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Eleanor Darnall Carroll (1703-1796), was a wealthy heiress in colonial Maryland. She was the wife of Daniel Carroll, a politician and wealthy planter. Their son Daniel Carroll became one of the Founding Fathers of the United States; their son John Carroll became the Archbishop of Baltimore and founder of Georgetown University .
- 1796
- Daniel Carroll
- heiress, mother
- 1703, The Woodyard, Prince George’s County, Maryland
Eleanor Darnall Carroll, ca. 1703-1796. Eleanor Darnall, about 1710. Eleanor Darnall was born about 1703, probably at the Woodyard, the Darnall home in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Her parents were Anne Digges and Henry Darnall II, both from prominent, landholding families. Her father held several governmental offices.
Discover life events, stories and photos about Elinor Carroll (1640–1711) of County of the Cross of Tipperary, Ireland.
- Female
- John Maccubbin, John Howard
Eleanor was born at "The Woodyard," in Prince George's County to Anne Digges Darnall (1685-ca. 1750) and Henry Darnall II (1682-1759). She was one of very few women in colonial America to attend school and was sent to Europe to complete her education. Around 1727, she married Daniel Carroll (1696-1751), a wealthy merchant, and Irish immigrant.
Eleanor Darnall Carroll, the mother of John Carroll, our founder, was one of the few women in colonial America to be given a formal education. For the Maryland Catholics, this meant convent schools in Flanders. Her influence clearly was vital throughout son John's entire life.
Mother of Henry Carroll, Daniel Carroll II, Eleanor (Carroll) Brent, Anne (Carroll) Brent, John Carroll, Mary (Carroll) Young and Elizabeth Carroll Died 3 Feb 1796 at about age 93 in Forest Glen, Montgomery, Maryland, United States
Henry Darnall II married twice. In 1702 he married Anne Digges, daughter of William Digges, born around 1685 in Prince George's County, Maryland. They had two children. Henry Darnall III, was born in 1702 in Prince Georges County, Maryland; Eleanor Darnall Carroll (1703-1796), married Daniel Carroll, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, in ...
