A short overview of the Carroll family of Maryland, America's Catholic Founders

Here's a link to the Catholic Education Resource Center's nice little overview of the three most prominent members of the Carroll family of Maryland who were active in the founding of the country -- Charles Carroll and his cousins, the brothers Daniel and John Carroll.  Both Charles and Daniel were important political actors in during the Revolution and in the early Republic.  John would choose an ecclesiastical vocation and would eventually become the first Catholic bishop in the United States.

The article includes a very helpful reminder to those of us interested in the Founding Period -- namely that in all of our interest in the "top-tier" Founders, the work of American liberty was the product of the work of many hands.