The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-09-07

The .Iesuits that caused the reverend
gentleman 5" much iUsf'iy ""r" 'h"sn IN
charge Of the Jesuit school, at whl: - yet
called Bohemia, IA SLsSair:Is Neck. Thus
school MAS established III IT,. i.r. iunin;: If
the eighteenth century, and frr some :!Iue
WAS the only place where the Catholic youth
of the province could be educated. This
school, which was the germ that produced
the Jesuit college at Georgetown, in the
District of Columbia, long since ceased to
exist, and the building. in which it was
kept, WAS pulled down, and the mat eriai Of
which it was composed used in the con
st;uctiuu Of another building. Archbishop
Carroll, the founder of Georgetown Col
lcge, aud his cousin, Charles Carroll. of
Carrollton, the siguer of the Declaration Of
Independence, received the rudimeuts of
their education at this academy previous 10
the year l153, at which time they went to
st. OmeT's, in France, to finish their educa-
ton The school at that time was proba-
bly, in charge Of the Rev. Father Lewis.
II was afterwards in charge OF Rev. Father
Morris. Archbishop Carroll took great
interest in the church at this place, and
after he became archbishop, was in the
habit of visiting it frequently.
The petition book for the year ,:il, which
is yet cxian, among the records OF the
county, contains a petition from Hugh
Jones to the court, which IS also charac-
teristic Of the man, ard shows the state Of
society at that time. The petition Of
Hugh Jones, clerk. humbly shewclh that,
Whereas, the road now running by your
petitioner $ door was formerly moved that
way, before the minister's house built,
for the convenience Of the marsh planta-
tion the marsh plantation WAS probably
the free school land on the Bohemia. east
of Scoichinans creek which very much
iucommodcs the settlement at the glehe by
rendering the hahi;atiOn of tie incumbent
public, which ought TO be private and re-
tired, and turns the pasture into common,
and exposes your petitioner and his family
to the troublesome company and insults of
many drunken, swearing fellows, and makes
unsafe in our beds, and gives opportun-
ty for thieyish negroes and ordinary peo-
/ pie, who continually pass that way. 10 cor
rupt and hinder our servants, and to pilfer
any thing that is left out at night-nay
even to break open doors that are locked,
As have already found by experience"
Therefore he prayed that the road might
be moved TO its former track, at some dis
lance from the house, which was granted.
! In l1i3 the taxables in this parish had
increased to l,343. The next year the
northern part OF the parish, including all
| of it between Elk river and Little Bohe-
mia, was erected into new parish, under
the name of Augustine. In l155 there
was much fear Of a Popish plot, in the in
/ terest of the Stewards, and the manuscript
history of Mr.. Allen contains a letter from
/ David Wetherspoon to Major John Neazey,
/ then commanding officer of the county,
calling his attention to the French and
/ Irish Papists, and begging him to bestir
| himself in behalf of the rights and lber-
tie, OF the people and the interests of the
| Protestant religion. Mr.. Jones, this year,
/ preached sermon, called a protest against
/ Popery, which was published in the Mary
land Gd,stte at Annapolis. Mr.. Jones seems
| to have been 4 firm friend of Lord Balti-
more, and was accused by Vim. PENIS
lawyers OF inducing him TO refuse to carry
out the agreement for the settlement of the
boundary for the reason, rs they alleged,
/ that he feared it would lessen the extent OF
his parish. Under Mr.. Jones' rectorship
. The ,turish rnarbai rha i,f,,iaSf 1ayra. If
| prosperity that it ever attained as an Epis
| copal parish.
I In 100 Mr.. Jones bought $50 acres of
! land in Middle Neck from Matthias aud
/ Henry Van Bibber, for which he paid ESQ,
/ from which we infer that he had found
| time TO acquire some OF this worlds goods.
/ The record of his deed shows that it was
written upon stamped paper, the duty upon
which had been paid. He died Sept. S,h,
/ 1850, at the great age Of ninety years. His
will is recorded in this county, and from it
we learn that lie left his beloved godson,
1 Edward Prycc Wilmer, his lot No. li4) in
| Charlestown, one silver half pint can. one
| silver soup spoon, and four hunting pic
/ lures then hanging i'll his parlor. The
residue of his estate h. left 10 his nephew.
Rev. VIM. Barroll. HIS remains are iu-
/ TERED 1t st. Stephens and , marble slab
/ erected To his memory by his nephew. VIM.
Barloll, marks the site of his grave.
! Mr.. Jones had resigned the rectorship of
st. Stephens before his death; at least it
| is stated in his will that his nephew, VIM.
D L., -,
/ VIM. Barrol was native of Wales, or of
/ HEREFORD, on its borders. He was ordained
/ by the bishop of London for Maryland,
! March 18th. 1860, and came To Mary land
shortly afterwards This year the small
| pox prevailed in the vicinity OF the church
| to such an extent that the vestry feared to
meet on Easter Monday To transact the
usual business of filling vacancies, choos-
! ing church wariens, etc. This disease APP
| pears to have been very prevalent about
/ this time, and the records of the county
/ show that in many cases allowances were
made to people who had nursed poor per
sons who afflicted with il. The rec
tor aud vestrymeu of North Sassafras
/ therefore petition the General Assembly to
/ confirm the action they took at subse-
/ quent meeting.
Mr.. Barroll continued to be rector of
| North Sassafras until l777, in which year
a law passed requiring all persons
holding any office Of trust or profit should
rcuounce their allegiance TO the King of
Great Britain. and be true aud faithful to
the State OF Maryland This Mr.. Barroll
refused to do, IN consequence of which lie
lost his rectorship. He removed to the
| Head of Elk, where he taught school in
the old academy till the time of his death,
which occurred in IFS. Mr.. Barroll was
the grandfather Of the late James T.. Bar
roll, of Holly Hall, near EIkton.
In 1873, the connection of the province
with the mother country having been sew
cred, change was made in the method of
| appointing rectors, by which the several
parishes were authorized TO elect vestors,
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