Robert Brent (1764 – September 7 1819) was the first mayor of Washington D.C. the federal capital of the United States of America. Brent was born into a prominent Catholic family for which the Brent Society is named. The family lived in Woodstock which was then in Stafford County Virginia. His mother was Ann Carroll whose brother John Carroll was the first Catholic Bishop appointed for the United States. Brent’s father was a contractor and quarry owner.
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1763-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth place
Virginia, Stafford County Virginia, Woodstock_Stafford_County_Virginia
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