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Lloyd (ca. 1712-1770), Henrietta Maria Tilghman
(1707-1771), who married first, George Robins
(1697-1742), and second, William Goldsborough
(1709-1760), Henrietta Maria Lloyd (ca. 1711-
1748), who married Samuel Chamberlaine (1698-
1773), and Margaret Lloyd (1714-ca. 1785), who
married William Tilghman (1711-1782). Her
brothers were Matthew Ward (1743-1753); Lloyd
(1749-1811), who married his first cousin Hen-
rietta Maria (1763-1796), daughter of James
Tilghman (1716-1793); and Richard (1746/47-
1805). Her sister was Anna Maria (1755-1843),
who married her first cousin Tench Tilghman
(1744-1786), son of James Tilghman (1716-1793).
Her first cousins were Michael Earle(1722-1787);
Richard Tilghman Earle (1728/29-1788); Anna
Maria Earle, who married Thomas Ringgold
(1715-1772); Henrietta Maria Earle, who married
William Hemsley (1736/37-1812); Peregrine
Tilghman (ca. 1741-1807); James Tilghman
(1743-1809); Margaret Robins (1734-1808), who
married William Hayward (?-1791); Henrietta
Maria Robins (1736-1791), who married James
Lloyd Chamberlaine (1732-1783); Anna Maria
Robins (1732-1806), who married Henry Hollyday
(ca. 1725-1789); William Hemsley (1736/37-
1812); Richard Tilghman (1740-1809); Matthew
Tilghman (1760-ca. 1801); William Tilghman
(1756-1827); James Tilghman, Jr. (ca. 1748-1796);
James Lloyd Chamberlaine (1732-1783); Anne
Chamberlaine, who married Richard Tilghman
Earle (1728/29-1788), Samuel Chamberlaine
(1742-1811); Deborah Lloyd, who married Pere-
grine Tilghman (ca. 1741-1807); and Henrietta
Maria Lloyd (?-1822), who married William Hay-
ward, Jr. (ca. 1758-1834). CHILDREN. Twins who
died in infancy. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION:
attended the English school at Bairro Alto, Lis-
bon, Portugal, and Eton College; admitted to
Clare College, Cambridge University in January
1741/42; admitted to the Middle Temple in 1751
to study law. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican,
St. Anne's Parish, Annapolis; joined the congrega-
tion of St. Paul's Church, Baltimore County in
1769. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Esq.,
1755; interested in racehorses; maintained a bowl-
ing green. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS when in
Maryland, suffered from annual "fever and ague"
which modern historians have identified as ma-
laria. Traveled to Boston in 1762 to escape the
summer heat. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: business-
man; planter. Although Carroll was trained as a
lawyer and called himself "Barrister," he appar-
ently never practiced the profession. He was active
in the business of the Baltimore Ironworks Com-
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pany and his own business endeavors, which in-
cluded flour mills in Baltimore County that he
established in the late 1750s. He had considerable
rental property in addition to his own large work-
ing plantations in Baltimore County, and he main-
tained a warehouse and wharf on the dock at An-
napolis. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
Lower House, Anne Arundel County, 1756-1757
(elected to the 4th session to fill vacancy; Laws 4;
Grievances 4), 1757-1758 (Elections 1, Cv, 2;
Grievances 1, Cv, 2; Public Offices 1, Cv, 2),
1758-1761 (Elections Cv 1, 1, Cv 2, 2, 3, Cv 3;
Grievances Cv 1, 1, Cv 2, 2, 3, Cv 3; Public Of-
fices Cv 1, 1, Cv 2, 2, 3, Cv 3); Conventions, Anne
Arundel County, 1st, 1774, 2nd-3rd, 1774, 4th,
1775, 5th, 1775, 6th-8th, 1775-1776 (president,
7th), 9th, 1776 (Elections; resigned on August 27,
1776, because the opinions of his constituents con-
cerning the establishment of a state government
were "incompatible with good government and the
public peace and happiness." ); Senate, Western
Shore, Term of 1776-1781: 1777, 1777-1778,
1778-1779, 1779-1780, 1780-1781, Term of 1781-
1786: 1781-1782, 1782-1783 (died before the 2nd
session). OTHER STATE OFFICES: Councils of
Safety, Western Shore, 1st, 1775, 2nd, 1776, 3rd,
1776, 4th, 1776; judge, General Court, appointed
1777 (declined). LOCAL OFFICES: St. Anne's Parish
Vestry, Anne Arundel County, sworn 1762; St.
Paul's Parish Vestry, Baltimore County, 1779-
1782. OUT OF STATE SERVICES: delegate, Conti-
nental Congress, 1776-1777 (elected in November
1776). STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES: cred-
ited with framing Maryland's declaration of inde-
pendence adopted on July 3, 1776. WEALTH DUR-
ING LIFETIME. PERSONAL PROPERTY Charles
Carroll (1691-1755) valued his son's land, slaves,
and livestock at about £2,000.0.0 sterling, ca.
1751. Upon his father's death in 1755, Carroll in-
herited a one-fifth share in the Baltimore Iron-
works Company. This share was valued at
£10,000.0.0 sterling and yielded an annual income
of no less than £400.0.0 sterling in 1764. Personal
property in Anne Arundel and Baltimore counties
(not including "Mt. Clare" ) was valued at
£3,225.16.8, including 72 slaves and 50 oz. plate,
1783. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Supported Charles
Willson Peak's art studies in London, England, in
the 1760s with money and letters of advice and
introduction. Owned an extensive library; ordered
books and monthly book reviews to be sent from
London. Interested in horticulture and agronomy,
he maintained an orangery and ornamental garden
at "Mt. Clare." LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: at
least 19,000 acres in Anne Arundel, Baltimore,
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