Who were the Nuns?

A Prosopographical study of the English Convents in exile 1600-1800

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Mary Brent , in religion Mary Margaret of the Angels.
Born: 1731 in Charles Cty, Maryland.
Died: 13 Oct 1784 in Antwerp, aged 53.

father: Robert Brent gent of Stafford County, Virginia
mother: Mary Wharton of Maryland

Carmelites, Antwerp choir nun.
She was clothed 12 Mar 1750.

She professed 10 Oct 1752, aged 20.

Sacristan
Infirmarian
Prioress 1779 - 1784

She was the kinswoman of Elisabeth Carbery.

Sources: Hardman: 106-7; Antwerp pb; Hallett, Lives: 133-4; The Carmelite Adventure: 10-13.

Notes:

She intended to found the Maryland convent but died before it was safe for the nuns to travel to America.

Father also associated with Brentfield, Charles Cty, Maryland