Barroll, William

Barroll, William a missionary of the Church of England, was a native of Wales. He was.licensed to preach by the bishop of London, and immediately on his arrival in Maryland succeeded his uncle, the Rev. Hugh Jones, in the rectorship of North Sassafras Parish, Cecil Co. When the livings were taken awav from the clergy in Maryland in 1776, he removed to Elkton, Md., and taught school for the support of his family. He died in North Sassafras Parish in 1778, aged about forty years. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, v, 12.