Patriot and Philanthropist. Daniel Carroll of Duddington was a patriot, landowner and Washington's first bank president, who sacrificed much of his property to the Government to provide the site of the United States Capital and other Federal buildings. A 1791 map identifies many of the properties deeded to the District of Columbia by Daniel Carroll of Duddington. Daniel Carroll was a first cousin of of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, patriot and signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Daniel Carroll of Duddington was the son of Charles Carroll of Duddington II (1729-1771) and Mary Hill (1729-1807).
OBITUARY:
The departure of a patriarch like DANIEL CARROLL, of Duddington, from a community in which he deservedly occupied so elevated a position and enjoyed so much sincere respect and esteem for more than half a century, is an event of no ordinary occurrence, and the hand of friendship cannot forbear from hanging, with diffidence, a modest garland upon his tomb.
Among the original proprietors of the territory on which this city now stands, none enjoyed more of the confidence and esteem of its founder, George Washington, than Daniel Carroll, of Duddington. He corresponded with the designs of Washington, and was among the foremost in all the early undertakings of enterprise, both for the public and private improvements, in and surrounding the city, and therefore entitled to the gratitude of the present and future generations of its inhabitants. He made every exertion for the accommodation of the first Congress in Washington, by the erection of numerous buildings. He was an indulgent landlord, and always generously favored the widow and other needy tenants, yielding thousands of dollars rather than distress them for his rents. He was a friend to the poor, and dispensed much private charity from his once abundant stores; but, alas, the mutability of fortune deprived him of late years of the means of giving to the poor, a privation peculiarly painful to his benevolent heart. The infirmities of age and disease had deprived him of the ability to leave his own mansion for a considerable period of time; but notwithstanding his personal sufferings and reverses of fortune, no Christian has ever visited him who has not been confirmed in the sentiment that he had indeed been in the company of a gentleman deeply imbued with the sterling principles of moral and intellectual worth and chivalry of the olden times. Even those who approached on stern errands of business, lef him overpowered with feelings of the most profound veneration for the integrity of purpose, high sense of honor, and generous bearing of the honest patriarch in adversity, enlivening his intercourse with a cheerful grace peculiar to himself; and they have dropped the warm tear of friendship on leaving the threshold of his venerable mansion. These considerations will embalm his memory in the hearts of his friends and fellow citizens; while his probity, his charity, the purity of his moral character, and the sincerity of his faith and zeal in his religious duties and practices, we trust, have been a sure passport to that eternal mansion of bliss, where suffering will be turned into joy, and where the uncertainties of earthly possessions will be exchanged for treasures and possessions of boundless extent and never-ending duration, the realization of which has alone occupied his mind in the long hours of his meditations, and been the constant desire of his heart for many lingering years gone by.
He died as a Christian and a parent should die, blessed with the full vigor of his intellectual faculties, and with every consolation and comfort which religion could impart, and surrounded by the most tender and endearing filial piety and affection, whose future protection, care, and happiness could be the only solicitude of his paternal heart in taking its departure from this world.
Thus departed the spirit of Daniel Carroll, of Duddington, in peace with all mankind, and returning in calmness and in joy to God who gave it. -- Nat. Intel.
Daniel Carroll of Duddington was the son of Charles Carroll of Duddington II (1729-1771) and Mary Hill (1729-1807).
OBITUARY:
The departure of a patriarch like DANIEL CARROLL, of Duddington, from a community in which he deservedly occupied so elevated a position and enjoyed so much sincere respect and esteem for more than half a century, is an event of no ordinary occurrence, and the hand of friendship cannot forbear from hanging, with diffidence, a modest garland upon his tomb.
Among the original proprietors of the territory on which this city now stands, none enjoyed more of the confidence and esteem of its founder, George Washington, than Daniel Carroll, of Duddington. He corresponded with the designs of Washington, and was among the foremost in all the early undertakings of enterprise, both for the public and private improvements, in and surrounding the city, and therefore entitled to the gratitude of the present and future generations of its inhabitants. He made every exertion for the accommodation of the first Congress in Washington, by the erection of numerous buildings. He was an indulgent landlord, and always generously favored the widow and other needy tenants, yielding thousands of dollars rather than distress them for his rents. He was a friend to the poor, and dispensed much private charity from his once abundant stores; but, alas, the mutability of fortune deprived him of late years of the means of giving to the poor, a privation peculiarly painful to his benevolent heart. The infirmities of age and disease had deprived him of the ability to leave his own mansion for a considerable period of time; but notwithstanding his personal sufferings and reverses of fortune, no Christian has ever visited him who has not been confirmed in the sentiment that he had indeed been in the company of a gentleman deeply imbued with the sterling principles of moral and intellectual worth and chivalry of the olden times. Even those who approached on stern errands of business, lef him overpowered with feelings of the most profound veneration for the integrity of purpose, high sense of honor, and generous bearing of the honest patriarch in adversity, enlivening his intercourse with a cheerful grace peculiar to himself; and they have dropped the warm tear of friendship on leaving the threshold of his venerable mansion. These considerations will embalm his memory in the hearts of his friends and fellow citizens; while his probity, his charity, the purity of his moral character, and the sincerity of his faith and zeal in his religious duties and practices, we trust, have been a sure passport to that eternal mansion of bliss, where suffering will be turned into joy, and where the uncertainties of earthly possessions will be exchanged for treasures and possessions of boundless extent and never-ending duration, the realization of which has alone occupied his mind in the long hours of his meditations, and been the constant desire of his heart for many lingering years gone by.
He died as a Christian and a parent should die, blessed with the full vigor of his intellectual faculties, and with every consolation and comfort which religion could impart, and surrounded by the most tender and endearing filial piety and affection, whose future protection, care, and happiness could be the only solicitude of his paternal heart in taking its departure from this world.
Thus departed the spirit of Daniel Carroll, of Duddington, in peace with all mankind, and returning in calmness and in joy to God who gave it. -- Nat. Intel.
Patriot and Philanthropist. Daniel Carroll of Duddington was a patriot, landowner and Washington's first bank president, who sacrificed much of his property to the Government to provide the site of the United States Capital and other Federal buildings. A 1791 map identifies many of the properties deeded to the District of Columbia by Daniel Carroll of Duddington. Daniel Carroll was a first cousin of of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, patriot and signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Daniel Carroll of Duddington was the son of Charles Carroll of Duddington II (1729-1771) and Mary Hill (1729-1807).
OBITUARY:
The departure of a patriarch like DANIEL CARROLL, of Duddington, from a community in which he deservedly occupied so elevated a position and enjoyed so much sincere respect and esteem for more than half a century, is an event of no ordinary occurrence, and the hand of friendship cannot forbear from hanging, with diffidence, a modest garland upon his tomb.
Among the original proprietors of the territory on which this city now stands, none enjoyed more of the confidence and esteem of its founder, George Washington, than Daniel Carroll, of Duddington. He corresponded with the designs of Washington, and was among the foremost in all the early undertakings of enterprise, both for the public and private improvements, in and surrounding the city, and therefore entitled to the gratitude of the present and future generations of its inhabitants. He made every exertion for the accommodation of the first Congress in Washington, by the erection of numerous buildings. He was an indulgent landlord, and always generously favored the widow and other needy tenants, yielding thousands of dollars rather than distress them for his rents. He was a friend to the poor, and dispensed much private charity from his once abundant stores; but, alas, the mutability of fortune deprived him of late years of the means of giving to the poor, a privation peculiarly painful to his benevolent heart. The infirmities of age and disease had deprived him of the ability to leave his own mansion for a considerable period of time; but notwithstanding his personal sufferings and reverses of fortune, no Christian has ever visited him who has not been confirmed in the sentiment that he had indeed been in the company of a gentleman deeply imbued with the sterling principles of moral and intellectual worth and chivalry of the olden times. Even those who approached on stern errands of business, lef him overpowered with feelings of the most profound veneration for the integrity of purpose, high sense of honor, and generous bearing of the honest patriarch in adversity, enlivening his intercourse with a cheerful grace peculiar to himself; and they have dropped the warm tear of friendship on leaving the threshold of his venerable mansion. These considerations will embalm his memory in the hearts of his friends and fellow citizens; while his probity, his charity, the purity of his moral character, and the sincerity of his faith and zeal in his religious duties and practices, we trust, have been a sure passport to that eternal mansion of bliss, where suffering will be turned into joy, and where the uncertainties of earthly possessions will be exchanged for treasures and possessions of boundless extent and never-ending duration, the realization of which has alone occupied his mind in the long hours of his meditations, and been the constant desire of his heart for many lingering years gone by.
He died as a Christian and a parent should die, blessed with the full vigor of his intellectual faculties, and with every consolation and comfort which religion could impart, and surrounded by the most tender and endearing filial piety and affection, whose future protection, care, and happiness could be the only solicitude of his paternal heart in taking its departure from this world.
Thus departed the spirit of Daniel Carroll, of Duddington, in peace with all mankind, and returning in calmness and in joy to God who gave it. -- Nat. Intel.
Daniel Carroll of Duddington was the son of Charles Carroll of Duddington II (1729-1771) and Mary Hill (1729-1807).
OBITUARY:
The departure of a patriarch like DANIEL CARROLL, of Duddington, from a community in which he deservedly occupied so elevated a position and enjoyed so much sincere respect and esteem for more than half a century, is an event of no ordinary occurrence, and the hand of friendship cannot forbear from hanging, with diffidence, a modest garland upon his tomb.
Among the original proprietors of the territory on which this city now stands, none enjoyed more of the confidence and esteem of its founder, George Washington, than Daniel Carroll, of Duddington. He corresponded with the designs of Washington, and was among the foremost in all the early undertakings of enterprise, both for the public and private improvements, in and surrounding the city, and therefore entitled to the gratitude of the present and future generations of its inhabitants. He made every exertion for the accommodation of the first Congress in Washington, by the erection of numerous buildings. He was an indulgent landlord, and always generously favored the widow and other needy tenants, yielding thousands of dollars rather than distress them for his rents. He was a friend to the poor, and dispensed much private charity from his once abundant stores; but, alas, the mutability of fortune deprived him of late years of the means of giving to the poor, a privation peculiarly painful to his benevolent heart. The infirmities of age and disease had deprived him of the ability to leave his own mansion for a considerable period of time; but notwithstanding his personal sufferings and reverses of fortune, no Christian has ever visited him who has not been confirmed in the sentiment that he had indeed been in the company of a gentleman deeply imbued with the sterling principles of moral and intellectual worth and chivalry of the olden times. Even those who approached on stern errands of business, lef him overpowered with feelings of the most profound veneration for the integrity of purpose, high sense of honor, and generous bearing of the honest patriarch in adversity, enlivening his intercourse with a cheerful grace peculiar to himself; and they have dropped the warm tear of friendship on leaving the threshold of his venerable mansion. These considerations will embalm his memory in the hearts of his friends and fellow citizens; while his probity, his charity, the purity of his moral character, and the sincerity of his faith and zeal in his religious duties and practices, we trust, have been a sure passport to that eternal mansion of bliss, where suffering will be turned into joy, and where the uncertainties of earthly possessions will be exchanged for treasures and possessions of boundless extent and never-ending duration, the realization of which has alone occupied his mind in the long hours of his meditations, and been the constant desire of his heart for many lingering years gone by.
He died as a Christian and a parent should die, blessed with the full vigor of his intellectual faculties, and with every consolation and comfort which religion could impart, and surrounded by the most tender and endearing filial piety and affection, whose future protection, care, and happiness could be the only solicitude of his paternal heart in taking its departure from this world.
Thus departed the spirit of Daniel Carroll, of Duddington, in peace with all mankind, and returning in calmness and in joy to God who gave it. -- Nat. Intel.
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