said to consist of one hundred thirty-five and one-half acres of
Cole's Harbour which lay to the east of the Jones Falls plus a
waterfront portion of Mountney's Neck, which was estimated at one
hundred sixty-four and one-half acres. The deed to Hurst carved
his parcel by metes and bounds out of Cole's Harbour and
Mountney's Neck without reference to Bold Venture.

In June of 1701 James Todd transferred the residue of Todd's
Range, Mountney's Neck and all of Bold Venture to Charles Carroll.
Since the Hurst claim was prior in time and more explicit, Carroll
presumably had no rights in the fast land portions of Bold Venture
waterfront; Carroll's Bold Venture rights if any were in the
submerged portion.25

This division, which laid the groundwork for the subsequent
parceling out of eighteenth century Baltimore, is depicted in
Figure 3. Carroll's potion of Todd's Range was destined to become
the location of Baltimore Town and the Hurst tract to become the
site of Jones Town (commonly called Old Town).

VI. Charles Carroll the Settler

Charles Carroll, an Irish Catholic gentleman, had come to
Maryland in 1688 to serve as the proprietor's attorney general.
In 1689, soon after his arrival in Maryland, he lost his job and
political rights to the Protestant government. Thereafter he
devoted his considerable energies and ambitions to getting rich
as a land speculator. In these speculations he was probably aided

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