within the house and the mullioned windows are of bold design. Perhaps as good a glimpse of the present Byf ord, Allensmore, 1 London, 1780, Vol. II. 'London, 1848, page 26. 8 By C. J. Robinson, London, 1872, page 58. BAKKOLL IN GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA 6 Hereford and the country surrounding, can be gotten in a letter from Lewin Wethered Barroll, as in any other manner, save by a personal visit. For this reason it is quoted at some length. " Hereford, England, September 11, 1907. The run over to this place on the train was through as beautiful a country as I have ever seen. I can understand why an English- man is always an Englishman, although he may be buried in Indian jungles all his life his heart remains at home. The natural beauty of the country is one of the principal causes of Britain's greatness. It is like one huge garden. Much wheat is standing still uncut, and the huge fields of hops are filled with pickers gathering the harvest. We passed through a mighty tunnel under the Malvern Hills which rivalled those of Switzerland for length, smell, suffocation and general misery. These hills are really small mountains, and, from the amount of coal stored near by, it must be a great mining center. Then we passed through a more rolling country with distant mountains visible on nearly every side, and large herds of Hereford cattle grazing peacefully, their long horns, stocky red bodies making a pleasant picture on the green meadows. The cathedral here is beautiful. I searched it thoroughly with the sexton and a book of the monuments, but with all my efforts could find only two stones to the Barroll family. One of these has been removed to the Chapel House yard where it lies almost buried under huge blocks of sandstone and a flower garden. The other is in the Bishop 's cloister. I have snapped them together with a good view of the cathedral, it was very hard to get owing to the smallness of the lens of my camera. There is a " Barroll St. ' ' here and I have photographed the marker, with much trouble and personal peril, having to perch myself on the top of a ten- foot spiked fence with a thoroughly displeased bull-dog on one side and a protesting and puffing cop on the other, who, with great difficulty, I persuaded not to place me in an asylum. To- day has been the great market day. I do wish that Mr. Eobinson could have seen the sheep, hogs and cattle raised here. One bullock I snapped sold for 21 guineas. The Welsh predominate and resemble the Irish. They felt greatly honored at my in- terest, and, mistaking me for a stock-buying capitalist, wished me to purchase a whole flotilla of sheep, but I wisely desisted. 4 BARROLL IN GEEAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA The country around here, with the exception of the neigh- borhood of the Hudson and Sassafras, is certainly the most picturesque on earth. I took an early train this morning to Moorhampton Station which lies about four miles from Byf ord. The country became more and more hilly as we approached my destination. Nearly every meadow we passed had six or eight pheasants sitting about, too fat to move much; and large flocks of plovers floated through the air, finally lighting on some attractive spot as lightly as the down which covers them. Doves, with an urgent engagement in the next woods, whistled by like bullets and an occasional wood pigeon, like those of the Champs Elysees, cooed, drowsily, from some immense oak. The walk over to Byf ord was through a country that I would like to im- port, if I could do so conveniently and free of duty. I walked for a long way along a hillside. Below me, to the right, stretched a fertile valley, groves of oaks, chestnuts and pines surrounded the many attractive little farm houses, and far to the westward, on the other side, rose a range of blue hazy mountains. There was lacking that haughty grandeur of the Alps, that impassive cold rigidity of our Eockies. They were more human, sensitive looking mountains, with their verdant covering and gently sloping foothills. I passed a great many pheasants in the adjoining fields, they were as tame as chickens and would, I imagine, furnish about as good sport. Partridges and rabbits are very plentiful in the markets here. I took several pictures on the way over, and on arriving at Byf ord Court, immediately walked up and made myself known to the Edwards family, who are now occupying the house. Mrs. Edwards, whom I first met, was a grand dame, and when I ex- plained who I was and that to see this place was one of my prin- cipal reasons for coming to England, she first showed me over the church which stands near the house. They then took me all through the mansion, explained everything to me and finally, when, in the course of my tour, I reached the dining room, they placed before me some milk and cider which seems to be the specialty of the country. They were all very much interested in our place Byf ord-on-the- Chester, and I found from your record I could give them much information concerning their own, with which they were visibly pleased. The old central part of the house has evidently been there BARROLL IN GEEAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA since Saxon times. What they now use for a living room formed the ancient dining hall. There are plain traces of the dias at one end of the room on which, as you remember, the lord was wont to eat while his followers fed on the large table lower down. The ceiling in this room has been lathed and plastered, but in the other rooms, the ceilings of ponderous oak rafters, beautifully stained, are much like those of the Cluny Museum in Paris. The old dining room had the same ceiling formerly, even in the memory of one of the oldest inhabitants, so I was told. Of course, there have been many alterations, some, I dare say, not altogether improving. The house is now composed of three portions, besides a green house in the rear. The people, I gathered, are farmers and very prosperous from the size and number of their outbuildings. The grounds and gardens surrounding the place, though not so extensive, are well kept up, and on the lawn is the inevitable croquet set. The church has been completely renovated and all the old monuments removed. It has been whitewashed and generally improved. I searched everywhere, in the church, throughout all the adjoining yards, an apple orchard and in the graveyard and could find one family monument to Thos. Barroll, who died in 1795. This I carefully photographed together with the church and several views of the house. I walked over eight miles, but the country was so beautiful that it scarcely seemed like two. September 13, 1907. Yesterday I took an early train out to Tram Inn Station, and rode over to Hungerstone. There is a simple, unpretentious little chapel here, with no interior monuments or exterior grave- yard. So I proceeded to Allensmore. In the graveyard there, after long and careful search, I located two stones both of which I photographed and copied the inscriptions. One of them, I was was told by a very ancient relic, who seemed to be a major domo for the cemetery, was the oldest stone in the yard. Both were spelled Barroll and I was most gratefully thankful to find some of my ancestors who knew how to spell their names, as nothing irritates me so much as Wither ell or Bar rill. In the church there were two large tablets to Barrells, both of which I photo- graphed and copied. The church was very difficult to secure but I took it in sections. b BARROLL IN GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA The surrounding country is not nearly so striking as that near Byford. The people of the entire county are extremely hos- pitable, and several times I narrowly escaped from their cider. ' ' The views on the opposite page of Byford Court are from photographs which were taken in September, 1907, representing it as it was at that time. In the central part of the house, the mullioned windows mentioned by Robinson can be seen, and also the ancient Saxon doorway, which forms, an attractive entrance. A closer view of this quaintly arched doorway shows on the shield above the door the arms of the Gomonds, into whose possession the estate passed from the Barrolls. On either side are two shields, from which all traces of heraldric bearings have been removed, but on which were formerly the arms of the Barrolls. 4 The photograph of the monument to Thomas Barroll in By- ford churchyard, and of a portion of Byford church gives the location of the tomb in a corner of the yard. The inscription on this monument, which cannot be deciphered from the larger pho- tograph of it is as follows : " Here lieth the body of Thomas Barroll, of Byford Court. He died March 15, 1795, aged 43. With patience to the last he did submit, And murmured not at what the Lord thought fit. With a Christian's courage he did resign His soul to God at his appointed time. ' ' In his account of the parish of Allensmore, Robinson says, " at Hungerstone, a branch of the Barrolls of Byford, were resident until the beginning of the present century, and several monuments to their memory are to be seen in the church and churchyard. ' ' 5 Allensmore lies about four miles south of Here- ford. Byford is a manor of 793 acres and is one of the parishes of Herefordshire. It is intersected by the river Wye, the portion detached by the river is about 100 acres, lying some five miles north of the city of Hereford. Adjoining it are the parishes of Hansel Gamage, Monington-on-the-Wye, Bridge Sollers, and Preston. Buiford or Byford, is an Anglo-Saxon term for " a * Robinson's Mansions, etc., supra, page 58. 5 Idem, page 6. BYFORD COURT =.'- :--.- >s * £* ^* "V 5 v OLD SAXON DOORWAY, ENTRANCE TO BYFORD COURT BYFOKD CHUECH, SHOWING LOCATION OF MONUMENT TO THOMAS BABBOLL MONUMENT TO THOMAS BABBOLL IN BYFOBD CFIUKCHYABD ALLENSMOBE CHUBCH BARROLL IN GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA / village near a f ordable stream. ' ' At the conquest the manor of Buiford or Byford was taken from Ailward, a free Saxon, and given to Roger de Laci. On the banishment of Roger de Laci, Byford was granted to his brother Walter, and the manor be- came appurtenant to the honor of Weobley. A full account of the transfers of the manor may be found in Cooke's Duncumb's Hereford. 6 The church (dedicated to St. John Baptist) is an ancient building of the transition period, consisting of a chancel, nave, south aisle with lady chapel, a north aisle and a tower holding three bells. The north wall contains an interesting window of early English work and one of the Norman period. The church goods in 1553 consisted of a silver chalice and paten of ten ounces, and three bells. On a stone tablet in the chancel, south wall, are arms: Gu., a fess arg. between 3 talbots' heads erased of the last imparting gu, on a fess vair between 3 mullets arg. There are many copies of wills and records of the administra- tion of estates of families of " Barrells " in Herefordshire, which have been obtained together with those of the family who used the spelling of " Barroll. ,, The oldest record with the " Barrell " or " Barrel " spelling, yet discovered, is Robert Barrell who graduated at Oxford in 1600. One in the least acquainted with the rules of heraldry, will at once perceive from the similarity of the arms, as given above by Edmondson and by Strong, and from the monuments in Rochester Cathedral (infra), that the families in Hereford and Kent were nearly allied and connected. The arms entered by Gilbert Barrell in the visitation of Middlesex in 1663 (infra) of the Barrells of Isleworth, are nearly identical with those exemplified to James Barroll at the visitation of Hereford in 1634. Naturally inquiries have been more closely confined to that branch of the family seated in Herefordshire. At the same time, it will be perceived, much interesting information has been gleaned as to the other branches. The various members of the family using the spelling " Bar- roll,' ' the earliest records disclose, held lands in the parishes 6 Vol. IV, pages 63, 64, etc. 8 BAKKOLL, IN" GKEAT BKITAIN AND AMEKICA of Allensmore, Byford, Mansel Lacy, Much Dewchurch, Leo- minster, Llanwarne and others in the city of Hereford. The first reference which enables one to identify the an- cestors of the Barrolls of Bnneshill and Byford, mentioned by James Barroll when he entered the pedigree in the visitation of 1634, is in an abstract from an old will in the Hereford District Probate Registry, at the bottom of the abstract, William Earle, probate clerk, writes, " Nearly half of the above will has been worn away. ' ' The abstract is as follows : (1). 1554 " Robert Barroll." " I bequeath unto the parysse of Llwarne." " Thomas my sone." * ' Aly s my wife. ' ' " My two sones Eichard and Robert." 1 ' My lands in Moche Dewchurch, ' ? ' l The Sayyd f arme ' ' ; — executors were his sons, Richard and Robert and Ri Green. His overseers were John Johns, Thomas Johns and . Thomas Barroll, mentioned in this will left no sons. By his will dated May 11, 1580, he describes himself as " Thomas Barroll of Rosse in the Citie and dioces of Hereford." He mentions his " eldest daughter Isolde," " Margery Pitstowe," " my daughter Anne," " daughter Maryan," " Margery my wyf " whom he nominates as his executrix. All efforts to ascertain anything about Richard have failed. The other son Robert Barroll, left five sons as appears by his will quoted below : (2). Robekt Bakkoll of Hongeston (Allensmore) County of Hereford. (Will dated the 3d April, 1580). In his will he mentions his sons Wyllyam, Rychard, Harrye, John and Thomas Barroll. His wife Maulde. His daughters Anne and Joyce. His Mayde, Catheryn. His lands in Hongeston, Leominster, the house or tenements that Davythe Probarte dwelleth in and all lands and leases " lsewhere within the Countie of Hereford." Lands, tenements and leases in the Parish of Allensmore, and in " Shepiner Fylde," part of Hampton's Meadowe and the Chauntrve lands. o > % & d H 3 J/2 ^i 1 •„ *£**■*• • ££ ■ :V ■.■'.•*• .':•'■; I * , ~-«* %,«. 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The following quaint provision is here copied at length : i • My wyll ys that yf Wyllyam my sone wyll not order, use and behave hym sylfe towards his Mother in all manner of his do- yngs and busynes from hensforthe coutyouselye, reverentelye, daillye and as yt becomythe an honest younge man to use and behave hym self e towards his Mother at the inspection and over sighte of William Scudamore then I wyll that the said Wyllyam Scudamore after monycon and warneynge to the sayde Wyllyam to be given of his misbyhavor shall give and dustrybute suche legacye and legacyes as I have herein bequeathed to the sayde Wyllyam amongest the rest of my children that then shal be lyveynge." " Witynesses Thomas Beale, Thomas Eyrryche, David Proberte and manye others.' ' " No entry was made as to proof of this will, or of testator's death.' ' While it is easy to trace with certainty the history of Eobert's three sons, William, Eichard and John mentioned in the afore- going will, it has been impossible to learn anything of Thomas his fifth son, beyond the fact that he jointly with his brother William, owned " Bunshill," infra. Harrye or Henry Barroll, the son of Eobert Barroll, of Hongeston, moved to London and had a son Savage Barrell (as the name was there spelt) whose grandson became Lieut. General William Barrell in the English army. The following letter was received in reply to an inquiry addressed to the War Office in London for the record of this officer : 7353/B/1584. " War Office, London, 8. W., 12th July, 1897. Sir.— With reference to your letter of the 21st ultimo, asking for information concerning the antecedents, etc., of Lieutenant- General William Barrell, I am directed by the Secretary of State for War to enclose herewith an extract from the ' His- torical Eecord of the Fourth, or the King's Own, Eegiment of 10 BARROLL LNT GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA Foot,' containing information concerning this officer, but I am to add that there are no records in this department concerning the antecedents of officers who served at snch an early period. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient Servant, G. Lawson." The extract enclosed was as follows : Sl Extract from the Historical Records of the 4th Regiment of Foot. William Barrell. Appointed 8th August, 1734. This officer entered the army in the reign of William III; he obtained the rank of captain in 1698, and his distinguished con- duct in the wars of Queen Anne was rewarded with the brevet rank of colonel on the 1st of January, 1707. In 1715 he was promoted to the colonelcy of the twenty-eighth foot ; in 1727 he was appointed brigadier-general ; in 1730 he was removed to the twenty-second regiment, and in 1734 to the King's Own. In the following year he was promoted to the rank of major-general; in 1739 to that of lieutenant-general ; and he was also appointed governor of Pendennis Castle. He died on the 9th of August, 1749." In the Gentleman's Magazine are constant references to General Barrell. In 1731 he was then brigadier-general and his regiment was stationed in Ireland/ In 1733 the Earl of Strath- more was made a captain in his regiment which was then at Minorca. 8 In 1735 his promotion as major-general is announced ' and in July, 1739, 10 is given his promotion as lieutenant-general. The appointment of Lieutenant Higginson (who married his great niece mentioned in his will) to his regiment is noted in Vol. XIX. U The following notice of his death appears in the same volume : " August 9, 1749, William Barrell, Esq.; lieutenant-general, governor of Pendennis Castle, and colonel of the King's Own r Gent. Mag., Vol. I, pages 129, 310. 8 Idem, Vol. Ill, page 608. 9 Idem, Vol. V, page 738. m Idem, Vol. IX, page 384. II Idem, Vol. XIX, page 93. BARROLL IN GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA 11 Regiment of Foot; he served with great honour above 50 years."" General James Wolfe, who was killed before Quebec in 1759, received his military training under General Barrell, and served under him and not in the regiment of General Wolfe (as gen- erally understood), in the battles of Falkirk and Culloden, with the rank of captain. His promotion to the rank of major, from General Barrell 's regiment, is found in the same volume. 13 In the rebellion in Scotland in 1745, General Barrell 's regi- ment took a conspicuous and gallant part and saved the day at Culloden. The following interesting accounts are taken from the Gentleman's Magazine, January, 1746. 14 They show that in spite of his old age the courage and spirit of the general and of his men were of the same stuff as when they served together in Flanders many years before under Marlborough. The follow- ing " Order of Battle at Falkirk," is taken from the same volume : 15 12 Idem, Vol. XIX, page 380. 13 Gent. Mag., Vol. XIX, page 45. Also in Wolfe's Life by Robert Wright (Lon- don, 1864). 14 Idem, Vol. XVI, pages 8, 27, 41, 240. u Idem, Vol. XVI, page 8. 12 BAEEOLL IN GEEAT BEITAIN AND AMEEICA OEDEB OF BATTLE OF FALKIEK-MTJIE. ft) w « g 2 H « £ OS >-> o M S ► 6 o a B O 'o fit Q CQ ^ V «H (=1 <1) O 03 3 fl o ■+=> os •^ •+3 a o3 H-H Pd a — ► a 03 £00 OS A rQ s o o to — > »4 0) m 8.3 c 5 © p- p- Cu p Ir" a ts 3 rn" p » c* H p P* w SO p B ■4 & p* a w n *i O w a> a> ^ P P 5 2 00 W ^ O g cfq* F • "j P p O P» Y 8p O ro. -< w P. (3* • O Q~ o? B © CD PS* p 2 p p B •^ &■ — CD B VI ^ © t" 1 11 * © s ^ B t- p. 2 01 p £ t> ? • *b ►p p? _ O tJj 2- S- p J OK* pg eo h ©^ p- so B *■ 2 p • P » p. CD o o BAEEOLL IN GEEAT BEITAIN AND AMEEICA 13 There is also an extended account of the battle, from which the following is taken, dated January 17, 1745. After giving the disposition of the various regiments it proceeds : ' ' When all was formed, and our first line within 100 yards of the rebels, orders were given for the lines to advance, and a body of dragoons to attack them sword in hand. They accordingly marched forwards, but upon the rebels giving them a fire, they gave ground, and great part of the foot of both lines did the same, after making an irregular fire, except the two regiments of Barrell and Ligonier, under the command of Brigadier Cholmondeley, which rallied immediately ; and being afterwards attacked by the rebels, fairly drove them back, and put them to flight. Whilst this was transacting, a body of the foot, by the care of Major-General Huske, formed at some distance in the rear of these two regiments, which the rebels seeing, durst not advance, and about the same time Brigadier Mordaunt rallied the scattered battalions into their several corps in which he was greatly assisted by the officers, and pretty near formed them." ia We find this vivid description of the battle in ' ' A letter from a private soldier of Barrell 's regiment at Edinburgh, dated January 19, 1746. The attack was begun with our three regi- ments of dragoons, who broke through the enemy, and behaved like bold fellows, and afterwards rallied again; 's regi- ment, being the left of our front line, fired on the rebels, but it being one of the most turbulent rainy days I ever knew, one- fourth of our pieces missed fire, which caused 's regiment to give ground, the rebels having ten to one the advantage over us, the wind and rain being in their backs. At the running away of 's regiment, like a catching infection, the whole front followed, and likewise the rear, not one regiment being left in the field but ours. The E being in the right of the front ran before they were engaged; we marched up, and took their ground, and maintained it in spite of the rebels; one party of them came running upon us, and fired, but at too great a dis- tance, and did us but little harm; they threw away their guns, being their usual way of fighting, and advanced sword in hand ; we gave them a volley of shot, and kept a reserve, which caused them to halt and shake their swords at us ; we gave them three 16 Gent. Mag., Vol. XVI, page 27. 14 BAKKOLL 1ST GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA huzzas and another volley, which caused them to run; we pur- sued them and took some few prisoners. ' ' " In the account of the battle of Culloden, a diagram of the position of the different regiments is also given. It relates that Barrell's regiment sustained the full force of the attack and acquitted itself gallantly. After an artillery fire the rebels, ' ' turned their whole force to the left ; and the weight of their fury fell chiefly on Barrell 's and Monro 's regiments, where they attempted to flank the King's front line; but Wolf's regiment advancing entirely defeated their design. ' ' 18 For bravery on the field of battle, General Barrell received his appointment as lieutenant in the First Eegiment of Foot Guards, and this appointment carried with it the rank of captain. He served as adjutant at the battle of Blenheim. " First -Regiment of Foot Guards, 1698, William BarreU to be lieutenant to Lieutenant-Colonel John Seymour, and to rank as captain, dated Kens. 27 March." In a foot-note taken from Military Entry Books is this, " 1st lieutenant of the Guards in 1702. Served as adjutant at Blenheim. Captain, January 5, 1705. Lieutenant-colonel, January 1, 1707. Colonel of the regiment now known as the 28th Foot, September 27, 1715. Brigadier-general in 1727. Transferred to the 22d Regiment of Foot, August 25, 1730. Colonel of the 4th Foot, August 8, 1734. Major-general in 1735. Lieutenant-general in 1739 and governor of Pendennis Castle. D. August 8, 1749. Bd. in West- minster Abbey where there is a monument to his memory. ' ' M The following interesting account of the life, services and will of General Barrell is taken from Chester's Westminster Abbey Registers, Deaths, etc. : " Lieutenant- General William Barrell in East Cloister. His monument describes him as of an ancient Herefordshire family, governor of Pendennis Castle and colonel of the King's Own Regiment of Foot, and with having served his country with great honour, upwards of fifty years, being engaged in most of the memorable actions and sieges in Flanders and Germany during the whole of Queen Anne's wars. He attained the rank 17 Gent. Mag., Vol. XVI, page 41. 18 Idem, Vol. XVI, page 241. "English Army Lists and Common Registers 1661-1714, Vol. IV, by Charles Dalton, London, page 203. BARROLL IN GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA 15 of lieutenant-general July 2, 1739. The monument erected by his only son and executor, Savage Barrell, Esq., was renovated in 1855 by his great grandson, Captain Justinian Barrell, E. N. He died according to the funeral book, August 8, aged seventy- seven. His will, dated May 15, 1739, with codicils April 5, 1743, and May 9, 1746, was proved August 10, 1749, by his said son Savage, residuary legatee. To his wife Mary he left the use of his houses in York Buildings and in Croydon County Surrey, and an annuity of 200 pounds for life giving her 400 pounds by his first codicil. To his daughter Ann, unmarried, at the date of his will, and then aged about twenty-one, he gave the divi- dends of 3400 pounds South Sea Capital Stock, but in the first codicil stated that she had married Captain Charles Rainsford and gave her 600 pounds, and in the second codicil 1000 pounds more. His other bequests were to his niece Anne Forster and her husband Richard Forster, and their children William and Anne, his god-children. The latter, as stated in the first codicil, having married Joseph Higginson, lieutenant and quarter- master in his regiment, he gave her 500 pounds. 20 Below is a copy of the monument to General Barrell, the in- scription on same, reads as follows : ' l Near this place Lie Interred The Remains of The Honourable William Barrell, Esq. Lieutenant General of his Majesty 's Forces, Governor of Pendennis Castle, And Colonel of the King's own Regiment of Foot, Which so bravely distinguish 'd itself at the Battles of Falkirk and Culloden, He was descended from an Ancient Family in Herefordshire, Serv'd his Country with great Honour upwards of 50 Years, And was engaged in most of the Memorable Actions and Sieges In Flanders, and Germany, During the whole Course of Queen Anne's Wars. He died the 8th. of August 1749 Aet. 78. This Monument is Erected to his Memory as a Testimony of Filial Piety and Gratitude, by his only Son Savage Barrell, Esq. Renovated by his Great Grand Son Capt. Justinian Barrell, R. N. 1855 " 20 Marriage Register in Westminster Abbey by J. L. Chester, 1876. 16 BARROLL IN GREAT BRITAIN AND AMEKICA William Bakkoll of Bkounshill, the eldest son of Kobert is the one to whom and to whose heirs, Cooke, Clarienceanx Herald, exemplified the arms as entered in the Heralds College, in 1585 Ao. 27 Eliz. This pedigree and the arms given below were 61 Extracted from the Herald's visitation of the county of Hereford made in the year 1634, now remaining in the College of Arms, London, by me: George W. Marshall, Herald's College Rouge Croix. ' ' 3d May, 1898. 21 The pedigree referred to as entered in that visitation is as follows : tres Pattents Pr. Clar : Cooke exemplified to William Barroll of Brounshill in Com: Hereford and to his heires dated 1585 An 27 Eliz : — BARROLL. William Barroll of Bronnshill, An 1585, died without yssue. John Barroll of By- ford, in Com: Here- ford, brother of Will- iam, who gave him lands in Byford, mar: Bridget Phillipps. Joane, wife to William Traynter o f Otecroft. Richard Barroll of Bunes- hill, had lands there from his brother. Sibell, wife to Roger H e r y n g of Burghill. Bridget, wife to Simon Trayn- ter of Otecroft. Anne, wife to Mary, wife to Henry Webb. John Bevan. James Barroll of Byford Co: Here- ford, An 1634, and of the Citie of Hereford, Mar. for his first wife, Susan, da. of James Denys of Monyngton-Clarke. Mary, daughter of James Carwardine of Hereford, second wife. Mary. Beatrix. Martha. Joane. James Barroll, eldest son. Signed, JA: BARROLL. It will be observed these arms were not first granted to the family in 1585, but were " exemplified," i. e., attested or certi- 21 A copy of these entries can be secured by any member of the family who will write to " The Herald's College, London, Eng." BARBOLL IN GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA 17 fied as correct, upon the visitation of the Herald Cooke who in that year visited Herefordshire. The arms were evidently borne before that date, for if they had not been, they would have been entered as granted ' ' on that date. ' ' From this pedigree it will appear that William Barroll, for whose guidance his father in his will laid down, with so much concern, certain rules of conduct, was known as " William Barroll of Brounshill, and died without yssue." He gave to his brother, Richard Barroll, his lands in Buneshill (variously caUed " Boneshill," " Brounshill,' ' " Braunshill, " "Buns- hill " and " Buneshill "). It is well, perhaps, here to state all that is known of this Richard Barroll of " Bunshill " (who it will appear left no male issue), and of the final disposition of the lands in " Bunshill," which name, as is Byford, was used originally to distinguish the two branches of the family, one from the other. Boneshill, or Buneshill is a subordinate manor (225 acres), a detached portion of the parish lying between Kenchester and the Wye River, and intersected by the principal road between Hereford and Hay. ' ' Buneshill, according to Domesday, belonged to a free Saxon named Godrick, and was given to Prince Griffin, son of Maria- doc. In 1554 the lessee was John Waters, who in 1571 sold his interest to Thomas (this is doubtless Thomas in will of Robert Barroll) 22 and William Barroll, and the heirs of the latter. Richard Barroll, lessee, died in 1600, leaving a widow with three daughters co-heiresses; (1) Joanna, married William Traunter; (2) Bridget, married Simon Traunter; (3) Sybel, married Rich- ard Smyth. Francis, son of Simon, inherited the property. William Barroll, only son of Richard, died vita patris coelebs. Simon Traunter, son of Francis, clerk of peace for the county, held Bunshill, and died 1699. William Traunter, his only son, died vita patris 1691, at Oatcroft, leaving a son, Simon, and a widow, Ann, daughter of Edmond Thomas of Michael Church, who remarried Mr. Thomas Duppa, son of Sir Thomas Duppa, and was buried at Mansell. Simon Traunter, Junior, died in Hereford, 1714, sine prole. Bunshill was purchased by the Duke of Chandos, and sold to the governors of Guy's Hospital, the present proprietors. ' ' * "Ante, page 19. 33 Cooke's Duncumb's Hereford, Vol. IV, pages 127-128. 18 BAEEOLL 1ST GEEAT BEITAIN AND AMEEICA In the chancel of St. Michael's Church, Mansel Lacy Parish, is a marble tablet, with an interesting Latin epitaph (given at length by Duncumb), to William Trannter, graduate of Wadham College, Oxford, and of the Middle Temple, son of Simon Traunter, Gent., and his wife Margaret, who died 14th January, 1691. On the east wall are tablets to " Simon Traunter of Buneshill, in this parish, Gent. June 24, 1699 aet. 65. Simon Traunter, Esq., late of Bunshill, 15 March, 1713/14. Ann, wife of Thomas Duppa, Esq., formerly wife of William Traunter, Gent., May 1, 1710 aet. 43."" In " The Mansions and Manors of Herefordshire, ' ' this ac- count of Bunshill is given: " Bunshill, a detached portion of the parish (Mansell Lacy) belonging to Guy's Hospital, was the property of Richard Barroll of Byford, in the seventeenth century. He left three daughters and co-heiresses, the eldest of whom had Bunshill and married William Traunter of Oatcroft. Her second husband was Thomas Duppa, son of Sir Thomas Duppa, Gent., usher to James II. Bunshill descended to Simon Traunter, whose only son pre-deceased his father and left no issue." 25 " John Barroll of Byford," the other son of Robert Barroll is the one from whom the Barrolls in America are descended; and, as will appear by reference to the pedigree below, he acquired his lands in Byford from his brother William, who gave them to him as he had given the Bunshill lands to his brother Richard. (3). John Baeeoll of Byfoed, as shown in the aforegoing pedigree and in his father, Robert Barroll 's, will (supra) was the second son, to him William gave his lands in Byford. Upon the death of William, without issue, and of Richard without male issue, he appears to have been the sole male representative of the family, unless his uncle, Richard Barroll, mentioned in the will of 1554, may have left descendants. Walter, viscount of Hereford, lord of the honor of Weobley, granted in 1586 a farm called Martyns, subject to an annual quit rent to John Barroll and his heirs. 26 John Barroll married Bridget Phillips. From the tablet in 24 Idem, page 130. 26 Robinson's Mansions, etc., page 197. 26 Duncumb's Hereford, Vol. IV, page 65. BARROLL IN GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA 19 the south wall of St. John's church one learns she died in 1645. 27 Bridget Phillips was the daughter of Bobarte Phillips of Yar- poole and Lemster and Elizabethe Pryce his wife. Elizabethe was the daughter of John Pryce of Clun in Wales, and her mother the daughter of Sir Edward Croftes. The Phillips' arms and pedigree are shown below as entered in the visitation of Herefordshire in 1569. (This visitation will be found in Peabody Library.) VISITATION OF HEREFORDSHIRE, 1569, BY ROBERT COOKE, C, (page 57). PHILLIPS (of Leominster R. 175) Harl. 615, ff. 50 b , 51. Arms: — Phillips. Or on a chevron On. three eagles' heads erased arg. in the dexter chief a crescent. JOHN PHILLIPS. = doughter and heire of Vyners. Thomas Phillips (of Tarpoole and Lemster in Co. Hd. Harl. 1545). doughter of Brocton (Broughton Harl. 1545) of Henley in Conte Salopee. Roharte Phillips (of Yarpoole) and of Lemster (Harl. 1545). Elizabethe, mar. to Thomas Noblett (Nyblett, Harl. 1545). Elizabethe, donghter of John Pryce (of Clun in Wales, by Margt., d. of Sir Edward Croftes, Harl. 1545). Alyce. Bridget (mar. John Barroll of Byford). Francis Phillips of Lems- = ter, in the County of Hereford (ob. 1576. Harl. 1545). Jones, doughter and one of the heirs to John Morrys of Lemster. Thomas Phillips, Sonne Elizabethe. and heire. I Fabyan, 2 son, mar- doughter to Walter (M. P. for Lemster, 1572). Fabian bought part of the Manor of Lemster, 1620 John Barroll and his wife Bridget Phillips had two daugh- ters, Anne Barroll, who married Henry Webb, and Mary Barroll, who married John Bevan; and one son, James Barroll. It has been impossible to ascertain whether either Anne or Mary left any descendants. (4). James Barroll of Byford, County Hereford Ao. 1634, and of the Citie of Hereford, married for his first wife, Susan, daughter of James Denys of Monyngton Clark; and for his second wife, Mary, daughter of James Carwardine of Hereford. 87 Idem, page 69. 20 BARROLL IN GEEAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA This James Carwardine was mayor of Hereford in 1628, 28 he held the manor of Huntlow in the parish of Preston-on-Wye. Arms : Sa. a hand-in-bow in Bend, betw. two pheons ar. Crest a wolf passant ar. in his Mouth an arrow sa. embrued gu. By his second wife, Mary Carwardine, James Barroll had four daughters, Mary, Beatrix, Martha and Joane. Whether any of them left any descendants it has not been possible to learn. James Denys, the father of Susan, James Barroll 's first wife, was from Monyngton Clark in Gloucester County, which adjoins Hereford on the south. Arms, Ar. on a bend engrailed betw. three leopards' heads as. jessant delis or a martlet of the field for difference. James Barroll and Susan Denys his first wife had a son James Barroll whom, in the visitation of 1634, he described as his " eldest son." In 1639 James Barroll was mayor of Hereford. 29 In the Civil War he was an ardent supporter of the King, a resolute and gallant officer, a colonel in the King's forces, and lost his life in the cause which he espoused. In " The Memorials of the Civil War in Herefordshire," the author spells his name as " Barn- ard," " Barnold." When Colonel Mynne, who was governor of the city of Hereford, on July 27, 1644, with 170 of his veterans was killed at the engagement at Redmarley, Colonel Barroll succeeded him as governor of Hereford and held it till the 10th of September, when he gave it up to Colonel Barnabas Scuda- more. An interesting account of the concerns of the garrison under him is also given. 30 In the following December Colonel Barroll was in command of a Royal Garrison in Radnorshire in Wales. This garrison was attacked by two independent bodies of Roundheads under the commands of Colonel Mytton and Sir Thomas Middleton. The following account is taken from Webb (supra) : " In Cwm Hir (the Long Valley) stood the remains of a religious house of the Cistercians, one of those which had suffered when Owain Glyndwr ravaged the monasteries that favored the usurpation of Henry IV. It had been converted into a fortress and was occupied by a royalist garrison under 88 Price's Hereford, page 259. 89 Price's " City of Hereford," Hereford, 1796, page 259. "John Webb, London, 1872, Vol. II, pages 79-80. BARROLL IN GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA 21 Colonel Barroll, the same officer who commanded for a time at Hereford before the coming in of Scudamore, and was after- wards slain by the Scots at the storming of Canon Frome. The walls were strong, and the place well stored, and Barroll disdained their summons. But a storming party commenced the attack with such vigor that resistance was fruitless. Middleton and Mytton brought away prisoners, three captains of foot and horse, with several other officers, and 60 common soldiers ; they captured 40 horses, 200 muskets and other arms with propor- tionate ammunition. This event crippled the authority of the Royalists in these parts. ' ' 31 Colonel Barroll with a portion of his command cut his way through the attacking forces and made good his escape. In a foot-note an interesting account is given of a local tradition preserved at Llynbarried, near Nant- mel, that Cromwell in person attacked and captured Cwm Hir. That he with a party of his men passed through the grounds of Llwynbarried on their way to Cwm Hir, the soldiers and their horses were refreshed under an aged tree, still known as " Cromwell's Oak," near which a pot of gold had been buried for security; the general himself dining in the house. The author does not think the tradition is a correct one and believes the attack and storming were made as above recited. Early in the following year Colonel Barroll succeeded Colonel Norton as governor of Canon Frome, where he lost his life in July following. Canon Frome was one of those battlemented houses of the border counties with fosse and drawbridge, which, though weak against improved modes of attack, was a strongly fortified garrison and was so located on a commanding eminence that it had successfully resisted up to that time, many assaults which had been made upon it by Parliamentary forces. It belonged to Sir Eichard Hopton who united his fortunes with those of Parliament, while his son Colonel Edward Hopton was an officer in the King's forces. A family arrangement common in those times and one which in either issue of the cause could be used to their mutual advantage in preventing fines and confisca- tion of family estates. Canon Frome was situated near the west side of the road which leads from Bromyard to Ledbury about six miles north 31 Webb's Civil War, Vol. II, page 134. 22 BAKROLL IN GEEAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA of the latter place and seven miles south of Bromyard. Bishop's Frome lies about four miles north of Canon Frome. Its situation was such that it commanded the principal road from Hereford to Worcester and its strategic location was one of importance. " In April, 1645, shortly after Colonel Barroll assumed charge of Canon Frome, Colonel Massie, who was in command at Gloucester, left that place with 5000 troops and marched to Ledbury, with the intention as 'tis conceived to fall on a new garrison of his Majesties at Canon Frome, but Kupert surprised and defeated him at Ledbury before he could accom- plish his object. " In July following, tidings of the advance of the Scottish army, under the Earl of Leven, overshadowed Herefordshire like an approaching thunder-cloud. They were stout and hardy warriors; their march was vigorous and swift. They entered Herefordshire from Worcestershire, on July 20, 1645, the main body halted at Tenbury, and a strong party under the Earl of Calender, David Lesley and Middleton pushed forward all that night and the next day to overtake the retreating royalist enemy, but in vain. " And then Canon Frome stood in their way, strong enough within its formidable moat to give trouble, and held by a resolute officer, who had once for a brief season governed Hereford, and whose loss of Abbey Cwn Hir would but make him more desperate now. Lord Calender viewed and summoned it. Barroll returned to the challenge of threat and extremity a determined answer that he would defend it to the last drop of his blood, and so it was. The Scots made sharp work of it ; the assault was given, and the brave commander and 70 of his garrison were put to the sword. Only about 30 prison- ers were taken. ' ' This first success of the Scots was received in London with lively satisfaction and Parliament voted Leven a jewel worth 500 pounds as a reward. Colonel Edward Harley was appointed governor of Canon Frome and he was shortly afterwards succeeded by a Scottish officer, Major Archbold, under whom the fort became a thorn in the side of the Royalists. A detailed and interesting account of the failure of the Royalists to re-capture this fort by means of the " Sow " an ingenious engine which they contrived with great labor, may be found in Webb's Memorials. 32 « Webb's Civil War, Vol. II, pages 240-241. BAEROLL IN GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA 23 The " Moderate Intelligencer " states that there were some 120 in the garrison, of whom about half were killed in the action ; some 30 put to the sword that fled to safety and cried for " quarter "; the rest were saved by the coming in of Lord Calender elsewhere spoken of as a merciful commander. ' * The governor, Colonel Barroll, was buried at Ashperton, July 25, 1645. The church of Canon Frome was much dilapidated and the services probably suspended. There is no note of burials in the parish register. These records contain nothing like what might be expected after the number of the slain, either here or at Redmarley, where only 17 are entered. All ground is burial ground in time of war. They were doubtless interred upon the spot where they fell, without shroud or coffin, tears of friends, toll of bell, or funeral prayer. Peace be to their ashes ; they lie unrecorded and unknown. ' ' In a long and detailed account of the capture of Canon Frome by the Scottish army, the following is from the report of the Earl of Leven, dated at Ludbury, July 23, 1645. 33 " Upon Saturday the army marched to Temberry, and stayed there on Sunday, being advertised that the enemy was about Bishop's Frome towards night. The Earl of Calender, Lieu- tenant-General Lesley and Major-General Middleton went out with a party of 4500. Horse, foot and dragoones they marched all that night, and Monday all day in pursuit after them, but the enemy still retreated before them. Upon Tuesday they came to Canon Frome, by which they intended only to have passed, but the Earl of Calender having viewed the place upon all quarters, sent summons to the governor, Colonel Barroll, to surrender it for the use of the King and Parliament he returned a verball answer by my Lords owne drummer, that the command of it was intrusted to him by his Majesty and that he would keep it for his use as long as he had a drop of blood in his body. Calender sent back the drummer, and desired he would return his answer in writing, which he did accordingly, the copy whereof is here inclosed: After receipt of his letter, the lieu- tenant-general having caused provide such necessaries as could be had in so short a time, gave order for storming the place. The grafTes were about nine foot deep, and as broad, and in most places full of water. The works above the grafTes were so high "Webb's Memorials, Vol. II, page 378. Appendix. 24 BAKKOLL IN GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA that all the ladders we could get were too short; the enemy behaved themselves valourously, but it pleased the Lord to give our soldiers so much courage, that after a hot dispute they were beaten from their works, after which they fled to the house where they fought desperately, till a great part of them were killed. We lost about 16 and 24 are wounded; of the enemy were killed about 70. Colonel Barroll deadly wounded, Captain Briskoe, Captain Houke, and thirty others were taken prisoners. The general and committee hath written to know the Parlia- ment's pleasure for a governor and garrison to be put in it, and until order be taken for that purpose, have put into it 120 foot and 20 horse. The place hath been very hurtful to the country, and may be of good use now for their preservation. The enemy halted about Rosse, to which place our party is marched after them but they are now further retreated to Monmouth. Your Lordships most humble Servant. Ludbury, the 23 July, 1645/' The answer enclosed was as follows : " Sir. — You demand this house for the use of , the King and Parliament ; my commission is by the King alone, and if I may see a command under his Majesties hand, I shall with all Willing- ness obey it, until then I cannot give that accompt as is expected from me, nor will I resigne it upon any other condition so long as I have life. Only I rest, Your Servant, James Barroll. Canon Frome, 22 July, 1645. For the Lord Calender. ' ' Another account by Robinson of the defence of Canon Frome is in these words : " The mansion house, re-built of brick in the last century, is interesting rather from its past association than its present appearance. Being an important out-post for Hereford, it was garrisoned during the Civil Wars on behalf of the King by Colonel Barroll and 120 men. For two years it resisted all attacks, but in July, 1645, the Earl of Leven and the Scottish army assaulted it, and after a fierce fight succeeded in capturing it. The governor, Captains Briscoe and Hewett and seventy of BAKEOLL IN GKEAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA 25 the garrison were killed, and Sir Edward Harley entrusted with the place. Sir Barnabas Scudamore, after the successful termi- nation of the siege of Hereford, made two attempts to regain Canon Frome for his Sovereign, but in spite of his daring inge- nuity, was completely frustrated. The moat may still be traced, but all other vestiges of antiquity have passed away." M (5). Major James Barroll II, who is entered in the above ped- igree as the " eldest son " of Colonel James Barroll, was his only son. His wife's name was Susan, and he, like his father, was an officer, a major, in the King's army. While his father was in command of Canon Frome, Major Barroll attacked a Parliamentary force near Yatton Chapel, close to the border of Gloucestershire, capturing a strong posi- tion which the enemy occupied on a high hill. The locality from this fact was called " Barroll 's Hill " which name it bears to this day. (" Bacon's County Map, Guide to Herefordshire.") " James Barroll, a major in the Eoyal army was with his troop in Oxford at the time of its surrender, and entitled to the benefit of the articles of war agreed to by Sir Thomas Fairfax. Although he afterwards took the national covenant and the negative oath he was compelled in 1646 to compound for his lands in Byford, and submit to a fine for his * delinquency in having been in arms against the Parliament. ' These lands were purchased by Thomas Gomond in 1659, and included in the Holly Farm." 85 Major James Barroll was under thirty years of age when the King's forces surrendered at Oxford, and he did not long sur- vive that event. By fines and confiscations such part of his own and his father's estates as had not already been sacrificed in the royalist cause were swept away. And nothing but an hon- orable record was the reward of his sons for their father's and grandfather's loyalty. James Barroll 's death occurred prior to 1652. For ' i Aubrey Smyth (2d son of Francis Smyth of Street, son of Richard Smyth of Credenhill) married Susan, widow of James Barroll, and in 1652 was occupier of considerable property in Byford. He was buried there 4th March, 1702. " 3C His monument is in 34 Robinson's Mansions, etc., supra, page 61. " Cooke's Duncumb, Vol. IV, 65. M Robinson's Mansions, etc., pages 58, 79 and 159. 26 BARROLL IN GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA Byford church. " North wall, and stone tablet. Arms: On a mount vert a lion pass, regard or. Aubrey Smyth, 1703, aet. Major James Barroll left at the time of his death three infant sons, the younger John Barroll, died June, 1682, as per letters of administration. 88 The next, Thomas Barroll, who never married so far as can be ascertained. He was born in 1645 and in 1711 became mayor of Hereford as had been his grandfather. 39 Thomas Barroll died in 1727 and the following inscription is copied from the stone which marks his grave : ' ' On a stone in Hereford cathedral is this inscription : * ' Here lyes the body of Thomas Barroll, gent, once Mayor of this City, who departed this life the 5th day of October, 1727, aged 82."" Major James Barroll 's oldest son was William Barroll. (6). William Barroll I, eldest son of Major James Barroll married Mary , died in June 1698. By his will dated May 31, 1698, he mentions his eldest son " William Barroll " and his son " John Barroll." His daughters " Mary," " Anne," " Margaret " and " Elizabeth," the latter of whom was the wife of James Wilder. Also his wife " Mary Barroll." He was buried in the Bishop 's chapel in Hereford cathedral, and the stone over his grave bears this inscription : " Beneath this plate lieth the body of William Barroll of this City, who died June 3, 1698. And of Marv, his wife, who died June 11, anno Domini, 1698." (7). William Barroll II, the son mentioned in the aforegoing will married Anne , and his last will dated 13th November, 1729, mentions his wife " Anne." His lands and tenements in 87 Cooke's Duncumb, Vol. IV, page 69. 88 Letter from William Earle, and abstract from " Probate Registry," ante, page 8. 39 In Price's Hereford, page 260, in the list of the mayors of Hereford his name is spelt " Barrow." ^Havergal's Monumental Inscriptions in Hereford Cathedral, page 68. This is doubtless the stone spoken of by L. Wethered Barroll in his letter of Sep- tember 11, 1907 (ante, page 3), as having been buried in the Chapel House yard under huge blocks of sandstone. But for the inscription copied in Havergal we would not have known of its existence nor could he have been identified with the Thomas " Barrow " in Price's. BAEEOLL IX GEEAT BEITAIN AND AMEEICA 27 the parishes of Allensmore and Much Dewchurch. His daughter " Mary Barroll " and his two youngest daughters " Margaret " and " Abigail." His sons " Francis Barroll," " Arnold Bar- roll," " James Barroll " and his eldest son " William Barroll," whom he names as his executor. Francis, the son of William Barroll, named in the aforegoing will, it will be observed had the same Christian name as the Francis Barrell in Rochester. Nothing is known of him beyond the fact that he is named as one of the testator's sons. James, another son, is apparently one of the attesting wit- nesses to his brother Arnold's will (see infra), and was alive at the time it was written, namely, 20 January, 1767, beyond this there is no record. Arnold Barroll, the other son, was mayor of Hereford in 1764. 41 Arnold had a son John, who was graduated at Brase- nose College, Oxford University. " John Barroll, son of Arnold Barroll of Hereford (citv) gentleman Brasenose College, Matric. 10 May, 1751, aged 18 B. A. 1755. "" The degree of M. A. was conferred upon John Barroll at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, in 1765. He took orders, was vicar of the parish of Bosbury in 1766, and subsequently was vicar of the parish of Watford," 1769-1810. John Barroll was succeeded as vicar in 1810 by his nephew, John Beeston, who was a son of Eusebius Beeston and Eliza- beth Barroll his wife, a daughter of Arnold Barroll, see Arnold BarrolPs will dated 20th January, 1767, and " proved by John Barroll, clerk, the son, and sole executor, 20th May, 1768. ' ' This will was witnessed by James Barroll who was also witness to his brother, William Barroll 's, will (infra). On a stone in Hereford cathedral is the inscription, " In memory of John Barroll who died October 19, 1816, aged 84 years. ' ' (8). William Baeeoll III, mentioned in the preceding will, married Abigail Jones, daughter of John Jones of Llanwryne, Montgomeryshire in Wales, about 75 miles northwest of Here- ford. She was the sister of Eev. Hugh Jones (infra). In his will William Baeeoll III is described as living in the parish of 41 Price's Hereford, page 261. 42 Foster's Graduates Oxoniensis. " Cooke's Duncumb, Vol. III. 28 BARROLL IN GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA Saint John Baptist in the city of Hereford. He devised all his property in Hereford, in the parish of Allensmore, and else- where to his wife, whom he appointed his executrix. He died between May 2d, the date of his will, and May 27, 1754, the day of its probate. One of the witnesses to his will was his brother James Barroll mentioned in the preceding will of his father. He left two sons, William, his eldest, and Eichard, and two daughters, Abigail and Elizabeth. His wife Abigail Barroll left a will dated November 28, 1761. In this she mentions her sons William Barroll and Eichard Barroll, as well as her two daughters, Abigail and Elizabeth. She leaves her messuages, lands and tenements in the parish of Allensmore and her late husband 's watch, chain and other things belonging to it to her son Eichard ; he as well as Elizabeth were at that time minors, she appointed as their guardians her brother Eichard Jones and Arnold Eussell. The residue of her estate she devised to her two daughters, declaring her son William, who at that time had gone to America, had already been given his share in her estate. Her will was proven, 20th February, 1768, " by the oaths of Abigail Shinn, formerly Barroll, now the wife of Benjamin Shinn, and Elizabeth Walker, formerly Barroll, now wife of Gerard Walker. ' ' Elizabeth, her daughter, was buried at Hereford cathedral, and the following inscription was taken from the stone which covered her grave. ' ' In the south cloister, fast decaying, made out with the greatest difficulty, February 14, 1861." " Here lieth the body of Elizabeth Walker, wife of Gerard Walker, and daughter of William and Abigail Barroll. She died April 1774, aged 31 years." 45 Nothing has been learned of Abigail Shinn nor her husband, beyond the reference above quoted. Eichard Barroll, infant son, mentioned in Abigail Barroll 's will, and married Anne , was born in 1746. He was buried in Hereford cathedral. " On an oak plate in the cloister near Bishop's door. Im- mediately beneath on a white marble is this : To the Memory of Mr. Eichard Barroll, late of this City, who died April 22d, 1810, aged 64 years, also of Mrs. Anne Barroll, his wife, who died June 24th 1812, aged 63 years. ' ' 46 They left five children : "See Havergal's Monumental Inscriptions in Hereford cathedral, page 70. "Havergal's Monuments, etc., page 18. HEREFORD CATHEDKAL TABLET IN HEEEFOKD CATHEDRAL BARROLL IN GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA 29 (1). Sarah Barroll, daughter of Eichard and Anne Barroll, married Thomas Phipson and had issue. He served the office of low bailiff of Birmingham in 1811. Her husband was descended from the Eyland family of Bearley and Sherborne, and among the descendants will be found the above. 47 Other children were (2) William, (3) Richard, (4) Elizabeth, and (5) Anne. Of these it has been possible to trace only the descendants of William Barroll, as follows : (2). William Barroll, son of Richard held a commission as captain in the Herefordshire militia. He left issue a daughter Marianne, who died at a great age at Laugharne, Carmaethen- shire in 1887, and a son, William Barroll who died in the 41st year of his age, March 22, 1857, at Hamilton, Canada, West. In 1840 the latter married Emma, only surviving daughter of George Bosville Wentworth Stackpoole, Esq., of Laugharne, Carmaethenshire, Wales. Of this marriage were born, (1) William Stackpoole Barroll, who died at the age of 19 at Calcutta. (2) Eliza Barroll, who married Edward Rudyard Warner, he was a barrister practicing in India ; not living. They had two sons, one in the P. & 0. Co's service, the other in the Indian civil service ; and two daughters, one married to a Mr. Cox in the Indian civil service and the other unmarried. (3) Dr. George William Barroll, who was a medical officer in the British Army. He has retired from the service and from the practice of his profession, and now resides at Ridgemount, Branksome Park, Bournemouth, England. In 1889 he married the second daughter of Edward Peacock, they have one son, William Stackpoole Barroll, now studying with the view to obtain an appointment in the admiralty. Abigail Barroll, wife of William Barroll III, was a daugh- ter of John Jones and sister of Rev. Hugh Jones. She was a native of Wales, having been born at Llanwryne, in Montgomery County, which lies on the eastern border of Wales adjoining county Salop. It was her brother, Hugh Jones, who wrote for his nephew, Rev. William Barroll to come to America and assume charge of North Sassafras Parish, Cecil Co., Md. " Hugh Jones, son of John, of Llanwryne, county Mont- gomery, matriculated at All Soul's College, Oxford, 18th Novem- * T Burke's History of the Landed Gentry or Commoners of Great Britain, etc., enjoying territorial possessions, etc., pages 406-408. 30 BARROLL, IN GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA ber, 1684, aged 16 B. A., March 23d, 1688-9." 48 He came to America, after taking orders, and became one of the most oft- quoted clergymen in the early history of the church in this country. Perhaps the best account of the life of this interesting and venerable old clergyman will be found in the " Annals of the American Pulpit " by Wm. B. Sprague, in a " Letter from the Rev. Ethan Allen, D. D., to Mr. Sprague ": " Hugh Jones 1696-1760 From the Rev. Ethan Allen, D. D. Baltimore Md., March 5, 1858. My Dear Sir. — The sources from which the facts embodied in the following sketch are drawn, are mostly indicated in the course of the narrative. Those not mentioned are the records of North Sassafras Parish, and the family descendants of the Eev. Mr. Barroll, a nephew of Mr. Jones ; and all entitled to the fullest confidence. The first notice we find of Hugh Jones, in the history of Maryland, is in the year 1696, when he had just come into the province, with others, who came at the solicitation of Governor Nicholson. We then find him the incumbent of Christ Church Parish, in Calvert County. As the vestry's early records of this parish have been lost, nothing is known concerning him from that source. But from the records of the governor and council it appears that on the 3d of October, 1698, Mr. Jones, together with other clergymen of the province, then present at Annapolis, was requested by the governor to have a clergyman, charged with bigamy, before them, and to examine into the case and this they accordingly did. He remained at Annapolis for some time, and on the 25th preached before the general assembly, then in session, and quite to the acceptance at least of the governor; for in a message to the lower house, the next day after they heard him, he tells them that ' according to Parliamentary usage they should have returned thanks to Mr. Jones, and the other clergymen who had officiated in their good sermons, and not have acted contrary to the good doctrines preached to them. ' Mr. Jones was no inattentive observer of things, while here, 48 Foster's Oxoniensis. BARROLL IN GEEAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA 31 and his observations he committed to writing, and sent them, with a general account of Maryland, to the Royal Society of London, by whom they were published, they were long after- wards republished in the ' Philadelphia Philosophical Trans- actions. ' In this account, among several other things worthy of note, is a description of Annapolis copied into Oldmixon's History of the Colonies in 1707, and frequently published in later years. He thus became widely known. He continued in Calvert until 1702 or 1703, when, as appears from Anderson 's Colonial Church History, he became Professor of Mathematics in the College of William and Mary (Va.), which college was established in 1693. He still filled this chair as late as 1717. This appointment he no doubt owed to his friend, Governor Nicholson, who was at that time governor of Virginia and had removed the seat of government to that place. Whether it was while he was professor in the college or not, he was at one time chaplain of the general assembly and lecturer in the parish of Williamsburg. Subsequently he was the min- ister at Jamestown, so celebrated in the annals of the Virginia colony. In 1722, he had left Virginia ; and it is not improbable that he paid a visit to England, for in 1724 he published in London a duodecimo volume of a hundred and fifty pages, the title of which is ' The present State of Virginia, and a short view of Maryland and North Carolina. By Rev. Hugh Jones, A. M., Chaplain to the Honorable Assembly, and lately Minister of Jamestown, Va.' He intended this volume, he tells his readers, as a sort of supplement to Stith's and Keith's History of Vir- ginia, just as theirs was to that of the celebrated Captain John Smith, of Pocahontas Memory. But, very shortly after the publication of his book, he returned to Virginia, and became the minister of St. Stephen's Parish in King and Queen County. This parish, however, he soon left, carrying with him the following highly gratifying letter, dated February 2, 1726. I insert it as showing something of the man, and the estimation in which he was then held. ' We, the sub- scribers principal inhabitants of St. Stephen 's Parish, King and Queen County in Virginia, do hereby certify that the Rev. Mr. 32 BAEEOLL IN GEEAT BEITAIN AND AMEEICA Hugh J ones, whilst he was our minister, behaved himself so well as to merit and obtain the best of characters. For he not only instructed us in powerful doctrines and elevated our devotion by his fervent prayers and was most diligent in the discharge of the duties of his sacred functions, so as to give general satis- faction in all respects, but also gave us an extraordinary ex- ample in his sober life and edifying conversation. And we furthermore attest that he and his family, for their handsome, candid and familiar behaviors, and peacable disposition and just dealings received the love, friendship and respect of all the neighborhood. And though at last, he met with opposition from a few, concerning the placing of the pulpit, which was the occasion of his leaving us, yet is the departure of him and his family universally lamented, even by his adversaries. And we dq in our conscience truly believe that out of one thousand and fifty titheables that are in our parish, there are not twenty that would vote against his continuance among us, nor that, upon occasion, would refuse to testify the truth hereof. In witness of which, we have hereunto voluntarily put our hands. Robert Farrish, Thomas Clayton, Robert Polland, Nathaniel Davis, James Stevens, James Bagets and others.' It is truly gratifying to find instances like this forming hon- orable exceptions to the character usually attributed to the old Virginia clergy. We learn from this incidental testimony that Mr. Jones had a family and how they as well as himself were regarded by the principal inhabitants of the parish. But this is the only allusion to his family that I have been able to find. With this character, after an absence of twenty-three or four years, he returned to Maryland, and became the incumbent of William and Mary Parish, in Charles County, distance some thirty or forty miles from the parish which he had just left. William and Mary was a small parish in which, in order to sustain his family he was obliged to engage to some extent in instructing youth. Consequently he did not regard it as a place of permanent settlement. After continuing there more than four years, he discontinued his connection with the parish, and the vestry then recorded on their books this testimonial, a copy of which was no doubt given to him : ' Whereas it is a laudable custom to BAEEOLL IN GEEAT BEITAIN AND AMEEICA 33 attest the truth, we, whose names are under written, do hereby certify that the Eev. Hugh Jones, who has been our minister near five years, has ever since his induction into this parish, lived a sober and exemplary life, discharging the duty of his function in all respects suitable to his profession and has always been well respected by his parishioners. Witness our hand this 22d day of June, 1730, Mark Penn, Eobert Yates, John Howard, Edmund Ford, Richard Chashall, Barton Hungerford, vestry- men, and Notley Maddox, William Warden, church wardens.' Mr. Jones does not appear to have given up his school for a year after this, and in the meanwhile he acted as curate to a clergyman in the neighboring parish. About this time, the incumbent of North Sassafras Parish, Cecil County, having been suspended from the ministry for his misbehavior, the then governor of the province, a brother of Lord Baltimore, gave Mr. Jones the following letter to the vestry. I insert it, as showing not only the estimation in which he was held, but also somewhat the character of this Protestant governor. ' September 25, 1731. Gentlemen. — I have this day received your representation re- lating to the want of a due ministerial dispensation of God's Holy Word and Sacraments within your parish, and shall not be wanting in my endeavors to answer your desire. Mr. Jones, who for some years past, hath resided in Charles County, and hath from all obtained a good report of his life and conversation is desirous to remove to your parts, and he has had my promise, for some time past, of such removal as he should choose, and as I think it is but justice to give upon such occasions, the preference to such as have resided with a fair character amongst us before any stranger from other parts, I send this by him, who is desirous to visit you and your parts, to see how far the circumstances of your parish may suit him, and also to conciliate your good will towards him in case of his acceptance and appointment as proposed. Wishing you all health and prosperity, I remain, gentlemen, Your friend and servant, Benedict Leonard Calvert.' 1 Benjamin Pearce, John Baldwin, John Pennington, Colonel John Ward, Henry Ward, Joseph Wood, William Ward, vestry- men; Alphonso Cosden and William Rumsey, church wardens.' 34 BAKKOLL IN" GEEAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA Mr. Jones' visit was successful. He and the parish were so well satisfied with each other, that the governor gave him a letter of induction, and he became the incumbent there October 2, 1731, being then about sixty years of age. There were in this parish as early as 1696, when there were but three hundred and thirty-seven taxables in the whole county, a small parish church, and a small chapel of ease which furn- ished ample accommodation at that time. But now, after an- other parish had been taken off from it, embracing more than half the territory of the county, the taxables of the parish were eleven hundred and yet these two small old places of worship were the only ones it contained. Mr. Jones at once set himself to meet this exigency and in the second year of his ministry succeeded in beginning the erection, which, in due time was finished, of two large and substantial brick edifices. In the parish church were a hundred and sixteen pew holders. The two buildings continued, fulfilling the purposes for which they were erected for nearly a century. Mr. Jones' ministry went on quietly, yet prosperously. But he had not done publishing yet. There were some Eomanists in the county, and his attention was consequently drawn towards their system. Accordingly, in 1745, he preached and published a sermon called ' A Protest against Popery ' which was widely noticed in its day. As he grew old, he required help, and in 1750 he had his brother for a curate, but how long he remained the record does not show. His rectorship, however, continued until about the middle of the year 1760. When at the age of ninety he resigned his parish, in favor of his nephew the Be v. William Barroll. The Maryland Gazette of that date, takes notice of the change, and speaks of him as ' the Venerable Hugh Jones.' Soon after this, on the 8th of September he died at the great age of ninety-one, having been incumbent of this parish twenty-nine years and in the ministry more than sixty-five years. He was buried at his parish church (St. Stephens), and his successor erected over his grave a monument, with an appro- priate inscription. Mr. Jones was a man of very considerable learning and he gained strong friends wherever he went. His piety was earnest and his morals unexceptionable. He had a BAKKOLL IN GBEAT BKITAIN AND AMEEICA 35 clear, vigorous mind, and wrote in a style at once lucid and chaste. His published works do credit to his memory. I have thus given you the result of my researches in respect of this venerable old minister. ' ' 49 A letter of Eev. Hugh Jones, who preached in Bruton Church, says that Spotswood cut the name of George I upon a rock at the summit of the highest peak which the party climbed, and named it Mount George, whereupon some of the gentlemen called the next one Mount Alexander in honour of the governor. 1 ' For this expedition, ' ' says Mr. J ones, ' ' They were obliged to provide a great quantity of horseshoes, things seldom used in the lower parts of the country, where there are few stones. Upon which account the governor upon their return presented each of his companions with a golden horseshoe, some of which I have seen studded with valuable stones, resembling the heads of nails, with this inscription .... Sic juvat transcendere montes. This he instituted to encourage gentlemen to venture backwards and make discoveries and new settlements, any gentleman being entitled to wear this golden shoe that can prove his having drank (sic) his Majesty's health upon Mount George." In later times this incident was called instituting the order of Knights of the Golden Horseshoe. 50 The following facts regarding Eev. Hugh Jones are taken from the " History of Cecil County, Md.," where in his account of the history of St. Stephens (North Sassafras) Parish, the author says : B1 ' ' The parish being vacant the vestry petitioned the governor to appoint a rector, and in response he sent them the Rev. Hugh Jones, who took charge of the parish in 1731. He was a graduate of the University of Oxford, and came to Maryland in 1696. He was then in the twenty-sixth year of his age. He had been engaged in the ministry in Calvert County, Maryland, and also in Virginia. He was a zealous churchman and was much annoyed by the Eoman Catholics, Presbyterians, Jesuits and Quakers, who were residents of the parish. 49 Vol. V, Episcopalian, pages 9-13. 80 (Old Virginia and her neighbors. John Fiske, Vol. I, page 386. This author frequently quotes Hugh Jones as an authority in early colonial history.) 51 Johnston's History of Cecil Co., pages 213, et seq. 36 BARROLL, IN GEEAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA The petition book for the year 1731, which is yet extant among the records of the county, contains a petition from Hugh Jones to the court, which is also characteristic of the man, and shows the state of society at that time. " The petition of Hugh Jones, clerk, humbly sheweth that, Whereas, the road now running by your petitioner's door was formerly moved that way, before the minister 's house was built, for the convenience of the marsh plantation (the marsh plantation was probably the free school land on the Bohemia, east of Scotchman's Creek), which very much incommodes the settlement at the glebe by rendering the habitation of the incumbent public, which ought to be private and retired, and turns the pasture into common, and exposes your petitioner and his family to the troublesome company and insults of many drunken, swearing fellows, and makes us unsafe in our beds; and gives opportunity for thievish negroes and ordi- nary people, who continually pass that way, to corrupt and hinder our servants, and to pilfer anything that is left out at night, nay even to break open doors that are locked as I have already found by experience. ' ' Therefore he prayed that the road might be moved to its former track, at some distance from the house, which was granted. Mr. Jones this year preached a sermon called a Protest against Popery, which was published in the Maryland Gazette at Annapolis. Mr. Jones was a firm friend of Lord Baltimore, and was accused by William Penn 's lawyers of inducing him to refuse to carry out the agreement for the settlement of the boundary, for the reason, as they alleged, that he feared it would lessen the extent of his parish. Under his rectorship the parish reached the highest degree of prosperity that it ever attained as an Episcopal parish. In 1757 Mr. Jones bought 480 acres of land in Middle Neck from Matthias and Henry Van Bibber for which he paid 882 pounds, from which it is plain that he had found time to acquire some of this world's goods. The record of his deed shows that it was written upon stamped paper the duty upon which had been paid. He died September 8, 1760, at the great age of ninety years. His will is recorded in this county. 62 He left his beloved godson, Edward Pryce Wilmer, his lot in Charlestown, one B See copy will Hugh Jones. BAEKOLL IN GBEAT BEITAIN AND AMEEICA 37 silver half pint can, one silver soup spoon, and four hunting pictures then hanging in his parlor. The residue of his estate he left to his nephew, Rev. William Barroll. His remains are interred at St. Stephen's, and a marble slab erected to his memory by his nephew, William Barroll, marks the site of his grave * * # # Johnston, in his history, appears to lose no opportunity to speak disparagingly of the clergy of the established church, who at different times filled the various parishes in the county. He could not resist this allusion to Eev. Hugh Jones : " Eev. Hugh Jones, who was rector of North Sassafras Par- ish for many years, there is reason to believe, was both aristo- cratic and haughty. He was a strong partisan of the lord proprietary, and died possessed of much of this world's goods." 84 In " Historical Collections relating to the Early Colonial Church in Maryland ' ' 85 are a number of interesting letters from Rev. Hugh Jones to the Bishop of London. In one of them dated 27 August, 1753, he signs himself " A. M. of the University of Oxford, and Rector of St. Stephen 's Parish, etc. ' ' M The following account of the condition of St. Stephen's Parish is taken from the pamphlet issued in 1893, on the occasion of its two hundredth anniversary. St. Stephen's parish originally had as a place of worship an old meeting house which one of the parishioners had been permitting the vestry and parish to use. This house was too small and became so old, besides the man who owned the prop- erty stating that he needed it once more, the vestry determined to erect a new church. Casparus Augustine Herman agreed in 1695 to build of brick or stone a new church 35 feet in length, 25 feet in breadth with walls 12 feet high. This church was erected on the 100 acres of land the vestry had purchased of William Ward, and the entire glebe at that time contained 300 acres. Herman for some M Johnston's History Cecil Co., page 216. "Johnston's History of Cecil County, page 437. » 5 By W. S. Perry, Vol. IV (Md. Hist. Soc). 66 Idem, page 332. 38 BAKKOLL IN GKEAT BKITAIN AND AMEKICA reason did not erect the building, and in 1699 the vestry agreed with Matthias Hendrickson to build a church of the same dimen- sions. This was the church which was standing when Eev. Hugh Jones became the rector of the parish in 1731. He induced the vestry, as the old building had then become too small, to erect a new and larger church. The vestry agreed with John Babenheim and James Bayard to erect a new church at or near where the old church stood for 75,000 pounds of tobacco. At the exercises held on the two hundredth anniversary of North Sassafras Parish, May 25, 1893, an address was delivered by David P. Davis upon the " History of the First Century of the Parish." In speaking of Hugh Jones he says (page 11) : " Eev. Hugh Jones was a Godly man. He seems to have been worthy of the high recommendations which he brought to the parish and the church prospered under his ministry. It does not appear from the records that he resigned as rector, it rather seems as if he were succeeded by his nephew, Eev. William Barroll. Mr. Jones' name last appears as rector on July 8, 1760, he died during that year at the great age of 90 years, having been rector of the parish nearly 30 years. " At the next meeting of the vestry on November 18 of that year, the name of Eev. William Barroll appears as rector. Mr. Barroll was a nephew of Eev. Mr. Jones, he was ordained by the Bishop of London. " Eev. William Barroll seems to have inherited the good qualities of his uncle, for he served as rector of the parish 18 years, and died in charge of it, the record does not show the date of his decease." In regard to the members of the immediate family of the Eev. Hugh Jones, adverted to by Eev. Ethan Allen, the following facts have presented themselves, beyond them, nothing. His sister was Abigail Barroll, wife of William Barroll (see supra). He had a brother Eichard Jones, see will of his sister Abigail. In the Eev. Mr. Allen's letter, mention is made of his brother serving as his curate in 1750, but beyond this single statement no evidence otherwise of the brother, or even his name, is ascertainable. Nor is there any record evidence in the parish registers of such a brother, or his services. It is prob- ably an erroneous statement. >\ : . . . N / h> (■>«£, Cou^/j .^A*^;^ /vi*g fe ai^ fife, 9nt <<&•/- h^ a, *y £r*£a frhr^ #«,*>> p.* &;^„ ir ,^ p^!^ ^^ ^^y **- fa/tut*^ rtaj-^^^Xy^^- U a^pa~in-fc) tritf &^L~ fry S?jf*^^ /4 tofcc/. ^ i* ? t^tW. & u /n- Vn*J £*- Zu^-fc 9nj^ fc -tog &&~rr?2 t^/, /( />% i/Wrtfc *y A*~ **> "*- '-S^*^**-; r*+,r*^ 44A« to ^e 4 t ^uakir^e-^ -tax- &<* Pn-tLS^K^ej, 1 BAKKOLL IN GKEAT BKITAIN AND AMERICA 39 He had at least one son who died in the life time of his father, but even his name cannot be obtained. The following extract from the register of St. Stephen's Parish (see original, not copy, in the Eooms of Md. Historical Society, many imperfections are in the copy), sheds much light upon his will, and also npon the statement in Johnston's History" that Eev. James Jones Wilmer was * ' his grandson. ' ' " This is to certify that on the 16th day of September, 1735 (by virtue of a license from his excellency the governor), Mr. Simon Wilmer, Jr., of Kent County, Md., was married at St. Stephen's Church, North Sassafras, to Mary, daughter of Mr. John Pryce, deceased, of Comb, in the parish of Presteigne, in the counties of Eadnor and Hereford, Great Britain, by me her father-in-law. Hugh Jones, Rector of N. Sassafras Parish." This Mary Pryce was evidently the widow of a son of Hugh Jones, and her son by Simon Wilmer, viz., Edward Pryce Wil- mer, born September 23, 1737, was the " beloved godson " men- tioned in his will, to whom he devised, in addition to what he had formerly given him, his i ' lot in Charles Town, best bed and bed clothes thereto belonging, my silver half pint can, one silver soup spoon, one easy chair and my four hunting pictures that are in the parlour." The Eev. James Jones Wilmer was a son of this Mary Pryce, born January 15, 1749, and was evi- dently named in part for Eev. Hugh Jones. 58 The will of Eev. Hugh Jones, was dated September 2, 1760, and by it, except the devise and bequests above named, he devised all his real and personal estate to Eev. William Barroll, whom he appointed his executor. No mention is made in the will of any other relative. The inventory of the personal estate of Eev. Hugh Jones, ap- praised by Eobert Walmsley and William Ward and returned to the court, October 23, 1760, aggregated £858 lis. 9d. The items enable us to obtain an interesting view of the in- terior of the rectory and its surroundings. For this reason the following list is selected at random : 37 Johnston's History of Cecil Co., Md., page 452. * 8 Hanson's Kent, page 325. 40 BARROLL, IN GREAT BRITAIN" AND AMERICA £ S. d. Bed with beadstead and furniture 8 Large dressing glass 2 Small table 1 12 chairs at 15/ each 9 A pair of globes 4 2 Mahogany stools a 7/6 each 4 large gilt hunting prints 3 14 gilt pictures a 15/ each 10 Mahogany desk 5 Large Mahogany oval table 3 Small walnut table and set of china 3 Oval table 2 (In the possession of Hope H. Barroll) Large looking glass with sconces 8 Pair hand irons and fender 1 (In the possession of Hope H. Barroll) 2 cushion chairs a 20/ each 2 Large brass guntor scale Case of surveying instruments Library or study of books 40 A planetary 10/. To 1 old gun 15/ 1 Box of apothecarys drugs and vials 1 Pair of small scales and weights Surveying compass and chane 2 Large corner cupboard 2 Oval table 20/. To 1 square do. 15/ 1 173^ ozs. of silver plate a 8/6 per oz 73 (Partly in the possession of Hope H. Barroll and Major Morris K. Barroll) Large silver half pint can, 18 oz 7 Gold watch 12 Pair hand irons and fire shovel Decanter and sundry small glasses Small mahogany tea chest, etc 18 new pewter plates a 2/ each 1 6 water plates a 4/ each 1 12J yards of oznabrigs a 1/4 per yard 24 yards of diaper a 3/6 per yard 4 14 yards of coarse Irish linen a 2/6 per yard 1 10 5 10 15 10 10 15 5 7 6 18 5 5 5 5 5 15 14 9 13 15 8 5 16 4 16 8 4 15 ^ Si r 5 ^ * ^ < > >r- § \^ ^ ^ $ b 4 I^J 3v ^ ^ tS >* .J > ^ -y f • St Vj v$ ^ ^/J* * 5^ 4 3 •I 1^ ^ yj u (ne JujLcu) fiat 'Jam Jf'$u>c,%loLUCtfo L_ /fotcur/jffer&fU:, lHo-iicci & tAC.fjeiu/u a (o I'll j ScudJorcOlup /U* ftztrr a., t2 Stun/Sort % tv/lci/c/iau : hLCufuHulcuQtvicj; (ofe i^d^andd^u^ Ide ftuutfane&toattJetMmo/to &><*, J e^cyy jSjut f&trt, txctufay *,t2 . MfH^uWnufo* j**ty<^ ',ht**u2L a,J dccUl WU< rlnfk QayY'-Mter. 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WILLIAM BAEROLL AS EXECUTOR OF HIS UNCLE REV. HUGH JONES, ON STAMPED PAPER. 42 BARROLL IN GEEAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA Eev. Hugh Jones was buried in St. Stephen's Church, Cecil County, Md., and, contrary to the usual mode of burial in rural churchyards, with the feet to the eastward, he, at his own re- quest, was buried at the east side of the yard, midway between north and south, with his feet to the west. He wished, he said, to be " facing his people as they arose from their graves. He was not ashamed of them." The marble stone erected on the grave of this venerable priest by his nephew, had upon it the following inscription : " Here lies The Body of the Rev. Mr. Hugh Jones, Formerly Minister of this Parish, In Discharging Which Sacred Office he displayed -The Virtues of Piety and Integrity In such Manner As became Both the Man and the Christian. His Nephew. The Rev. William Barroll Grateful to his Memory In Hopes That others, by reflecting on his Conduct, May thereby be excited, To go and do likewise. 1762. " Iu 1894 this memorial had been broken in several places, a new stone was placed over the grave by Benjamin Crockett Barroll, Esq., of Baltimore, at that time his oldest living male descendant. The remains of the nephew, Rev. William Barroll, as was often done in those days, had been interred in the same grave with those of his uncle who had died 18 years previously. Beneath the later stone, on which was an appropriate inscrip- tion, were carefully placed the fragments of the earlier marble. { r KEV. WILLIAM BAEKOLL *™*/ fact est -M^ CO K fl ■CJ ;/uft*^^: .) •j* ' > *>>-*£* BAEKOLL IN GEEAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA 47 Dear Son & Daughter with a great deal of pleasure I Eecd your Letter daed Aug the 2d, Nothing this world could offer could afford me so great satisfaction as to hear of you, your wife and childs good health and the satisfaction you enjoy, in present situation to wich it but vain otherwis could wish you setted to your content in the land of your Nativity : but sine providenc hath theught otherwies proper to order it, I shall endeavour to contet my self, sill hoping your absenc is and will continue to your good and ad- vantage. I now with Blessing to Dear Daugh^ Unknown Eeturn hur my sincere thanks for her very obliging and Butiful letter, wich I shall still keep in mind, and could wish she was near to me, that I might have it in my power to shew my respect to her, and the pretty baby, of whom I wish you much joy and happy- ness, Brother Jones is but indif erent and sends his Blessing to you all, Mr Shink and is wife send their love to you, your Sister Betty and Bro r Eichard their Love to you your wife and child, affectionatey wishing you all and health and happyness, this world can afford you, Hoping these will find you in good haelth concludes with my continual Blessing and praers for all your welfare from your affectionate and Loving Mother Abigail Barroll Hereford Feb ry the 1 st 1764 Hereford, Jan 1 ^ 21 st 1765 Dear Bro r It gives my Mother, my Uncle, & y e Eest of y 6 Family, Great Pleasure to Think you Enjoy so much Happinys & Tranquillity, And y e same good Wishes are not wanting here, to Transport y* Happy Island of yours, Nearer to us where we might not only have y 6 satisfaction of more Frequently Conversing with Each other, But Seing you & y r Family, my Sister Abby have a Little Girl w ch Prates & Diverts us much in y e same Manner as your Little Girl, my Sister Bet is Married to one M r Walker a Cler- gyman son, His Father is Dead he is a Cutler by Trade in Hereford I hope he will Turn out a Sober Careful man, & may come into good Business, My Uncle Arnol his in y* High & Important Trust as Mayor of Hereford, & does very well, M r Bagnells School Encreases and is near Double to what it was when Stephens Left it, Hereford is much alter 'd Since you Left it, & Scarce & old Inhabitant Left in y e Square of y e High Town, 48 BARROLL. IN" GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA M r Barron y e Apothecary is got into M r Seaborne 's Shop, M r Seaborne lives in Wyebridge Street, M rs Wall y e Milliner Dyed about a Week since, Old Alderman Hunts Dying was a Sore Loss to his Neighbours about y e Market House, M r Hunt y* Was not very well in y e Morning, went out after Dinner with is Gun, And was Found Dead in y e Feild, his Sister who Married M r Daniel Powell y e Taylor was in y e Coun- try, That Day Month was Suddenly Taken ill after Eating an Hearty Breackfast & Dyed before one Clock, M rs Hartstonge who Married M r Harry Berrington is Dead Of a Stroke of y e Palsy, Old M r Cam y e Surgeon Broke is Leg before xmas it went hard with him, he is now out of Danger, The Bishop have done us y e Honour to be here all y e Winter, M r Brydges of Tibberton is Dead, & Have Left y e House M r Gregory Lived in Wyemarsh Street & The Bowling Green to Pay Thirty Pounds yearly For a Clergyman to Read Prayers & Preach Sundays & Hollidays at y e County Goal Bailis y e Vicor is made Ordinary, Cousin Jn° Barroll keeps very Intimate w h y 45 Bishop in hopes Of having y e First Living y* Drops, I am Afraid I shall Tire your Patience as you Desired a Little Town News Thought it might not be Disagreable all Freinds Joins with me Wishing my Sister your Self and Little Girl The Continuance of all Health & Happiness & Believe me to be Sincerely. Y r Most. Affect 6 Bro r Rich d Barroll On page 96 is found a copy of the signature to this letter. A sermon by Rev. William Barroll preached at the funeral of James Louttit, one of his parishioners, was printed in 1765, by Benj. Franklin, with whom at that time was associated D. Hall, on his press in Philadelphia. The title-page of the pamphlet in which same was printed is shown on page — . The text was taken from Psalm XXXVII. l * Mark the perfect Man, and behold the upright, for the End of that man is Peace." The deep religious conviction and the clear logical mind of Mr. Barroll is disclosed by the contents of this sermon. It so impressed either a member of the family, or one of his congregation, that the young priest was requested to permit its publication. In acceding to this wish the following letter which is published as a preface to the sermon was addressed by Mr. Barroll to the gentleman who made the request and whose name is unfortunately unknown. a: sermon; PREACHED AT St. Stephen's Church, H / I N CECIL COVNTT, MARYLAND-* QnTburfday, November 21 , 1765 $ At the Funeral' of Mr. JAMES LOUT'T 1/T. Ey the Rev. William Barroll* ■ jt^mj^Msp - 1 ~ ""■to T^E" J*l^ PHILADELPHIA by B. FRAN D. H A L I,. U**t BAEKOLL I1T GEEAT BEITAIN AND AMEEICA 49 " To Mr. . Dear Sir. — In compliance with your request, I have sent yon a copy of the sermon which I preached at the funeral of my friend, Mr. Louttit, with my free consent that you should make such use of it, for the satisfaction of his friends, as in your judgment may seem proper. But if you persist in your resolu- tion of communicating it with them in the public manner you mentioned, I must beg you would urge every circumstance you can think of, in its excuse. Had I the least vanity of appearing in the character of an author, I should never venture my reputa- tion in a publication of this kind, which has neither the graces of novelty to recommend it, nor the embellishments of just and accurate composition, to engage the impartial public in its fav- our. Little, indeed, could I have imagined, enfeebled as I was, both in mind and body, when called upon to execute the last office of human kindness to the manes of my departed friend, that what I hastily tacked together, as a testimony of friendship, would ever have been examined by the eye of criticism. But, however, as you vehemently desire it of me, I have sent you the sermon, in its original form ; begging you, and all who think it worthy of perusal, would remember, that my regard for Mr. Louttit was warm and sincere; that when the heart is full, expression fails ; that my notice on the occasion was extremely short; and that, as I desire no praise, I hope I shall escape censure. I am, Yours, sincerely, William Baeeoll." In 1777, during the War of the Eevolution, the legislature of Maryland passed a law requiring all persons holding any office of trust or profit to renounce their allegiance to the King of Great Britain and to be true and faithful to the state of Mary- land. The clergy of the Established Church, holding as they did their livings under the state were public officers and came under the purview of this act. Eev. William Barroll, like many eminent men of his day, with the influence of his university training and education at Cambridge, and the powerful ties which in that day bound the church to the crown, could not conscientiously take such an oath. His refusal to sacrifice his convictions to expediency necessarily lost him his benefice. He died the following year. He must have been a man of unusual 50 BARROLL, IN GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA character to have retained the respect of his political opponents in those days, when men's passions were so excited that to have been suspected of tory proclivities in the eyes of American patriots was virtually ostracism. In his will there are bequests to each of his six children, all of whom, therefore, were alive in March, 1778. His death must have occurred between March 30 and May 5, 1778, for his will bore the former and was probated on the latter date. His will discloses the fact that at the time of his death he owned at least seven slaves, and that he maintained quite an establish- ment. He, moreover, describes himself at that time as the " clerk (rector) of St. Stephen's Parish " indicating that he did not recognize the right of the legislature to deprive him of his office because of his refusal to acknowledge its supremacy. A number of the pieces of silver and other furniture mentioned in his will are still in the possession of his descendants. The inventory of the personal property of Eev. William Barroll returned to the Orphans Court on May 7, 1778, by Henry Ward Pearce and Joseph Lusby, appraisers, shows that many of the same articles, including the slaves, were in the rectory at the time of his death which he had found there upon the decease of his uncle. £ s. d. 1 doz. chairs 6 (4 of the chairs and these tivo tables are in the possession of Hope H. Barroll) Large mahogany table 6 Eound tea table 1 Square table with ledges 12 6 Looking glass with sconces 20 7 cartoons by Urbin 40/ 14 6 large pictures 15/ 4 10 2 ditto, Wilkes and Chatham 1 2 ditto 5/ 10 Pair andirons, tongs, shovel, bellows and fender 5 (Andirons and fender in the possession of Hope H. Barroll) Large cupboard 4 Small oval table 15 (In possession of Hope H. Barroll) Old case with 5 bottles 15 r f f I tesa ah .1? 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WILLIAM BARTtOLL BARROLL IN GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA 51 Ditto, 7 ditto 5 Ditto, 9 ditto, gallon 3 1| doz. wine and beer glasses 6/ Large waiter 1 Desk and book case 5 Ditto and ditto 2 Violin . 7 2 mahogany stools Little desk Brass kettle 2 Smaller ditto copper 3 Sulky carriage 40 Bedstead, bolster, etc., No. 1 13 Ditto with ditto, No. 2 16 Linen wheel 1 2 pounds tea, 6 pounds sugar 8 Saddle and bridle 5 3 cows 37 Cow and calf 15 Bay horse 30 Small black mare 10 Old horse A parcel of old books valued at 50 97 pounds old pewter a 5/ 24 Parcel china 10 Oval table 2 (In possession of Hope H. Barroll) Tea ditto Mahogany desk 6 11 chairs 2 Pair andirons, tongs and shovel 3 4 dozen knives and forks 12 Bedstead and furniture 20 Bedstead and ditto 20 Bedstead and ditto 22 15 yards linen 15 7 yards ditto 5 19^ yards ditto 9 Mahogany bureau 5 (In possession of Hope H. Barroll) s. d. 9 10 15 7 6 5 10 15 10 5 5 10 5 5 10 12 6 10 15 10 5 17 6 52 BARROLL IN GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA £ S. d. Dressing glass and table 5 (Glass in possession of Hope H. Barroll) 8 damask table cloths 4 10 6 napkins 1 10 7 linen table cloths 3 10 Chaise 10 Black mare 50 Ditto, carriage horse 12 Large heifer 12 10 Negro, old Sail 20 Parcel elegant books 90 Watch, etc 30 Negro man called Prince 100 Negro girl Sail 65 Negro woman Hannah 80 Negro girl Alice 40 Negro Will 80 Negro Michael 50 To cash in the house 335 17 2£ 205 ounces silver plate 8/4 85 9 4 (Part of this silver plate is in possession of Hope H. Barroll and part in possession of Major Morris K. Barroll) The register of St. Stephen's Parish discloses the fact that the life of its rector, who was uniformly regular in his attendance at each meeting of the vestry, was uneventful. There were no disputes and no record of any differences in the parish, either of the vestry among themselves or between them and their pastor. One in reading its pages gets no glimpse at any of the events of those stirring times. The last meeting of the vestry at which Eev. William Barroll presided was held on Easter Mon- day, April 8, 1776. When the entry of its next convening was made on June 7, 1779, he had passed away. There is nothing on the record to show he had been compelled to relinquish his living, or that he had in fact relinquished his rectorship. The following is the inscription on the stone which was placed over his last resting place in the graveyard at St. Stephens, as stated above : barroll in great britain and america 53 " Here lie the remains of Hugh Jones and William Barroll, Former Rectors of this Parish. The first named departed, A. D. 1760. The latter served the Parish for 18 years, And joined his kinsman, A. D. 1778. This stone is now placed over their grave By descendants of William Barroll, In token of their Love and Admiration Of his Worth and Piety, With Respect and Veneration For the aged Hugh Jones Renewed in 1895. They are not Here ; They are Risen. ' ' Rev. William Barroll married in 1761, Ann Williamson, daughter of Alexander Williamson II and his wife Sarah Ringgold. The records of St. Paul 's Church show she was born January 3, 173 (6?), the last figure is not filled in, and so re- mains uncertain, but other entries on the same page indicate it was in 1734 or more probably in 1736. Alexander Williamson her father was a member from Kent County in the Colonial Legislature of Maryland in the years 1752, 1753, 1754, 1757 and 1758. He owned considerable real estate in Eastern Neck in the lower part of Kent County and left an unusually large and valuable personal estate. In its appraisement is a large library, which from the titles of many of the volumes he acquired from his father, Rev. Alexander Williamson. His will is not dated but was evidently executed some years prior to his death, for at the time of its execution none of his children were adults. It was probated August 11, 1760. He had served as speaker of the lower house of assembly and the following notice of his death shows his character and standing in the county. Md. Gazette, August 21, 1760, page 2. Annapolis, August 21. " On sixth instant died in Kent County, aged 48 years, Alex- ander Williamson, Esq., one of the representatives for that county, and once speaker of the lower house of assembly, a 54 BAEEOLL m GKEAT BEITAIN AND AMEEICA gentleman of a virtuous and exemplary life, and who left a truly amiable character, no man in his county having then more general esteem. He had met with many and various trials and afflictions, by the death of near and dear relatives, which he always bore with a Christian resignation and manly fortitude, 'till a week before his death, his eldest son, Mr. Alexander Williamson, Junior, a very hopeful and promising young gentle- man, being cut off, after a few days illness, it so much affected and depressed his spirits, that in despite of all his wonted resolution, he died of grief. ' 9 Alexandee Williamson II and Saeah Ringgold left the fol- lowing children named in his will : Alexandee Williamson III, who died only a week before his father; James; Ann, married Rev. William Baeeoll; Hen- eietta; Eebecca; Saeah. Alexandee Williamson II, was son of Rev Alexandee Wil- liamson I and Ann Boedley (maiden name Hynson), they had children, I, Alexandee Williamson II, as above ; II, Saeah ; III, James ; IV, John, married Elizabeth Holt. The table on page 55 shows issue of Rev. Alexander William- son. Sarah Ringgold, the mother of Ann Williamson, was a daughter of Thomas Ringgold (son of Thomas and his first wife Sarah Ringgold), who married May 1, 1712, Rebecca Wilmer a daughter of Simon Wilmer and Rebecca Wilmer his wife. The table on page 56 will show the ancestry of Ann Williamson. BARROLL IN GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA 55 " 5! o -a « t-s o *■ • •fl "2 «H "^ 3 OS «H X3 ^ °^ . * ■ te 2 p 00 o PQ s s- 1 03 g "^ -J So- S3 03 Ph 2W<1 cfl CO S 03 _j <13 £ ^ +J W rH QQ -►J a A <3 CO eS rti r-l N ,0 TJ i — i „ w OS O — i CO a p £ <© «o fl £ J> CO ° £ O p *>*>*; a h r-l Ui <5 02 3 +a 0* <» 1? °s _r >» 2 - • bOoo g bo © fl a 2? 3 W g ~a^ o " S2 o . V S3 © o © bo S3 fi ^ ~ a 2 o o OS a'" o o «- +■» © oo a X5 CO © M S^2 »rt O -« 43 A * .On © U T* SS"g S3 »- 2 ►*^ © © a ?? rfa ebecc mer. i. T o «=3o5 a ^S bo ti d a >» « C4 r-l t- tH ,. r-l fr-> ee .. S.S * * © -. "C 2 * 5 a o ."* 2t3 O 08 bc-ci bo© £& «45 _s'^ ^ a s a © a •^.2« , h n«HO^ k .^ © « c» . • o a •*& m | T? bo © ■ 5 .2 OHCOH ^ « J3 «* <1 C3Qs ' T<*-L. C<> &<&<* *? S~t~< ^f s -*.--*■■*- -a:^ c // /, / in. •/TS-Z-P^ c^. /y"~ r^^-Q^ ifV/hi z 7 SIGNATURES OF EICHAED BAEEOLL AND JAMES BAEEOLL OF BALTIMOBE, SONS OF EEV. WM. BAEEOLL, AND OF HIS GEANDSON, JAMES EDWIN BAEEOLL f^Skr- N°'^g CHESTER RIVER BRIDGE. ever- '1||- 35e it fcnoum, sru W » ^ i<* entitled to one j/iare in trie Gahital zJtocrL of the Gnettcr t$?i j§.§ fk. &ridae Comhanu, on ?v/iicft &iv-e SDottart have leen fin id ; •ai|l iu &• trantfezaule on the froohd or the taicl Comfianu oniu hekwtauu, or i|| | IP* /m lytttomeu. Chester-To-um, 6lh January, 1820. /7/t> tXsTsurfoj prcsid't. BAKKOLL IN GKEAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA 73 married October 24, 1743, Anna Maria Earle, daughter of James and Mary Tilgkman Earle, and died April 1, 1772, leaving one son: Thomas, born December 4, 1744, who was a member of the Convention of Maryland of 1774. He married in his 20th year Mary Galloway, daughter of Saml. Galloway of Tulip Hill, and died October 26, 1774, leaving six children. Thomas, who mar- ried Mary Gittings, February 10, 1797. General Samuel, of " Fountain Eock " in Washington County, who was twice mar- ried. First to Maria Cadwalader, by whom he had three child- ren. Ann C, who married William Schley. Major Samuel, who served in the Mexican War and distinguished himself. Cadwalader, who became rear-admiral in U. S. Navy and died, 1867. His second wife was Mary A. Hay, by whom he had four children : George, Fayette, Virginia, Rebecca. (2). Rebecca, baptized June 4, 1727. (3). Sarah, who married Alex. Williamson. (4). Major William, of Eastern Neck or the Hermitage as it was then called. He was a member of the Committee of Safety for Kent and of the convention of August 14, 1776. 65 Rev. William Barroll and Ann Williamson, had the follow- ing children : Ann Barroll, b. September 16, 1762. Sarah Barroll, b. September 25, 1769. Abigail Barroll; each of these three daughters died un- married. William Barroll, b. August 6, 1764. Richard Barroll, b. January 17, 1774. James Barroll, b. October 14, 1777. The names of these children indicate that the eldest, Ann, was named for her mother, and Abigail for the mother of Rev. William Barroll in England. William, the eldest son, was named for his father, and Richard, either for his father's brother, or w The above notes are largely taken from the account of the Ringgold family in the possession of William M. Knight, of Baltimore. His mother was Rebecca, daughter of Samuel Ringgold, a nephew of Sarah Ringgold, who married Alex- ander Williamson. Another daughter of Samuel Ringgold, Mary, was the first wife of James Edmonson Barroll (infra). William Ringgold, a brother of Sarah, left a son, Jervis, whose daughter married George Wilson Spencer (infra). 74 BAEKOLL IN GEEAT BEITAIN AND AMEEICA Eichard Jones, the brother of Abigail Barroll named in her will. James appears to have been a Barroll family name, but we can only conjecture whether his name was taken from the Barroll or Williamson side of his family. After the death of her husband, Ann Barroll removed to Chestertown in order to educate her sons. At this time the Eev. Dr. William Smith removed from Philadelphia, where he had been president of the College of Philadelphia. He took charge of the Chestertown Academy, which then had about 140 students. Dr. Smith was a noted educator and in 1782 he founded Wash- ington College. Each of Ann Barroll 's sons were graduates of Washington College. The eldest, William Barroll, was one of the first five graduates in the class of 1783. William Baekoll (10). William Baeeoll V, eldest son of Eev. William Baeeoll and Ann Williamson, after graduating at Washington College in 1783, read law under Luther Martin, and was admitted to the Bar of Kent County, March 19, 1787. He early took high rank in his profession, was a skillful pleader, an effective and forcible speaker. He always enjoyed a large and lucrative prac- tice and was regarded as one of the leaders of the bar. There were but few cases of importance tried in Kent, for nearly 40 years after his admission, in which he was not of counsel. He was a man of high literary attainments. His general library was one of the largest and choicest in the state, while at the same time he had, perhaps, as complete and extensive a law library as was in the hands of any member of the bar outside of Balti- more City. A copy of the list of his law library is in the possession of the writer. His bearing was dignified and courtly, and those who knew him say he was one of the finest types of a gentleman of the old school. His nephew, Benjamin Crockett Barroll, of Baltimore, in writing of him, used language so appropriately applicable if it were a description of the character and appearance of the nephew himself, that one could think it was written by some third person of the latter. In his letter (to Mrs. John Leeds Barroll), dated August 13, 1877, he said: " My Uncle William, your husband's grandfather, was a lovely character, he was one of the most dignified and finest looking men I ever saw. He WILLIAM BABROLL V f ,P, ^fc*r B 0&~jV'~- — — — i| ^ in 3E ". a^ss RESIDENCE OF WILLIAM BARROLL, CHESTERTOWN, MD. BABBOLL IN GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA 75 reminds me, beyond any man I have ever seen of what a ' Noble- man ' ought to be. There was likewise an old lady, his maiden sister, whom we called ' Aunt Sally,' who lived with him." In early life he was interested in politics and represented Kent in the legislature in the sessions of 1795, 1796, 1798 and 1799. In matters pertaining to the public weal, William Barroll always took an active and leading part. Until about 1820 there was no bridge over Chester Eiver, which at Chestertown is nearly one-half mile in width, while the channel for a con- siderable distance is some 20 feet deep. For over a quarter of a century the building of this bridge was talked of and discussed, and many efforts to accomplish its construction, by legislative enactment and otherwise, were made only to result in failure. After many commissions had been appointed, he was prevailed upon to undertake the matter, and it was chiefly through his efforts, influence and means that the bridge was finally built. He was the president of the corpora- tion which constructed it and was the largest stockholder. A copy of one of the shares of stock issued to build Chester Eiver Bridge is shown on page 73. This bridge was largely built by means of a lottery in pursu- ance of the Acts of Assembly 1820, Chap. 53, as follows : " Be it enacted, by the General Assembly of Maryland, That William Barroll, Thomas Worrell, James Bowers, Jeremiah Nicols, James Brooke, Ezekiel F. Chambers, Henry Tilghman, Edward Anderson and James Brown, or a majority of them be and are hereby appointed managers in the place of those per- sons heretofore appointed commissioners, and that they are hereby authorized to draw a lottery, to raise the sum of money heretofore authorized to be raised by the commissioners afore- said, and the same sum of money, when raised, to apply towards the erection of the said bridge.' ' In religion he was a devout member of the Protestant Epis- copal Church and a vestryman of Chester as well as of I. U. Parishes. He was a member of the Board of Visitors and Governors of Washington College, and a leading Mason. The regard in which he was held by his contemporaries is shown in the following account of his death, taken from the Baltimore Gazette, March 22, 1834 : 76 BARROLL, IN GEEAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA " Died. On Sunday the 9th inst. at his residence in Chestertown, William Barroll, Esq., in the 70th year of his age. Mr. Barroll was the oldest member of the bar in this or adjacent counties. Several years ago, he relinquished his active and lucrative practice, but the energy and success of his career at the bar, his remarkable attention to business entrusted to him and the undeviating courtesy of his professional deportment are well known and remembered. He was a sound lawyer and possessed the unlimited confidence of his clients. Mr. Barroll was also the oldest member of the Episcopal Church in this town, and had been in communion with it from an early age. In this relation few men have been so exemplary ; for his moral and religious course of life demonstrated the truth and sincerity of his profession. In the social circle, and amidst his family he developed many fine traits of character. He was a tender and affectionate husband, and indulgent father, a kind and liberal master, a warm and sincere friend and a hospitable and courteous gentleman. In his earlier years he was not unknown in the political world, and for many sessions he held a seat in the General Assembly of Maryland, as a delegate from Kent County. In this sphere he was active, useful and influential. Having long served his native state without any complaint from his constituents, he at length voluntarily declined further public honors, a rare eulogy, and retired to adorn private life with all the excellencies of his character. It may be truly said, that those who knew him best placed the highest estimate on his virtues and will most deeply lament his loss to his family, to society and to the church." William Barroll built and occupied the brick house on the east side of High Street between Front and Queen Streets in Chester- town. Prior to 1890 the yard north of the house was enclosed by a high wall. On the south side of the house on the site of the residence now occupied by William R. Aldridge was a small one- story and half frame building which he occupied as his law office. This law office now forms the rear part of the Aldridge residence. In those days, prior to 1850, the members of the bar in Chestertown had their offices either in their residences or in small one- and two-story buildings as near their homes as possible. Judge E. F. Chambers, until his death, occupied as a BARROLL IN GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA 77 law office the frame dwelling at the northeast corner of High and Front Streets, on the corner opposite his residence. While the brick building, which, until 1910, stood on the north side of Princess Street (Queen Street extended), was occupied by Thomas Bedingfield Hands as a law office, his residence being in the frame dwelling now the residence of Mrs. Annie H. Stam at the northeast corner of Princess and Cannon Streets. William Barroll was twice married, his first wife whom he married in 1788, was Lucretia Edmondson, daughter of James Edmondson, and Eachel Leeds Bozman, of Talbot County, Md. [Rachel Leeds Bozman was a sister of John Leeds Bozman, the historian of Maryland. She was a daughter of John Bozman and Lucretia Leeds, who were married in 1754. Lucretia Leeds was the daughter of John Leeds, who in 1726, married Rachel Harrison, daughter of William Harrison and Elizabeth Dicker- son. John Leeds died in 1790. Rachel Leeds Bozman, upon the death of James Edmondson, married the second time David Kerr, April, 1777, by whom she had several children, one of whom was John Leeds Kerr. Sophia Kerr, a daughter of David Kerr and Rachel Leeds Bozman, married July 3, 1798, Dr. Joseph Ennals Muse (a son of Thomas Muse, who on January 5, 1769, married Anna Ennals, daughter of Joseph Ennals and Mary Brooks), and had children (1), Joseph Ennals, b. March 29, 1810 ; (2), James Augustus, b. January 17, 1813 ; (3), William Henry, b. March 6, 1815; (4), George Edward, b. October 6, 1817; (5), Joshua. Joseph Ennals Muse, Jr., mar. Anne Bayley of Cambridge, Md. James Augustus Muse mar. December 14, 1847, Mary R. Sulli- vane of Cambridge, Md. Dr. William Henry Muse, mar. February 26, 1841, Elizabeth R. Sullivane of Cambridge, Md.] John Leeds Bozman, by his will probated April 25, 1823, be- queathed to his nephew, James Edmondson Barroll, a legacy which was to be expended for the purchase of books. With this legacy the " Works of the British Poets, " 50 volumes, and other standard authors were bought, a large number of which are in the possession of the writer. His nephew for purposes of identi- fication had a book plate prepared, a copy of which is shown. William Barroll and Lucretia Edmondson had a daughter, Julianna, who died young, and one son, James Edmondson. 78 BAEEOLL IN" GEEAT BEITAIN AND AMEKICA (11) James Edmostdson Baekoll was born in Easton, Md., August 24, 1779, and died December 24, 1875. He was educated at Washington College, Cbestertown, Md., which he attended until 1805 and then entered the freshman class of Yale. He re- mained at Yale until he had passed into the senior class, and was then compelled to leave because of a serious illness from typhoid fever, which he had contracted while in New Haven. He read law in his father's office and was admitted to the Kent Bar, September 16, 1811. He was a man of profound erudition, de- voted to literature, of studious habits, a well-read lawyer with a capacious memory under ready control. From the time of his admission to the bar until his retirement in 1853, he was recog- nized as one of the leading lawyers in Eastern Maryland. His practice was by no means confined to Kent, he also had many clients in Talbot, Queen Anne and Caroline counties. For many years his clientage was exceedingly large and he amassed con- siderable wealth. Honesty and integrity were his pupils, and he enjoyed the implicit trust and confidence of his clients and con- temporaries. After leaving Chestertown he lived in Baltimore three years, and from there retired to his country place, * ' Holly Hall, ' ' near Elkton, Cecil County. An evidence of his ability and devotion to his profession is found in a compendious digest of the decisions of the Court of Appeals, which he was about to publish when the digest of Norris, Brown and Brune appeared. He had his manuscripts, written in the most careful and pains- taking manner, bound in six large folio volumes. He also pre- pared a collection of the writings and best thoughts of the Latin, Greek, French, Italian and English authors, and his own beauti- ful and often inimitable translations and comments attest his broad and elegant literary taste and training. These papers were bound in four quarto volumes under the title " Nugae Literariae, ' ' and they with the Maryland digests are in the possession of the writer. Of the latter work, nearly three quarters of a century after it was written, one of his great grandsons comments thus appreciatively: ' ' In the desert of literature an occasional oasis gladdens and refreshes the reader's eye. To-day it is Henry Esmond, to- morrow it may be another Shakespeare, but for all time the ' Nugae Literariae ' will rejoice the heart of the lover of beauti- ful poetry, and cause joy to those who revel in subtle satire and JAMES EDMOXDSOX BAEBOLL BARROLL IN GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA 79 keen wit. The collector of these ' Trifles,' as he modestly calls them, is an intimate friend of the great literary minds of the past, he knows their every foible. He would have been as much at home and on as easy terms in the Villa of Maecenas as in the coffee-houses of classical London with Mr. Pope and Dr. Ar- buthnot. His taste is faultless ; the scope of his reading must have been limitless ; he quotes gems and passages, whose every line is pure gold, from authors long forgotten. He is always careful to say all that should, and not all that could, be said on a subject. The introductions to extracts are often more interesting than that which is introduced. By a few terse comments our interest and appreciation is awakened, assuredly he had the golden touch of making literature seem attractive. The poetry is generally imaginative, only a man of sensitive artistic taste could have felt the music and harmony of poetry which these ' Nugae ' are alive with. He was a sincere hater, he detests prigs and fops. Ovid pleased him when he wrote : ' Blame not the Belles, since modern times can show. That ape of female foppery call 'd a beau. ' One man on whom he empties the vials of his wrath is : * Not vicious but vice itself, not a liar but a lie. ' As I write this and look from my window in Vanderbilt and see the room in which he studied in Connecticut Hall so many years ago, it makes me feel very near to him though our classes are one hundred years apart. No one can read his books and not have the same feeling. ' ' In the war with England in 1812, James Edmondson Barroll was secretary and adjutant of the Troop of Horse, of which Frederick Wilson was captain. The minute book (the original of which is in the possession of the writer) is in his handwriting. He was one of the committee which was appointed June 5, 1813, to draw up its Bye Laws, and himself drew up and prepared same. He was present with the troop and took part in the battle of Caulk 's Field. All the detailed drills of the troop from April 28, 1813, until the appearance of the British in the Chesa- peake, are given. The following entries are taken from this book: " 1814, July 11, Monday. Brigadier- General Chambers orders out J. E. Barroll, William Meeks, Bartholomew Etherington 80 BAEKOLL IN GKEAT BKITAIN AND AMERICA and Thomas Wilkins into service to report themselves to Lieu- tenant-Colonel Eeed at Buck Neck. Colonel Reed orders R. S. Spencer, Jr., Thomas Wilkins, Wil- liam Meeks, William Wayne and William Wickes, under com- mand of J. E. Barroll to Captain Tilden's to patrole the bay shore from Fairley Creek to Worton during to-night. 12 July, Tuesday. Colonel Reed sent J. E. Barroll express from General Chambers directing Colonel Jarvis Spencer to call out a troop of horse. — Colonel Spencer sends the express to Captain Wilson to call out his troop. 13 July, Wednesday. Colonel Reed disbands the militia in consequence of the enemy retiring down the bay." Subsequently, Sir Peter Parker, in the ship Menelaus, as- cended the bay the latter part of the succeeding month appear- ing off Rock Hall, the minutes say, August 20. He landed his men at Tolchester, and on the night of August 30 proceeded on his march to Chestertown, which place it was his intention to burn. On Sunday, August 21, Captain Wilson's troop of horse were ordered out by Brigadier-General Chambers. The various details and reports are enumerated and the following entry appears : " 1814, August 30. Our detachment heretofore stationed at Willis X Roads, was moved in consequence of the movements of the enemy to the woods opposite Major Bower's gate, and placed under the command of Colonel Reed. ' ' As the battle was at night and the enemy were concealed by the woods, there was little chance for the cavalry to take any part in the action. Young Barroll left his horse and with other members of the troop, fought with the infantry throughout the action. He was a Mason and a member of Winder Lodge No. 78, Baltimore. When Winder Lodge was dissolved and reorganized as Clifton Lodge No. 83, he became a member of the latter lodge. James E. Barroll, while living in Chestertown, occupied the brick residence at the northeast corner of Front and Cannon Streets. In those days his garden extended to within about fifty feet of High Street, taking in more than three-fourths of the entire block. The lot immediately in front of his house was N. ^ K * c s. s. '■■ ^ -n p ^ ^ >. N • " p> \ V v- • ^ - >v - & \j x; > N S L ■* ^ ' \ ^ k \ I.'- -,' Vi> >» ' 5' i r ~ ' N* . ? ? C* In »i CV 'i ** P"* §^1 NO ? ? .x ft' fr ^^\C - v*> > ^ -1 i>4-; r* r ;V 5; ? x i ^ H ? ■> i u? « 1 ^t^rj> tvi SS^ Eti ? «? N N ? :- i ^. C X X ^ * ^ r^ f- ^ r as re K V HN pi BAKKOLL IN GEE AT BKITAIN AND AMERICA 81 filled in by him, after he purchased the residence, thereby turn- ing an unsightly and unpleasant dock, which was exposed at low tides, into what was then a beautiful and attractive outlook. James Edmondson Barroll was twice maried, his first wife was Mary Ringgold, daughter of Samuel and Rachel Ringgold, by her he had no children. On June 15, 1824, James Edmondson Barroll married Henrietta Jane Hackett, b. December 25, 1804, d. March 17, 1877. [Henrietta Jane Hackett was a daughter of John Hackett and Sarah Van Solengin Bedford, daughter of Peter Bedford. Peter Bedford was a brother of Judge Gunning Bedford, Junior, who was a delegate from Delaware to the Continental Congress of 1776, and first judge of the U. S. District Court of Delaware. Their father was Gunning Bedford, an architect of Philadelphia, who, in 1742, married Susannah Jacquette, the daughter of Major Jacquette, an officer in the Revolutionary War. Gunning Bedford was a captain in the French and Indian War, and later, as an architect, was one of the founders of Carpenter's Hall and president of the committee having in charge its erection. He served as an alderman of the city, and died when 82 years of age in 1802.] James Edmondson Barroll and Henrietta Jane Hackett had the following children: (1) Henrietta Maria, b. May 25, 1825, d. March 7, 1895; married Charles M. Medcalfe and had two sons; Edmondson Barroll, b. May 20, 1852, d. June 8, 1875, unmarried; and William Morgan, b. October 28, 1853, d. 21st October, 1886, unmarried. He was an honor graduate of West Point, and while a lieutenant of ordnance stationed at Sandy Hook, N. Y. Proving Ground, met an untimely death by the explosion of a shell, caused by a soldier trying to force a fuse, which had stuck into its seat. His unhappy mother was one of those present watching the tests. (2) Laura Caroline, b. December 22, 1826, d. March 9, 1905. (3) John Leeds, b. February 1, 1830, d. August 6, 1866. (4) Mary Rebecca, b. September 20, 1832. (5) Sarah Jane. (6) Sophie Rose, b. March 8, 1837, d. April 27, 1887. (7) Sarah Ellen. (8) James Edmondson, b. September 23, 1842, d. June 13, 1886. 82 BARROLL IN GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA (9) Victoria, b. September 7, 1845, d. — . Mary Eebecca Barroll married Theophilus B. Horwitz, a lawyer of Baltimore City, and bad two daughters, Mary and Carolyn Norris. John Leeds Barroll (12). John Leeds Barroll was educated at Washington Col- lege, Cbestertown, Md., and graduated with bonor as valedic- torian of bis class at St. Mary's College, Baltimore, in 1849, taking also tbe bigbest prize in oratory. He read law under bis fatber and was admitted to tbe Kent Bar, April 13, 1852. He was elected State's Attorney for Kent County, wbicb office be filled from 1854 to 1856. He was a prominent and active Mason, and died in Cbestertown, August 6, 1866. Jobn Leeds Barroll married December 5, 1854, Elleonora Keene Horsey, b. December 19, 1835, d. May 5, 1905. [Elle- onora Keene Horsey was tbe daughter of Thomas Hopewell Horsey, b. April 22, 1799, d. August 13, 1856, married November 2, 1829, Elleonora Frances Palmer, b. May 24, 1811, d. March 20, 1853. Thomas Hopewell Horsey was a son of Smith Horsey II, b. March 23, 1763, who married Sarah Horsey, b. March 1, 1767, daughter of Samuel and Ann Venables Horsey; Smith Horsey II, was a son of Smith Horsey I, who married Mary Coleman in 1746 ; Smith Horsey I, was a son of Samuel Horsey, who was the third son of Judge Stephen and Sarah (Williams) Horsey of Somerset County, Md. Stephen Horsey, in 1663, was appointed by Charles Calvert one of the commissioners of Mary- land, and in 1666, was appointed high sheriff of Somerset County.] They had children, all of whom were born in Chestertown, Md., as follows : (1) Jobn Leeds; (2) Edmondson Horsey, b. 12th November, 1857, d. November 17, 1861; (3) Hopewell Horsey; (4) Elleonora Lennox, b. August 6, 1862, d. Christmas Eve, 1864; (5) Morris Keene. John Leeds Barroll was educated at Washington College, Chestertown, Md., removed to Philadelphia, Pa., where on Oc- tober 22, 1885, he married Maria Stocker Lewis, daughter of Francis Albert Lewis and Anna Eeed. (Francis Albert Lewis was born May 25, 1833, in Philadelphia and Anna Eeed in Baltimore, Md'., March 13, 1836.) ** JOHN LEEDS BAKKOLL Slanted <&. f&axvtftl% based with a legacy left him by Leeds Bozman, Esq. formerly of the Middle Temple, England mr of Ike History of Maryland. BOOK PLATE OF JAMES EDMONDSOX BAKKOLL BAKKOLL IN GKEAT BKITAIN AND AMEKICA 83 John Leeds and Maria Lewis Barroll have the following children : Ethel, b. at Little Boar's Head, N. H. ; Francis Lewis, b. at Little Boar's Head, N. H. ; John Leeds, Jr., b. in Philadelphia, Pa., and now at university of Pennsylvania; Anna, b. at Little Boar 's Head, N. H. ; William, b. in Philadelphia, Pa. Hopewell Horsey Barroll was educated at St. John's College, Annapolis, Md., and graduated at Washington College in 1878. He was admitted to the Chestertown Bar in 1883, and on Feb- ruary 9, 1888, married Margaret Spencer Wethered, daughter of John Lathem Wethered and Charlotte Spencer, daughter of George Wilson Spencer and Margaret Einggold. [John Lathem Wethered was the son of Peregrine Wethered and Hannah Medford; Peregrine Wethered was the son of John Wethered and Mary Sykes, daughter of James Sykes of Delaware, who was twice elected a member of the Continental Congress of 1776- 1777 from Delaware ; was a member of the Council of Safety and was a member of the convention which framed the constitution for the state of Delaware; and whose son subsequently became governor of that state; John Wethered 's parents were Richard Wethered and Isabella Blay. The latter was the youngest daughter of Colonel William and Isabella Pearce Blay. Col- onel William Blay ; of " Blay's Range," the only son of Colonel Edward and Ann Blay, was for many years a vestryman of Shrewsbury Parish, and represented Kent in the Maryland Legislature, 1714-1715. He married Isabella Pearce, daughter of Judge William and Isabella Pearce. Colonel Edward Blay was a zealous churchman and vestryman of Shrewsbury Parish. In 1709, he gave to that parish the land upon which the church was built. He was a delegate from Cecil in the Legislature of Maryland, in 1706-7, and represented Kent in the session of 1713. Richard Wethered was a son of Samuel Wethered and Dolly Lewin of England. He came to Boston in 1720, and later settled in Maryland. The father of Samuel Wethered was Col- onel Samuel Wethered, R. A., son of Thomas and Elizabeth Wethered. The Wethered family in England were seated at Ashline Hall, Great Berkhamsted, in Herts and Bucks.] 68 Hopewell Horsey and Margaret Wethered Barroll have the following children, all born in Chestertown, Md. : "Hanson's Kent, page 317, where earlier records of the Wethered family will be found. 84 BABBOLL IN GBEAT BBITAIN AND AMEBICA Lewin Wethered, A. B., from Washington College in 1908 and A. B. from Yale, 1910 ; William, b. May 1, 1890, d. July 15, 1891; Morris Keene ; Hopewell Horsey, Jr. ; John Wethered, all at this date attending Washington College. Morris Keene Barroll entered West Point, 1885, graduated in 1889; graduated from the artillery school, Fortress Monroe in 1894; at present major in coast artillery, IT. S. Army. He married September 25, 1894, Anne Van Bramer Miller [daughter of Brigadier-General Marcus Peter Miller, b. March 27, 1835, at Stockbridge, Mass., and his wife Katharine Sprague, daugh- ter of Brigadier-General Joseph A. Haskin; General Miller graduated from West Point in 1854, and was a lineal descendant of Asa Miller, first lieutenant in a regiment of Continental Militia, commanded by Levy Ely, in the Eevolutionary War]. Morris Keene and Anne Miller Barroll have the following children : - Morris Keene, b. at Ft. Schuyler, N. Y. ; Lawrence Sprague, b. at Angel Island, Cal. ; Elleonora Katharine, b. at Charlotte, N. C. William Babboll married for his 2d wife, Saeah Hands, daughter of Thomas Bedingfield Hands and Mary Jackson, his wife. Thomas Bedingfield Hands was a lawyer of Chestertown, Md., and a member of the convention of delegates of the prov- ince of Maryland, which met at Annapolis, May 8, 1776. By this convention on May 25, 1776, the following were elected a council of safety " until the end of the next session of con- vention: Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, Charles Carroll, John Hall, Benjamin Rumsey, George Plater, James Tilghman, Thomas Smyth, Thomas Bedingfield Hands and William Hay- ward.' ' It was this convention that relieved Governor Robert Eden of power, and signified to the governor that the public quiet and safety in the judgment of the convention require that he leave the province and that he was at full liberty to depart peacably with his effects. He was also a member of the con- vention which met at Annapolis 21st June, 1776, and was again elected a member of the council of safety, which consisted of " John Hall, George Plater, Charles Carroll, Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer, Thomas Bedingfield Hands, Benjamin Rumsey, Thomas Smyth, James Tilghman and Joseph Nicholson, Jr. ,,M Sarah Hands Barroll by her will dated 28th August, 1850, e7 Hanson's Kent, page 148. SARAH HANDS BARROLL MURAL TABLET TO SARAH HANDS IN CHURCH AT CHESTERTOWN, MD. . BARROLL IN GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA 85 which was probated November 20, 1855, bequeathed her gold watch to her grandson, William Bedingfield Barroll, a silver cream pot to her granddaughter, Sarah Eebecca Barroll, a wrought gold ring to her niece, Anna M. Payne, and all the rest of her estate to her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Rebecca Johnson BarrolL Thomas Bedingfield Hands, father of Sarah Hands Barroll, married Mary Jackson (her will was probated September 20, 1820). His will was dated May 18, 1811, was probated 19th June, 1811, showing that he died between those dates ; he devised his estate to his three children, Bedingfield Hands, Alexander Hands and Sarah Barroll, leaving as his executors, William Barroll and Bedingfield Hands. The parents of the above-named Thomas Bedingfield Hands, were Thomas Bedingfield and Sarah Hands; and his will was dated February 22, 1768, and probated October 28, 1769. He devised all his estate to his son, Thomas Bedingfield, his daugh- ters, Margaret and Elizabeth, and his granddaughter, Sarah Smith. His wife, Sarah Hands, was the one to whom the mural tablet in the east wall of the Episcopal Church in Chestertown was erected. The inscription on this tablet is as follows : Consecrate, To the Memory of a good Woman, Sarah The truly beloved Wife and highly esteemed Friend of Thomas Bedingfield Hands, she was Pious without Hypocricy, Virtuous without affectation, The dutiful Daughter, the indearing Wife, The Tender Parent, , And the kind, innocent Neighbour, She lived thirty three Years, seventeen whereof in the Marriage State, and died Oct. 5th. 1754. Gentle Passenger, Let the example of her Virtues, The purity of her Morals, And the Simplicity of her Manners, Stir thee up to the practice of the same That thy Memory, like hers, may diffuse around A sweet smelling savour. Pos. 1757. 86 barroll in great britain and america William Hands Barroll William and Sarah Hands Barroll, his second wife, had one child, a son: (11). William Hands Barroll, who was educated at Wash- ington College and afterwards at Harvard College. He was by profession a lawyer and for many years was captain of the " Independent Blues/ ' a military company then in existence in Chestertown. He married Eebecca Johnson, a daughter of Ed- ward Johnson and Elizabeth (MacKubbin) Johnson, in Balti- more, October 24, 1822. While in Chestertown they resided in the brick dwelling near the northeast corner of Front and High Streets. He had for his law office the small one-story building at the north end of the lot adjoining the residence of Wm. E. Aldridge. William Hands Barroll removed from Chestertown and died in Jamaica,* L. I., August 23, 1849; Eebecca, his wife, died in Baltimore, August 12, 1869. They had eight children : (12). (I). Mary Elizabeth Barroll, b. in Chestertown, Md., December 12, 1823, d. in Norfolk, Va., January 12, 1864, mar. John I. Frisby, August 10, 1847. They had four children, viz. ; (1). Richard Frisby, b. at Oxford, Baltimore County, June 16, 1848, d. in Norfolk, Va., July, 1862. (2). Elizabeth Brown Turner Frisby, b. in Baltimore, Decem- ber 17, 1849, d. December 25, 1850. (3) Elizabeth Brown Frisby, b. in Baltimore, November 25, 1851, d. in Baltimore, Md., October, 1865. (4). William Barroll Frisby, b. in Baltimore, May 30, 1854, d. in Boston, Mass., June 6, 1902. The following account of his life-work is taken from the Boston Transcript of June 6 and June 8, 1902. " After an illness of nearly two weeks, Eev. William Barroll Frisby, D. D., rector of the Church of the Advent, died at noon to-day, at his home on Brimmer Street, adjoining the church. His death came as a great surprise to his parishioners, as yes- terday his condition was such as to give much encouragement for his complete recovery. Last night, however, he was restless and more feverish than before, and when the morning dawned he vas in an exhausted condition, and from then he began to sink rapidly. William Barroll Frisby was born in Baltimore, Md., May 30, WILLIAM HANDS BARROLL REBECCA JOHNSON BARROLL U BESIDENCE OF WILLIAM HANDS BAEKOLL LAW OFFICE OF WILLIAM HANDS BAEEOLL BAKKOLL. IN GEEAT BKITAIN AND AMEKICA 87 1854. His early education was obtained in the schools of that city and Washington, and later he took a collegiate course at Columbia College, in the capital city, from which he was grad- uated in 1876. Early in life he was attracted to the ministry, and entered the General Theological Seminary of New York, from which he was graduated in 1879. Immediately he was invited to become one of the curates of Trinity Church, New York, of which Rev. Morgan Dix, D. D., was rector. He re- mained there three years, performing the greater part of his work in the slum districts of the east side, where he resided much of the time while he was connected with Trinity Church. Partly for rest and partly to gratify a taste he had for teach- ing, Dr. Frisby gave up his work at Trinity, and took a position in the Cathedral School at Garden City, Long Island, where he managed to win the confidence of a large number of young boys, who as they grew up became staunch friends and supporters of his later life. From the Garden City School, Dr. Frisby was called to Trinity Chapel, where he assisted Rev. Dr. Swope. He remained here some three years. On the elevation of Rev. Charles C. Grafton, rector of the Church of the Advent, to the Bishopric of Fond-du-Lac, Wis., in 1887, Rev. Dr. Frisby a few months later was invited to assume charge of this large Boston parish. On Advent Sunday, 1888, he entered upon his new duties, and since that time the church has made remarkable strides in every way, thanks to the ability, zeal, wisdom and care of the beloved rector. As a preacher, Dr. Frisby was always an acknowledged leader, hav- ing an excellent command of language; and the courage of his conviction to speak fearlessly in the condemnation of what was wrong in every walk of life. Though a ritualist of the most pronounced type, he was held in the greatest esteem by those of the other wing of the church. He was a member of the University Club, of the Episcopalian Club, and the Catholic Club, which numbers among its members only those of the ritualist branch of the Episcopal Church. By laymen, every- where, he was held in as high regard as by his clerical brethren, and possessed just those qualities of mind and heart that won for him friends everywhere. Dr. Frisby was never married and made his home with an aunt [Mrs. Judson Hendren, infra]. Both his parents died a number of years ago. 88 BABEOLL, IN GEEAT BBITAIN AND AMEBICA Of those who go home and are no more seen, it is often the impulse, in the first hours of bereavement, to dwell upon that which we have lost out of our lives here below. We condole with one another because our associate in affairs, in social life, or in religious organization has been taken from us, and with affectionate sorrow we enumerate his civic virtues, his friendly offices, and his benevolent deeds. There are occasions, however, when a good man dies which lead the minds of those who have had the privilege of intimacy to dwell upon the characteristics which are not limited by temporal conditions, but which we recognize as they throng upon the grief-sensitized memory, as having indicated a detachment from them all. To-day the death of William Barroll Frisby is such an occa- sion. Devoted priest, loyal and philanthropic citizen, gentleman and courteous companion as Dr. Frisby was, despite the poig- nancy of our sorrow for our loss in these relations, we recall with the most vivid distinctness elements of personality which separated him somehow from them and from those engrossed and perplexed in the ways of the world, however nearly they seemed to approach him. He possessed a conception of the spirit- ual life so strong and earnest, his nature was of such virginal purity, his faith was so direct and unswerving, that it is already almost easier to think of him as parted from that frail and delicate form, awaiting the assumption of the spiritual body, than clothed in the mortal body which was so dearly familiar to our eyes. There are as various modes of influence as there are indi- viduals. It may be exerted by those who have struggled and overcome; by those who possess forceful personal magnetism; by gifts of eloquence and by power of command ; but it is prob- ably the case that its silent waves have been propagated in the largest measure from those rare souls of whom we may almost say, ' the world was not worthy/ who were in it but not alto- gether of it, Heaven lying all about them in manhood even as in childhood. Such a soul was that which now expects in Paradise its perfect consummation and bliss. It is absolutely certain that he who has departed out of the world would have desired of all things, however in his humility he might have doubted it, that, as we remember him, our belief in the unseen should be strengthened by his belief and our hopes fixed by his reasonable, religious and holy hope in the good REV. WILLIAM BAEBOLL FEISBY BARROLL IN GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA 89 things of the undiscovered country into which he has passed. Of that country we are assured with a confident and happy hope that he was born and that he lived a predestined citizen. E.W." " Like St. Paul he has ' finished his course,' having * kept the faith ' and we who knew and loved him have no shadow of doubt as we rejoice to think that the crown laid up for him in heaven by his Master is now upon his head. No eulogy spoken by man is worthy of notice compared with the ' Well done, good and faithful servant ' which by faith we hear spoken by the lips of the Living Lord, whose real presence was the chief joy of our brother while he saw through a glass darkly in word and signifi- cant sacrament, but now beholds face to face. If there is or ever has been saintliness on earth, it was illus- trated in the godly patience, gentleness, meekness, long-suffer- ing, faith, joyfulness, zeal of good works, brotherly kindness and charity of our dear brother now departed. A priest, he illustrated by efficient faithfulness and daily per- sonal devotion the one perfect life, by whose sacrifice the world has been redeemed to God. A pastor, he went about doing good to lofty and lonely, to rich and poor, to wise and simple, as a faithful under shepherd, even in sight of his divine master. A teacher, he, like the apostle, delivered what he also had received, ' the faith once delivered to the saints,' and neither fear nor vain conceit led him astray into novel and uncertain paths of man's device. Learned, but neither pedantic nor destructive; wise by the light revealed more than by that of flickering fancy; a lover of the truth as it is in Jesus, rather than as it may be in human theory; he taught, not what he only thought, but what the church of God has held and transmitted from the day of the holy apostles to this day. But pre-eminently he taught by acts even more than by words. The house of God, magnified as the dwelling place on earth of the great King in his beauty and glory, and the altar stone when the lamb-slain was ever exalted to the object of human adoration is praise well-made by him, eloquent of the unchanging truth of the New Covenant in the precious blood. The embellishments of the Church of the Advent were not for human pleasure, but for the honor of Him of whose riches we all are partakers. 90 BAEROLL IN GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA Father Frisby was like Joshua, a leader in the church. Many years ago the vested choir of the Church of the Advent was a source of bitter criticism, being solitary in this diocese, but Father Frisby lived to see the example followed all over the diocese and even in Trinity Parish. The vestments at the Church of the Advent, once generally condemned, were adopted at the consecration of the bishop of Western Massachusetts. As a leader, Father Frisby suffered, but the Church of Massa- chusetts has already learned that the true catholicity is where there is the greatest spirit of Christlike charity. i May per- petual light shine upon him. ' W. A. H." (II). William Bedingfield Barroll, b. in Chestertown, Md., August 28, 1825, d. in Pittsburg, 1862, mar. Nannie Cookers, in Cumberland, Md., December 16, 1852. They had two sons, John and William Barroll, both of whom died in infancy. (III). Edward Johnson Barroll, b. in Chestertown, October 1827, d. in Baltimore, unmarried, June 1, 1860. (IV). Alexander Hands Barroll, b. in Hempstead, Long Is- land, December 22, 1834, d. in Sacramento, Cal., November 4, 1850. (V). Henry Ballard Barroll, b. in Hempstead, Long Island, January 19, 1837, mar. Adelia Eollinson in Brooklyn, L. I., December 14, 1864, and had five children : (1). Joseph Eollinson Barroll, b. in Brooklyn, Long Island, March, 1867, was mar. in Chicago, 111., December, 1890, to Kath- aryn Thorns, oldest daughter of John B. Thorns, who previously resided in Baltimore, he was the oldest son of Burton Thorns of Dundee, Scotland. They have three children: Joseph Rollinson Barroll, Jr. ; Eugenia Vassar Barroll ; Mar- jorie Burton Barroll. (2) William Hands Barroll, d. in infancy; (3) Mary Elizabeth Barroll, d. in infancy; (4) Lucy Barroll; (5) Henry Edward Barroll, mar. October 23, 1909, Ida Marie Hamilton Laird, of Auburn, N. Y. (VI). Franklin Hands Barroll, b. in Hempstead, Long Is- land, January 25, 18,39, d. in Portland, Oregon, September 17, 1890. He was captain of the 2d U. S. Infantry, in the regular army during the war, and resigned his commission August 8, 1866. He mar. Susan Denin in 1861, and they had the following children : WaSIUNOTON COLLEGE /- at- iS&* . 1 1111 1 II | 1 1 ■ ■ ' " f ■_ ,1.1 M. 1 I 1 " ■ i ■ 1111 ill 1 I 1111 1 t&l i i ;■ i IJLilLl —~ - &C ORIGINAL BUILDING ERECTED IN 1783. DESTROYED BY FIRE, 1827 N SB & 1784. Wafhi'ngton College Lottery. State of Maryland N ° . g=^== ^= g er to fuch Prize as may be THIS Ticket entitles the Bear drawn againft its Number, if demanded in Nine Months after the drawin^^rtnUhcd, /ujtfft U> a deduction of^fift perCent. jfy/js,< QV/flttj/.M/ No BARROLL IN GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA 91 (1). Frances Mabel Barroll, b. February 14, 1863, in Alex- andria, Va., mar. Charles Henry Korell, March 13, 1883. They have the following children, all b. in Portland, Oregon. (a). Dagman Marie, (b) Laura Frances, (c) Franklin Freder- ick, (d) Mabel Henriette, (e) Walter Henry. (VII). Sarah Eebecca Barroll, b. in Jamaica, L. I., Novem- ber 13, 1840, mar. Judson Hendren in Norfolk, Va., October 11, 1860. Mr. Hendren d. September 3, 1865. She d. in Boston, Mass., May 19, 1909. (VIII). Clarence Mackubbin Barroll, b. in Jamaica, L. I., June 22, 1834, d. January 9, 1845, in Jamaica. Richard Barroll (10). Richard Barroll, the second son of Rev. William Bar- roll, as stated above, b. January 17, 1774, and was therefore only four years of age at the time of his father's death. His mother, after the death of her husband, moved to Chestertown, Md., where there was an excellent school then conducted by Rev. William Smith, D. D., who, in 1782, founded Washington College, There she educated each of her sons, and Richard Barroll grad- uated from the college in 1794. He read law under his elder brother, William Barroll; and the records of the Kent County Court show that he was admitted to the bar, March 19, 1798. He became Register of Wills of Kent County, December 16, 1799, and held this office until his death, which occured about July, 1820, as letters on his estate were committed to his nephew, James E. Barroll, on July 19 of that year. He, like his brother William, was a vestryman of both Chester and I. U. parishes. Richard Barroll married Hester Catholina, who died as ap- pears from her tombstone, May 15, 1814, aged 29 years. She was buried in I. U. churchyard as was also her husband. They were married probably in 1801, as on June 17 of that year he purchased of Robert Wright the residence on northwest corner of Front and Fish Streets (now Maple Avenue), at pres- ent occupied by William J. Vannort. Here is where he lived and died. The three children of Richard Barroll and Hester Catholina, his wife, were Anna M. ; Elizabeth, who died young ; and Mary C. One daughter, Anna M. Barroll, married Bishop Payne, of Petersburg, Va. A beautiful tribute was paid to her by 92 BARROLL IN GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA Eev. Peregrine Wroth, rector of the Church of the Messiah, Baltimore, in an address which he delivered as late as May 17, 1906, at Emmanuel Church, Chestertown, on the occasion of its annual meeting, to the Women's Auxiliary of the Diocese of Easton. 68 ' ' He spoke of Chestertown, where the first convention of the church was ever held, as the holy ground of their old church and referred feelingly to Anna Barroll, one of Chestertown's own people, afterwards wife of Bishop Payne, who in the early missionary days went with him to Africa, and laid down her life at Cape Liberia, for the benighted negro." The other daughter, Mary C. Barroll, married Edward John- son. Mrs. Sarah Barroll Hendren in a letter dated 1897, says : " I do not know if you know anything of your grandfather's uncle, Eichard Barroll. I do not know whom he married, but he had two daughters Anna, who married Bishop Payne of Africa ; and Mary, who married my mother 's brother, Edward Johnson. They had three daughters, Anna, Elizabeth and Mary. Mary is still living and is a ' Sister of St. Mary's.' She lives in the South, the others died after they were grown. Bishop Payne's wife had no children. ' ' (10). James Barroll, third son of Rev. William Barroll and Ann Williamson, after graduating at Washington College went to Baltimore, and during his life was a highly respected citizen, and successful merchant of that city. At first he engaged in business with Benj. Eicaud as partner. Mr. Eicaud named for him one of his sons, James Barroll Eicaud, who afterwards was elected to Congress, and in 1864, became judge of the Seventh Judicial Circuit, comprising Kent, Queen Anne, Caroline and Talbot counties. James Barroll, was a Mason, and the following is a transcript of the records of the lodge he joined: " Baltimore, Maryland, Masonic Temple, January 18, 1908. Cassia Lodge No. 45. James Barroll, of Baltimore, was entered February 12, 1811. Passed February 26 and raised March 24 of that year. He applied for initiation at the second communication of the lodge, 08 Easton Churchman, July, 1906. CROCKETT ARMS JANE DONNELLAX, WIFE OF BENJAMIN' CROCKETT w I 1 r -CN e-> A GLIMPSE OF THE RIVER WYE NEAR BYFORD MAIX STREET, HEREFORD " : 5 1 ■ * C>x g 1 5, ' BARROLL STREET, HEREFORD, ENGLAND BAEEOLL IN GKEAT BEITAIST AND AMEEICA 93 viz., January 25, and was therefore one of the earliest initiates. All of this was while the lodge was working under dispensation, as the charter was not granted until May 5, 1811. James W. Jamison, Secy." He was one of the organizers and original directors of the Merchants Bank of Baltimore, serving in the directorate from July 1, 1835, until March 3, 1842. He was succeeded by his son, James W. Barroll, who was elected a director May 3, 1842. In the erection of Washington's monument in Baltimore, he took a leading and active interest. It will be remembered the funds to erect this monument were raised by means of a lottery created by an act of the Maryland Legislature. On page 96 is a copy of one of the original tickets issued by the lottery com- pany and signed by James Barroll, whose name is among those in the corner stone of the monument. When the British attacked Baltimore in the War of 1812, James Barroll was cornet, or 4th officer, of the First Baltimore Hussars, which formed a part of the Fifth Eegiment of the Maryland Cavalry Militia. He participated in the Battle of North Point, on September 12, 1814. His business associate, Benjamin Ricaud, was a private in the Hussars and was present with him in the battle. James Barroll married Mary Ann Crockett, b. September 10, 1789, d. January 12, 1868. She was baptized October 5, 1791, and married James Barroll, December 15, 1812. She was a daughter of Benjamin Crockett, and his wife, Jane Donnellan, who were married March 6, 1785. Benjamin Crockett d. April 22, 1792. Jane Donnellan was a daughter of Thomas Donnellan, who was born in 1726, and was one of those appointed by Congress in 1777, to sign the " Bills of Credit." OT A copy of one of these notes is inserted herein. Jane Donellan was b. in 1762 ; d. August 14, 1827. St. Paul 's Church records show that she was confirmed May 24, 1812, by Bishop Thomas John Claggett, first bishop of Maryland. Her monument is in St. Paul's churchyard, Balti- more, to the left of the entrance gate. Thomas Donnellan at the time of his death had been a resident of Baltimore more than ** Scharf s Baltimore, page 155. 94 BABEOLL IN GEE AT BBITAIN AND AMEBIC A 40 years. He died September 11, 1810, in the 84th year of his age. He had a daughter, Mary Anne Donnellan, mar. Amos Loney and left many descendants, the eldest living one is Mr. William A. Loney, formerly of Baltimore, now a resident of the state of New York. Mr. Loney has three daughters married, respectively to Mr. Frederick Eoosevelt and the late Mr. Bruce Brown, both of New York City, the youngest daughter, by a second marriage, married Henry Abbot, of Boston, Mass. The following notice of his death appears in the Federal Gazette of September 14, 1810. " Died on Tuesday morning in the 84th year of his age, Mr. Thomas Donnellan. This worthy gentleman has been an inhab- itant of Baltimore more than forty years, and during that time maintained, by his distinguished integrity and active industry, a most exemplary character, and was universally respected by his fellow citizens. He was not exempt from many painful vicissitudes of fortune, which ' flesh is heir to,' while sojourning in this vale of sorrow ; yet these he met with all the fortitude of a Christian, placing a firm reliance on the promise of his God. ' ' The children of James Babeoll and Maey Ann Ceockett were as follows : (11). (I). James W. Barroll, b. August 27, 1813, d. August 22, 1887, and buried in the Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore. (II). Edward Barroll, b. August 21, 1814, d. September 28, 1814. (III). Jane Barroll, b. July 12, 1815, d. unmarried, May 5, 1887. (IV). Edward Barroll, b. September 6, 1816, d. September 9, 1854. (V). Mary Ann Barroll, b. October 19, 1817, d. November 16, 1844. (VI). Benjamin Crockett Barroll, b. June 16, 1819, d. April 5, 1908. (VII). Elizabeth Hands BarroU, b. October 16, 1820, d. Feb- ruary 28, 1899. (VIII). William Barroll, b. February 7, 1822, d. unmarried. (IX). Eichard Barroll, b. August 11, 1823. (X). Charles Barroll, b. September 28, 1825, d. May 7, 1905. (XI). Henry Barroll, b. July 10, 1827, d. January 18, 1865, unmarried. MARY, DAUGHTER OF THOMAS DONNELLAN, WIFE OF AMOS LOXEY TVvill. .'£> [O fmte SESEEi EIGHT epOZZ^m THIS Bill entitles the Bc&rcr to reeorve EICHT Sfxanifh m'M DOLLARS, or tbe Value thereof