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The Vestry Book of Petsworth Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia, 1677-1793

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The Vestry Book of Petsworth Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia, 1677-1793

By: Churchill Gibson Chamberlayne

More than a half-century ago, C. G. Chamberlayne, under the sponsorship of the Virginia State Library, transcribed, edited, and indexed a number of original Virginia parish vestry books, four of which are reprinted here. While the dates of coverage and lengths of the volumes vary, they are nonetheless similar in terms of scope and content. Each volume contains the oldest known records pertaining to that parish, in most cases beginning only a few years following the parish's date of formation. Mr. Chamberlayne begins each vestry book with an Introduction that pieces together the formation of the parish and important milestones in its history from published and original sources. Facsimilies of pages from the original vestry books, maps, and photographs help to put each volume into greater context, moreover. Appended to the vestry books are brief lists of the various parish ministers, with an indication of their earliest date of service as found in the records. The transcriptions themselves, ranging from about 250 to more than 600 pages of text, relate to the following issues growing out of the business affairs of colonial parish vestries; namely, payments to persons for services rendered to the parish, oaths and lists of oath-takers, news of the arrival of ministers, the appointment of church wardens, issues related to indentured servants, lists of tithables, payment of salaries and other obligations, the formation of parish precincts with the names of the families apportioned therein, the warding of children, and so on. In each case, these four scarce collections of colonial church records establish the existence of thousands of Virginia inhabitants, each of whom is easily found in the index or indexes at the back of the book.

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The Vestry Book and Register of Bristol Parish, Virginia, 1720-1789

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The Vestry Book and Register of Bristol Parish, Virginia, 1720-1789

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Mr. Chamberlayne's transcription of "The Vestry Book and Register of Bristol Parish" contains the earliest extant records of the parish. Among other things, the volume includes the minutes of all vestry meetings from October 30, 1720 to April 18, 1789, except for the period October 28, 1722 through November 11, 1723, and a register of births and baptisms, and a few deaths, spanning the period 1720-1798. The vestry book occupies about 60 percent of the transcription. Since it was concerned primarily with church business, most of the entries pertain to payments for services, tithables, guardianship issues, and so forth. Nevertheless, the frequent lists of accounts payable, witnesses to petitions, and so forth have the decided value of placing many colonists in Bristol Parish at a particular moment in time. The parish register, on the other hand, is an unassailable genealogical treasure. The vast majority of the more than 3,000 entries constitute records of birth and baptism, and they unfailingly indicate the names of the child, names of parents, date of birth, and date of baptism. In all, the parish register bears reference to over 9,000 persons, all of whom may be found in the comprehensive index at the back of the volume.

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The Vestry Book of St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County, Virginia, 1706-1786

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The Vestry Book and Register Book of St. Peter's Parish, New Kent and James City Counties, Virginia 1706-1786.

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The Vestry Book and Register Book of St. Peter's Parish, New Kent and James City Counties, Virginia 1706-1786.

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By: Churchill Gibson Chamberlayne, Pub. 1937, Reprinted 2019, 866 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-870-6. Considering the fact that New Kent County is a "BURNED" county prior to 1865, makes this book one of only a few sources of information about this county during this colonial period. This BURNED county was formed from York County in 1654 and is the parent county of: Hanover, King William, and King & Queen counties. James City County was created in 1634 and was one of the eight original shires. It is considered the mother county of the state, and with in it lie the first church & parish. It is the the parent county in whole or part to: Charles City, New Kent, Surry, & York, counties. This county has sufferd great loss of records due to the Civil War. When the parishes were formed by the General Assembly of Virginia, the Vestries were assigned some of the civil administrative functions and all such civil functions were official in nature and the records of actions taken were recorded in the vestry books. Such records contained in the Vestry book contained among other things such things as: upkeep of bastard children; payment for the upkeep of the ferry; prosecution of fornicators; appointment of road work crews; apprentice young people to others in the parish for training in crafts or other livelihoods; providing clothing, food and shelter for the poor and elderly; burial of the dead and many, many other similar duties.

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0893088706

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The Vestry Book of St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County, Virginia, 1706-1786

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The Vestry Book and Register of Bristol Parish, Virginia, 1720-1789

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The Vestry Book of Stratton Major Parish, King and Queen County, Virginia, 1729-1783

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The Vestry Book of Stratton Major Parish, King and Queen County, Virginia, 1729-1783

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By: C.G. Chamberlayne, Pub. 1931, Reprinted 2021, 281 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-247-3. King & Queen county was created in 1691 from New Kent County, VA. In turn King & Queen county is the parent county in part and/or in whole to: Caroline, King William, and Spotsylvania. King & Queen county has suffered 2 major fires which have destroyed most of its records. With this said, any book covering this BURNED county should be considered must. In preparing this book the author expended great care in following the original book in every eccentricity of spelling and abbreviation and in all mistakes. The VESTRY BOOK itself contains the names of approximately 3,500 individuals either as Vestry members or as those who had been appointed to procession land of property owners; apprentice young people to other in the parish for training in crafts or livelihoods; binding out young slaves for training; clothing and feeding and general care and welfare of the poor in their midst.

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0893082473

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The Vestry Book of Blisland (Blissland) Parish, New Kent and James City Counties, Virginia, 1721-1786

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The Vestry Book of Blisland (Blissland) Parish, New Kent and James City Counties, Virginia, 1721-1786

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This is the story of the famous Tulpehocken settlement in Berks County, northwest of Philadelphia, which was spearheaded by John Conrad Weiser (1696-1760). Just as they had in New York, the Tulpehocken Palatines had to negotiate with the Proprietors of Pennsylvania and the indigenous population before they would be able to take control of their lands. The author discusses this in detail, while other chapters describe the Palatine style of settlement and their flourishing farms, efforts to construct the first churches and schools, Indian wars, and the founding of towns and cities, such as Wernersville, Sheridan, Myerstown, Lebanon and Rehrersburg. Special consideration is given to the lives and homesteads of the Palatine patriarchs Weiser, Daniel Steinmetz, Isaac Levan, John Caspar Stoever, Reverend Tobias Wagner, Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, and others.

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The Vestry Book of Petsworth Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia, 1677-1793

The Vestry Book of Petsworth Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia, 1677-1793

The Vestry Book and Register of Bristol Parish, Virginia, 1720-1789

The Vestry Book and Register of Bristol Parish, Virginia, 1720-1789

The Vestry Book of St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County, Virginia, 1706-1786

The Vestry Book of St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County, Virginia, 1706-1786

The Vestry Book and Register Book of St. Peter's Parish, New Kent and James City Counties, Virginia 1706-1786.

The Vestry Book and Register Book of St. Peter's Parish, New Kent and James City Counties, Virginia 1706-1786.

The Vestry Book of St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County, Virginia, 1706-1786

The Vestry Book of St. Paul's Parish, Hanover County, Virginia, 1706-1786

The Vestry Book and Register of Bristol Parish, Virginia, 1720-1789

The Vestry Book and Register of Bristol Parish, Virginia, 1720-1789

The Vestry Book of Stratton Major Parish, King and Queen County, Virginia, 1729-1783

The Vestry Book of Stratton Major Parish, King and Queen County, Virginia, 1729-1783

The Vestry Book of Blisland (Blissland) Parish, New Kent and James City Counties, Virginia, 1721-1786

The Vestry Book of Blisland (Blissland) Parish, New Kent and James City Counties, Virginia, 1721-1786

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