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We’ve included here a brief history of Forest Glen, MD.

A Brief History of Forest Glen, Maryland

In the early days of colonization of Maryland,  what is now Forest Glen was part of a 1689 royal  manor grant to Col. William Joseph.  The area was then known as Joseph's Park,  although Joseph himself returned to England  that year. Shortly thereafter, the land was  sold to Maj. John Bradford. 

In the mid-1700's, the property was acquired  by Daniel Carroll. His widow, Eleanor, moved to the  property in 1751.  She had two sons who would figure  prominently in the  early days of the Republic:  John and Daniel II.  The sons  moved to the Forest Glen  area in about 1774.  Daniel II was later a signer of the Articles of Confederation  and the  Constitution. He was also a surveyor and a  commissioner of the Federal District.  His brother John became the  first Catholic archbishop in America.  

Daniel's brother-in-law, Robert Brent,  inherited the Highlands portion of  Joseph's Park and Edgewood tobacco plantation.  He was a slave-holder, although there were probably  never more than a few slaves on the property.  Robert Brent was also the first mayor of  the District of Columbia. During the Brent years,  the Highlands estate and Edgewood were favorite  haunts of Jefferson,Madison, Clay, and  others. Francis Blair, the discoverer of  the "silver spring" for which Silver Spring,  Maryland is named, also visited there.  Brent died in 1855 and is buried in  Forest Glen (at St. Johns Church).  In 1863, Alfred Ray bought the Highlands.  Although he was a Confederate sympathizer,  he held no slaves. However,  the Highlands was one of the stops  for Jubal Early's invading Confederates  when they threatened Washington City  from the north. After the war,  Alfred Ray operated the Highlands as a model  farm, employing the latest advances  in agricultural management.  The Forest Glen property that was bought  by Seymour Tullock and the Forest Glen  Improvement Company in 1887 was part  of the Highlands estate. The MormonTemple north of the Beltway is  also built on parts of the Highlands.