Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Robert Brent (born, circa 1763-died, 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 in Woodstock, Stafford County, Virginia. His mother was Ann Carroll, the sister of Bishop John Carroll, the first bishop appointed for the U.S. His father was a contractor and quarry owner. In 1789 Brent married Mary Young - the daughter of Notley Young, a plantation owner in Prince George's County, Maryland, and moved onto his new father-in-law's property. A few years later, Young's property was among those annexed by the Federal government for the new national capital, making Brent one of the first residents of the newly created Washington City. He soon took over his father's businesses, selling sandstone to the U.S. government for the White House, U.S. Capitol, and other early construction projects in the District of Columbia and thereby becoming one of the capital's most prominent merchants.