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TION: Anglican. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES:
Mr., 1783; Esq., 1791. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:
In accordance with conditions specified in the will
of his uncle Charles Carroll, Barrister (1723-
1783), James changed his surname to "Carroll" by
act of the Assembly, 1783. OCCUPATIONAL PRO-
FILE: planter; owned mills on his "Mt. Clare"
property in Baltimore County. PUBLIC CAREER.
LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Anne Arun-
del County, 1787-1788 (Laws to Expire 1); Sen-
ate, Western Shore, Term of 1786-1791: 1788
(elected on November 12, 1788 to fill vacancy;
qualified on November 20, 1788), 1789, 1790;
Lower House, Baltimore County, 1796, 1797
(speaker; resigned on November 13, 1797), 1798,
1799. OTHER STATE OFFICE: associate justice,
Third District Court, February 1792-May 1792
(resigned). LOCAL OFFICES: justice, Baltimore
County, 1795-at least 1800; St. Paul's Parish Ves-
try, Baltimore County, in office 1803-1813.
WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST
ELECTION: 1,289 acres in Anne Arundel County
and 1 lot in Annapolis (inherited from his father,
1787), plus rights to ca. 1,000 acres in Baltimore
County ("Mt. Clare," inherited from his uncle
subject to his aunt's life estate in the property).
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST
ELECTION AND DEATH: received the rights to a
large number of lots and buildings in Baltimore
City through his wife's inheritance as the only
child of her father, 1808. Also inherited ca. 400
acres in Baltimore City from his mother-in-law,
1822. Cleared his title to "Mt. Clare" and pa-
tented it in his own name, 1812. Shortly before his
death, Carroll made agreements to sell his Anne
Arundel County land. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED
on January 27, 1832, probably at "Mt. Clare,"
Baltimore County. PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV,
$10,569.41 current money (including 19 slaves);
FB, $3,660.24 current money. LAND: ca. 1,400
acres in Baltimore County and Baltimore City,
including city lots leased out to others.
CARROLL, NICHOLAS (MACCUBBIN)
(1750/51-1812). BORN: on March 1, 1750/51, in
St. Anne's Parish, Anne Arundel County; eldest
son. NATIVE: at least fourth generation. RESIDED:
at the "Carroll Mansion," on Green Street in An-
napolis. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: Nicholas
Maccubbin (1709-1787), of Annapolis, merchant;
son of Zachariah Maccubbin and wife Susanna
Nicholson. MOTHER: Mary Clare, daughter of
Charles Carroll (1691-1755). UNCLE: Charles Car-
roll, Barrister (1723-1783). BROTHERS: John
Henry (1754-?); Charles (1756-?), who married
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Sarah Allen; James (Maccubbin) Carroll (1761-
1832); and Samuel (1763-by 1784). SISTERS: Mary
Clare (1749-1806), who married John Brice
(1738-1820); Susanna (1757-?), who married
Nicholas Lingan. MARRIED on October 30, 1783,
Ann (?-by 1839), daughter of Thomas Jennings
(ca. 1736-1796) and wife Julianna. Her brothers
were Thomas; George; William; John; Daniel;
Horner; and Horatio. Her sisters were Julianna
(ca. 1764-1837), who married James Brice (1746-
1801); Elizabeth. CHILDREN. SONS: Nicholas;
Thomas H. (1796-1849); and John H. (?-1856),
who married Matilda E. Hollingsworth. DAUGH-
TERS: Mary Clare, who married Robert Traill
Spence; Ann, who married William Temple
Thomson Mason. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION:
literate. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican, St.
Anne's Parish, Anne Arundel County. SOCIAL
STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Esq., 1784. ADDITIONAL
COMMENTS: in accordance with conditions speci-
fied in the will of his uncle Charles Carroll, Barris-
ter (1723-1783), Nicholas changed his surname to
"Carroll" by an act of the Assembly, 1783. OCCU-
PATIONAL PROFILE: planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEG-
ISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower House, Anne Arundel
County, 1778 (elected to the 3rd session of the
1777-1778 Assembly to fill vacancy), 1778-1779
(Grievances 1; Claims 2; Tax Commissioners 3),
1779-1780 (Laws to Expire 2, 3), 1780-1781,
1783, 1784 (Grievances), 1785 (Grievances).
OTHER STATE OFFICES: Constitution Ratification
Convention, Annapolis, 1788; associate justice,
Third District Court, appointed 1791. LOCAL OF-
FICES: common councilman, Annapolis, 1780-at
least 1781; justice, Anne Arundel County, 1779-
1780 ("will not continue" ); alderman, Annapolis,
1783-1784, 1786-1789, 1792-1801; mayor, An-
napolis, 1784-1785, 1790-1791; visitor, St. John's
College, Annapolis, in office 1790. WEALTH DUR-
ING LIFETIME. PERSONAL PROPERTY: Anne Arun-
del County property valued at £1,296.0.0, includ-
ing 20 slaves, 1783. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION:
none in his own name, but probably managed 930
acres in Anne Arundel County belonging to his
father. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BE-
TWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: by his will
in 1783 Charles Carroll, Barrister (1723-1783)
made Nicholas heir to all his property (except
about 1,000 acres in Baltimore County), totaling
4,370 acres in Anne Arundel and Baltimore
counties, plus 6.5 lots in Annapolis, 2 lots in Elk
Ridge, Anne Arundel County, and a share of the
land belonging to the Baltimore Ironworks Com-
pany. Most of the property was subject to his
aunt's dower rights. In 1787 his father devised him
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