Robert Alexander (c. 1740 – 1805) was an American planter, lawyer, and Tory political leader during the American Revolution. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress for…
William Hindman (April 1, 1743{spaced ndash}January 19, 1822) was an American lawyer and statesman from Talbot County, Maryland. He represented Maryland in the Continental Congress, and in the…
Thomas Stone (1743 – October 5, 1787) was an American planter who signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a delegate for Maryland. He later worked on…
William Carmichael (c. 1739–1795) was an American statesman and diplomat from Maryland during and after the Revolutionary War. He participated in Benjamin Franklin’s mission to Paris in 1776-8,…
John Eager Howard (June 4, 1752{spaced ndash}October 12, 1827) was an American soldier and politician from Maryland. He was elected as governor of the state in 1789, and…
Matthew Tilghman (February 17, 1718 – May 4, 1790) was an American planter and Revolutionary leader from Maryland, who served as a delegate to the Continental Congress from…
Charles Carroll (March 22, 1723 – March 23, 1783) was an American lawyer and statesman from Annapolis, Maryland. He was the builder of the Baltimore Colonial home Mount…
Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer (1723 – November 16, 1790) was a politician and a Founding Father of the United States. Born long before conflicts with Great…
Turbutt Wright (February 5, 1741– 1783) was an American planter and political leader from Queen Anne’s County, Maryland. He was a delegate for Maryland in the Continental Congress…
The Carroll family were descendants of the Ó Cearbhaill lords of Éile (Lords of Ely) in King’s County (now County Offaly). Carroll’s grandfather was the Irish-born Charles Carroll…