Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia

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Over one hundred years ago the Episcopal Bishop, William Meade, put together an important body of records which he incorporated into a now-famous two-volume work called Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia. (Knowledge of the history of the Episcopal Church of Virginia, it should be pointed out, is essential to the genealogist since, prior to civil registration, the Church was the only body authorized by statute to collect and preserve vital statistics. The early parish records, therefore, are indispensable for research in Virginia genealogy.)

Compiled from parish records and vestry records, from moldy official documents, family records, and tombstone inscriptions, and from records in Lambeth Palace, London, Meade's narrative focuses on the history of the early Virginia parishes and provides details concerning the origins of the parishes, the drawing of parish lines, and the lives of the ministers and selected church members. Each chapter of the work also contains family histories and extensive lists of vestrymen, communicants, justices, and prominent figures. An appendix of 100 pages contains several interesting historical documents as well as lists of ministers and vestrymen of St. Stephen's and Wicomico Parishes, Northumberland County, and additional family histories.

"This book remains an indispensable storehouse of information about the ecclesiastical history of Virginia during the Colonial period."--Dictionary of American Biography

"Bishop Meade's two volumes are fundamental to the study of the parishes of the Episcopal Church in Virginia and their clergy and are an important source of information about many of the leading families of the state...."--The Virginia Genealogist.

Each chapter covers a geographic area (county or cities), and includes details on its parishes, churches, ministers and prominent familes

Most of the articles have sprinkled through them extensive extracts and abstracts from colonial documents, including, in addition to the vestry books, such sources as court records, private letters and monumental inscriptions. Many of these records had not previously been published, and, although many have since been placed in print in more modern and comprehensive editions, there are undoubtedly records here, especially among the letters and inscriptions, which have not been published elsewhere and which have subsequently been lost or destroyed.

Most of the genealogical material is presented in long footnotes. Although this material is not documented according to modern standards, the author would often have obtained the information from family members born in the late eighteenth or early nineteenth centuries, who were in a position to provide reliable data on the more recent generations. These genealogies will provide solid clues for further research.

The parishes focused on are in Volume 1 are: Williamsburg, James City, Hanover, Alexandria, Henrico, Hampton, Elizabeth City, Charles City, Middlesex, Prince George, Essex, New Kent, Caroline County, Lynnhaven, Antrim, Camden, Raleigh, Westmoreland, King George, Fairfax County, Shenandoah, St. Anne's in Albemarle, St. George's in Spottsylvania, St. Mark's in Culpeper, and St. Thomas in Orange County.

The Berkley, Blair, Burwell, Carter, Fontaine, Grymes, Harrison, Jones, Lee, Meade, Moore, Nelson, Page, Randolph, Robinson, Smith, Spottswood, Taylor, and Yeardley families receive detailed coverage; in addition over 3,000 other surnames are included.

The parishes focused on are in Volume 2 are: Halifax, Pittsylvania, Henry, Campbell, Bedford, Amelia, Nottoway, Prince Edward, Cumberland, Buckingham, Fluvanna, Louisa, Albemarle, Amherst, Nelson, Botetourt, Rockbridge, , Spottsylvania, Culpepper, Orange, Northumberland, Lancaster, Westmoreland, Richmond, King George, Stafford, Prince William, Fauquier, Fairfax, , Shenandoah, Augusta, Rockingham,. Also includes current West Virginia counties of Greenbrier, Montgomery, Frederick, Berkeley, Hampshire, Brooke, and Kanawha; also cities of Wheeling, Clarksburg, Fairmont, Weston, and Buchanon.

CONTENTS OF VOL. I.

ARTICLE I.
Unfavourable circumstances of the Church from the first—Scarcity of ministers —Rev. Mr. Hunt's character—Want of a Bishop—Messrs. Whitefield, Davies, Jarrett—Causes of prejudice against the Church—Rev. Dr. Griffith chosen Bishop—Bishop Madison—General Convention of 1811 considered the Church of Virginia in danger of total ruin—Evil character of her clergy—The author's first recollections—Old chapel in Frederick—Rev. Mr. Balmaine—Rev. Mr. Thruston—Rev. Mr. Muhlenburg—Rev. Mr. Wiley—No family prayers at that day—Mr. Philip Nelson's family—Bishop Madison's visit to Frederick—Rev. Mr. Addison and the author—Character of the preaching in Virginia—Introduction of evangelical preaching—Bishop Porteus—Wilberforce—General Nelson and family—Author's ordination and previous correspondence with
Bishop Madison—Williamsburg—Author's ministry in Alexandria—Rev. Bryan Fairfax and General Washington—Rev. Bernard Page—Author's settlement in Frederick, and missionary labours in surrounding counties—Ordination to the priesthood by Bishop Claggett—Bishop Claggett's personal character..............................................  13

ARTICLE II.
My return to Frederick—Missionary labours—Mr. Balmaine—Bishop Madison's death—Convention of 1812—Rev. Mr. Low—Second Convention—Third— Bishop Moore's election—Convention of 1815—Code of laws revised—Names of the clergy who engaged in the work of reviving the Church—Theological Seminary—First at Williamsburg—General Seminary—Clerical associations —Conventions assume a religious character—Lay delegates required to be communicants—Tractarianism condemned—Use of the Liturgy and vestments in Virginia—Glebes and salaries withdrawn—President Madison's opinion and course of action—His mother—Low state of morals in the Church—The same in other denominations, North and South—Concluding remarks—The past and present—Means used for the revival of the Church—Death of Bishop Moore—Election of Bishop Johns.........................................................    36

ARTICLE III.
Parish of James City—The first settlement in Virginia—Missionary spirit of its founders in England—Sir Walter Raleigh—Peter Martyr—Richard Hak-luyt—Sir Philip Sydney—Rev. Robert Hunt—Captain Smith—Early trials— Wingfield—Sack used for the Communion—First church—Rev. Robert Anderson—Colonial churches—Conway Robinson's visit to England, and discovery of valuable documents—Piety of Captain Smith—Rev. Mr. Bucke— Sir Thomas Gates—Lord De la War—Missionary sermons in England—Rev. Mr. Crashaw—Second and third churches at Jamestown—The two Ferrars, John and Nicholas—Laudian tendencies—Rev. Mr Whittaker—Rev. George Herbert's interest in the colony...........................................................    62

ARTICLE IV.
Kindness to the natives still urged—Prayer to be used by the watch on guard —Sir Thomas Dale—New Bermuda and Henricopolis established—Mr. Whittaker's life and character—Rolph and Pocahontas—Places of her residence, baptism, and marriage—Visit to England—Death—Her descendants in Virginia.....................................................    78

ARTICLE V.
Reflections on the marriage of Rolph and Pocahontas—Rev. Mr. Fontaine's and Colonel Byrd's opinion—Burke's account of her descendants—John Randolph —Journal of a meeting of Burgesses in 1619, discovered by Mr. C. Robinson, of Richmond, while in London—Education in Virginia—College in Henrico —Liberal donations—Fifteen thousand acres of land on James River set apart for the College—Rev. Mr. Copland—Rev. Mr. Hargrave—Massacre of 1622— Proposed removal of all the colonists to the Eastern Shore—Entire change of feeling toward the Indians—Virginia ceases to be a missionary-field...........     81

ARTICLE VI.
Company sends over a number of virtuous young females to Virginia, King James as many convict men—First cargo of slaves from Africa—Reflections on the same in a note—The ministers deteriorate in character—Number of small parishes near Jamestown—Rev. Mr. Hampton—Rev. Mr. Gough— Bacon's rebellion—Colonel Mason and Captain Brent, of Stafford—Commissary Blair its minister—Rev. Mr. Le Neve—Rev. Mr. Berkeley—Rev. John Hyde Saunders—Bishop Madison—His reported infidelity untrue—Church on the main—The graveyard at Jamestown—The sacred vessels presented to that church.........................................................................   

ARTICLE VII.
Connection between the Amblers of Virginia and those of Yorkshire in England—Rev. George Ambler, of Wakefield, England—Connection of the Speaker, Shaw Lefevre—The Jaquelines of Huguenot descent—Edward Ambler, of Jamestown—Jaqueline Ambler, of Richmond—Their mother— Dr. Buchanon—Extracts from his sermon on the death of the Treasurer, Jaqueline Ambler—Jamestown as it now is—Recent visit to it—Most of the old town in the river—The old church, when built—The graveyard—Commissary Blair's tomb—Mrs. Blair's, The Ludwells', Lees', Jaquelines', Amblers', &c.—Size of the island, value, &c.—The Main Church—Vault under it 103

ARTICLE VIII.
Further proofs of the religious spirit of the enterprise from the instructions oi King James—The high character of its patrons in England—Bishop of Canterbury, &c.—Further remarks on the Code of Laws, "Martial, Moral, and Divine"—The times and modes of daily worship among the people and soldiers—Charge from the Chief-Marshal to his colonel—Troubles of the colony after Hunt's death ascribed to their want of a preacher, among other things —A fine passage, or God's providence over the colony—Letter to Edwin Sandis about the College................................................................... 116

ARTICLE IX.
Henrico parish—Dale's gift—Ferrar's Island—Dutch Gap—Remnants of Sir Thomas Dale's house and that of Rolph and Pocahontas still seen—Bermuda Hundred settled the same year—Whittaker—Rock Hall—Glebe—Letter of Rolph to Sir Thomas Dale about his marriage—Conway Robinson—Jefferson's Church—Journal of the Burgesses in 1619—An important document—Letter of the Earl of Essex to the Earl of Southampton.................................... 128

ARTICLE X.
The Indian character, by Mr. Whittaker—Rolph's return to Virginia, and second marriage—His brother's petition to the Assembly—Preparations for the College—Mr. Thorpe—One hundred young women ordered over to Virginia—William Randolph, and Bacon the rebel, early settlers in Henrico—Rev. Messrs. Wickam and Stockam ministers—Mr. Blair—Parish in 1724—Rev. Mr. Stith —Curls Church built by Richard Randolph—Sketch of the Randolphs— Rev. Miles Selden—St. John's Church, Richmond—Meeting of the Revolutionary Assembly in it—First vestrymen after the Revolution—Dr. Buchanon— Richmond during the war—Blair and Buchanon the only ministers—The House of Burgesses the only place of worship—Bishop Moore—The Rev. Mr. Hart—Case of the Glebe—Font from Curls Church—Rev. Mr. Lee—Messrs. Peet, Croes, Morrison, Kepler, Nichols, Woodbridge, Norwood, Jackson, Jones, Empie, Bolton, Duval, Walker, Webb, Cumnrings, Peterkin, Minegerode........ 184

ARTICLE XI.
Williamsburg, Bruton parish—First minister known to us, Rowland Jones—Sidesmen and vestrymen—First church—Present church—John Page—Autobiography of Governor Page and genealogy of the family—Rev. Messrs. Sclater and Eburne—Beginning of the contest between vestries and Governors-Rev. Messrs. Doyley and Whately—Andros—Nicholson—Commissary Blair— Spottswood—State of the question between the vestries and Governors—Induction—Though allowed, not enjoined, and seldom practised, at this day— Vestries prepared the way for the Revolution—The Convention of 1776 composed of vestrymen—A list of that Convention—Commissary Blair's character —Extracts from his sermons, showing what was the style of his preaching... 146

ARTICLE XII.
Mr. Blair, as Founder and President of the College—As one of the Council—His conflict with Andros—Their trial in London, before the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London—Triumph of Blair—Contest with Nicholson— His triumph—Nicholson and Miss Burwell—Many of the clergy against Blair—Governor Nott—Colonel Spottswood—The Commissary and himself soon disagree—Spottswood's high views of the Governor's power—Becomes unpopular—Blair and himself at open issue before the Convention—Journal of the Convention—Spottswood superseded by Drysdale—Character of the clergy of that day as set forth by Blair. Drysdale, the Rev. Mr. Forbes, and others—Rules proposed by which to decide when a minister was drunk— Governor Spottswood and family—Different accounts of it........................ 157

ARTICLE XIII.
Commissary Dawson—President Dawson—Brothers—Best ministers educated at the College—Case of discipline—Rev. Mr. Davies, Presbyterian minister, comes to Virginia—Rev. William Yates, President of the College—Rev. William Robinson, Commissary—Rev. Mr. Horrocks, President and Commissary—Question of having a Bishop discussed—Convention called—Negatived —Opinion of Bishop White and Dr. Hawks—President Nelson's letter to his friend in London—Rev. Mr. Camm, President and Commissary—Dismissed by the Visitors, and Mr. Madison chosen President—Revolution coming on—Day of prayer and fasting appointed in 1774—George Mason's letter on the subject—Infidelity finding its way into Virginia—Infecting the College—Young men sent to Northern Colleges—Correspondence between the Bishop of London and the Visitors of William and Mary—Dr. Halyburton—Troubles in the College—Dr. Bracken—Drs. Smith, Keith, Wilmer, Empie—The Rev. Mr. Hodges —Mr. Ewell—Rev. Mr. Denison—Rev. George Wilmer—List of vestrymen..... 160

ARTICLE XIV.
Notices of leading characters—Daniel Parke—John Custis—Daniel Parke, Jr —His treatment of Mrs. Blair—His execution—Sir John Randolph—Peyton Randolph—Mr. Evelyn—Edmund Randolph—Letters to his children—George Nicholas—Robert C. Nicholas—Lord Botetourt—Mrs. Nicholas—Letter to her son, W. C. Nicholas—Mr. Burwell Bassett—Mr. Robert Saunders— Thoughts on the basis of the Virginia character—The fathers and founders of the families of Virginia, from whence came the great men of the Revolution, were men of education, ministers, teachers, lawyers, doctors, merchants, Huguenots, farmers, Cavaliers in the time of Cromwell, and some of his followers afterwards—Virginia no place for turning paupers into rich men, or ignorant men into learned ones—No education for the poor........................ 180

ARTICLE XV.
Graveyard around the church—Mutilated condition of the tombs—Some buried in the church—Some in the College chapel—Names of persons with epitaphs—Rev. Roland Jones—Governor Nott—Philip Ludwell—Thomas Ludwell—Richard Kemp—Thomas Lunsford—Philip Ludwell, Jr.—Colonel John Page—Mrs. Alice Page—Francis Page—Mary Page—Michael Archer—Joanna Archer-Catherine Thorp—Thomas Thorp—Edward and Blumfield Barradall—Colonel David Bray—Elizabeth Bray—David Bray—John Greenhow—Tombs of Colonel David Parker and Nathaniel Bacon in adjoining fields—Tombs of Mrs. Bacon and the Rev. Thomas Hampton on the bank of York River—Chicka-bominy Church—Extracts from the old records of the court and the College.... 194

ARTICLE XVI.
3Tork-Hampton parish—Change of name—Rev. Francis Fontaine first minister— Rev. John Camm—Rev. Mr. Shield—Mr. Graham Frank—Temple Farm—Governor Spottswood's summer residence—York almost deserted of people and ministers after the war—Description of York—Old York House—Sketch of the Nelson family—President Nelson—Intimacy with Bishop Porteus—Mr. Camm's sermon at his death—Mrs. Nelson—Her pious character—General Nelson— Judge Tucker's biography of him—His generosity—His honourable character —His religious principles—The place of his burial—Chattellux's account of the family at Offley, in Hanover—Loss of documents relating to President and General Nelson—Inscriptions on the tombs around the old church in York.......202

ARTICLE XVII.
The question of the Two-Penny Act, or Option-Law, considered—Mr. Camm the champion of the clergy—The principle tried by a suit with his vestry—Previous Acts of Assembly prepared the way for it—Governor Dinwiddie condemned the Act, but would not veto it—Mr. Camm sent to England—The Crown, Bishop of London, and Privy Council condemned it, but dared not take effective measures against it—Suits brought in Virginia by several clergymen —The case of the Rev. Mr. Maury—Patrick Henry—Pamphlets of Camm, Landon Carter, and Richard Bland—Mr. Wirt's opinion of the case—Patrick Henry's religious character and Church-preferences—Roger Atkinson's letter about him and the other delegates from Virginia to the first Congress—Justifying reasons for the course of the clergy—Past and present condition of York —Its future prospects.............................. 216

ARTICLE XVIII.
Hampton, or Elizabeth City parish—Its early settlement—Records of the court, 1635—Early ministers—Offences punished—Old church at Pembroke farm— Tombstones—Succession of ministers—Warrington and Selden—Condition in 1724—Present church—Desecration by the English—Mrs. Carrington's letters about Commodore Warrington—Rev. Mr. Skyren's tomb—Revival of the Church —Mr. Servant's letter^—List of the vestrymen—Parishes in Warwick—Visit to Warwick—Denbigh House and Church—The Diggeses, Coles, and Carys—Old court records—Names of early settlers—Visit to Bellfield, on York River— Tombs and inscriptions of the Diggeses.................................................. 229

ARTICLE XIX.
Lynnhaven parish—Cape Henry—Parish before 1642—Oldest church and graveyard under water—History of it—Vestry-book, 1723—List of clergy and vestrymen—The churches—Present condition—Causes of its decline........... 246

ARTICLE XX.
Northampton—Early names—Sir William Berkeley's Asylum—Records of the court go back to 1632—The oldest in Virginia—Strict discipline by the court—Instances of it—The whole subject considered—The treatment of the Quakers here and elsewhere—Instances of piety and charity—Stephen Charl-ton and the glebe—Colonel Norwood's visit to the Eastern Shore—Mr. Stringer and Major Custis—Succession of ministers—List of vestrymen— Parsonage—Case of the glebe considered—Bowdoin family—Custis family.. 252

ARTICLE XXI
Parishes in Accomac—Ministers—Mr. Black in 1724—Charity-school endowed by Mr. Sanford still existing—A premium for the baptism and instruction of every Indian or negro—Patriotism of the Episcopal clergy—Mr. Jefferson's testimony—Rev. Cave Jones—Rev. Mr. Eastburn—Letter from his brother, Bishop Eastburn—Principal families in Accomac.................................... 264

ARTICLE XXII.
Division of Norfolk in 1691—Colonel Byrd's description of Norfolk in 1728— Names of its ministers—Three parishes in Norfolk county—Dispute between Whitehead and Bland—Mr. John Southgate's letter—Origin of the present constitution of Christ's Church, Norfolk—St. Paul's Church—Its history— Families in and around Norfolk—Commodore Dale—Ministers of Portsmouth parish—Yellow fever in 1856—Rev. Messrs. Jackson and Chisholm............. 271

ARTICLE XXIII.
Nansemond—Its early settlement—Contiguity to North Carolina—Colonel Byrd's account of North Carolina—The character of the people and clergy— Christina—Mr. Griffin—Mr. Fontaine—His plan for converting the Indians —The Rev. Mr. Anderson's history of the clergy who were sent to North Carolina different from Mr. Byrd's account............................................ 282

ARTICLE XXIV.
Vestry-book begins in 1743—First vestrymen—List of the vestry—Account of the churches—List and character of the clergy—Troubles of the vestry with unworthy ministers—Number of Reddicks in the vestry—Andrew Meade, the first vestryman and churchwarden on the list—His family—Sketch of it by Colonel David Meade, of Kentucky—The old church in Suffolk—The old graveyard at Mount Pleasant.............................................................. 289

ARTICLE XXV.
Isle of Wight—Early settlement—Rev. Mr. Falkner in 1662—Destruction of records by Tarleton—Old Smithfield Church—An evergreen plucked from its walls—Other churches—Ministers—Annoyance from the Quakers—Families—Part of a vestry-book found—Its contents—Part of another vestry-book belonging to Chuckatuck parish—Its contents—Southampton county—Its parishes, churches, and ministers—Surrey county—Its churches and ministers—Recent efforts to revive the Church—The Harrison family—Sussex county—The old vestry-book—It was born, lived, and died under the Rev. Mr. Willie................................................................... 299

ARTICLE XXVI.
Parishes in Charles City—Early settlement—Divisions—Peter Fontaine— Colonel Byrd—The family of Byrd—The family of Fontaines—Annual meeting—Peter Fontaine's temperance—Other ministers—Old Westover Church and graveyard—Present Westover Church—Other churches—Families—No vestry-book ....................................................................... 314

AKTICLE XXVII.
Gloucester—Petsworth and Kingston—Vestry-book from 1677 to 1793—Pets-worth Church—The bricks removed when—A description of it—Its ministers —Extracts from the vestry-book—Names of the vestrymen—Kingston parish —Mathews—List of ministers—Peculiar vestry meetings—Churches—Elizabeth Tompkins—Names of vestrymen and families................................... 321

ARTICLE XXVIII.
Letter from the Rev. Mr. Mann on Ware and Abington parishes—No vestry book—List of ministers from the tombs and elsewhere—Principal families— Condition of Abington in 1724—Age of Abington Church—Ware repaired— Dr. Taliafero—Mrs. Vanbibber—Richard Kempe—Governor Page—ltosewell —Debt contracted by it—Folly of large and expensive houses—Major Lewis Burwell, of King's Mill, guilty of the same—Governor Page's letters to his children—Old stone chimney built by Captain Smith at Tiraberneck— Powhatan's residence—Letter of Captain Smith to Queen Anne concerning Pocahontas—The Rev. Mr. Fontaine's sermon on the death of Mrs. Page— The Page family............................................................... 328

ARTICLE XXIX.
Selim, the Algerine—Early classical education at Constantinople—Taken by pirates and carried to New Orleans—Sent up the Ohio—Escaped and came to Staunton—Found nearly dead in the woods—Kindly treated, and taught the religion of Christ—Embraced it—Dissatisfied—Returned to Algiers—Disowned by his parents—Came back deranged—Went to Williamsburg—Intimate with the professors, with the families in York and at Rosewell. and with Councillor Carter, of Nominy—Goes with Governor Page to Philadelphia —His picture taken by Peale—Hung up at Rosewell—Now in Williamsburg —Death...................................................................... 341

ARTICLE XXX.
Visit to Gloucester—Examination of the old stone chimney—Convinced that it is the one built by Captain Smith—Question whether Timberneck or Shelly is the site of Powhatan's residence—Examination of the tombs at Timberneck—Inscriptions—Tombs at Rosewell—Inscriptions—Tombs at Carter's Creek or Fairfield—Inscriptions—Tombs in Ware Church concealed by the floor—Inscriptions on them....... ...............................................

ARTICLE XXXI.
Parishes in Middlesex—When established—First minister—Henry Corbin— Churches—Rev. Mr. Shephard—Major Smith—Rev. Mr. Read—His legacy —The Yateses—Their worth—Tombstone of Bartholomew Yates—Rev. Mr. Heffernon—Legacy of Mr. Churchill—The pretender Robinson..................

ARTICLE XXXII.
Middlesex a nursery for other parts of Virginia—List of vestrymen—Many members of the Council from it—Robert Beverley—Duty of vestrymen— Matthew Kempe—Claims of Governor Nicholson—Edward Northy's opinion —A few families owned all Middlesex—Brandon and Rosegill—Major John Grymes—Epitaph—Grymes family—Wormleys—Captain Bayley—Colonel Chewning—Rev. Messrs. Rooker and Carraway...................................... 364

ARTICLE XXXIII.
Parishes in King and Queen and King William—Stratton Major—Rev. Mr. Skaife —Commissary Robinson—Robinson family—Speaker Robinson—His epitaph —Vestry-book—Vestrymen—Church near Corbin's—Recently removed—St. Stephen's parish—King William county—Its churches still standing—Rev. Mr. Dalrymple's account of them—Rev. Mr. Skyren—Letter concerning him...... 374

ARTICLE XXXIV.
Parishes in New Kent—St. Peter's and Blissland—Old vestry-book of St. Peter's —Governor Nicholson's imperious letters—Rev. Mr. Morgan's letter to the Bishop of London as to the morals of the clergy and people—Rev. Mr. Lang's letter—List of the clergy from 1696—Rev. Mr. Mossom—Mr. Jarratt—List of vestrymen—Blissland parish—Little known of it................................. 383

ARTICLE XXXV.
Parishes in Essex county—South Farnham—Two churches both destroyed ruthlessly—Rev. Mr. Latane—Governor Spottswood's interference in his behalf-Succession of ministers—Latane family—Temples................................... 389

ARTICLE XXXVI.
St. Anne's parish—Rev. Mr. Bagge—Controversy with the vestry—Governor Spottswood espouses his cause, but fails—Rev. Robert Rose—His journal found—Executor to Mr. Bagge, Spottswood, and others—Benevolent and active character—Charity to the poor—Four brothers came with him from Scotland—His children—His wives—His journeyings—His death—Epitaph —Mr. Smelt succeeds him—Father of Caroline Smelt—Other ministers— Families in the parish—Dangerfield family—Lomax family—Micous— Matthews............................................................... 396

ARTICLE XXXVII.
Parishes in Caroline county, St. Mary's, St. Margarett's, St. Asaph's, and Drys-dale—St. Mary's—List of ministers—Rev. Mr. Boucher—Rev. Mr. Waugh— Churches—Mount Church—Its organ—Its profanation—Present use—Reedy Creek Church—Joy Creek Church—St. Margarett's—Its ministers—Famines —Letter from a friend about it—St. Asaph's and Drysdale—Ministers— Laymen—Judge Pendleton—Letter of his to Richard Henry Lee—Petition to the Legislature against using intoxicating liquors at elections, drawn up and headed by Judge Pendleton, signed by the leading men of Caroline county....................................................................... 409

ARTICLE XXXVIII.
Parishes in Hanover—St. Paul's and St. Martin's—Rev. Mr. Brooke first minister—Rev. Charles Bridges next—His attention to the servants—Letter to the Bishop of London—Division of the parish—Ministers in them—The Revs. Patrick Henry, Robert Barrett, &c.—Character of the Rev. Mr. Philips— Families in Hanover—Old Mrs. Berkeley, of Airwell, and the Communion-plate—Old Mrs. Nelson—Her authority over her sons—Her poverty—Her death—Mr. Frank Nelson..................419

ARTICLE XXXIX.
Dissent finds its way into Hanover—The treatment of Dissenters in Virginia considered—Misrepresentations of it examined—A case stated—Treatment c.T the Quakers misunderstood—Their treatment in Accomac—Governor Spottswood and the  Quakers—The Baptists—Rev. Mr. Maury's pamphlet concerning them—Mr. Sample's acknowledgment—Case of Rev. Samuel Davies and the Presbyterians in Hanover—Address of five Episcopal clergymen to the House of Burgesses about Mr. Davies and his followers—Governor Gooch and the Presbytery of New Castle—History of the introduction of Presbyterianism into Virginia—Correspondence between Dr. Davies, the Bishop of London, and Dr. Doddridge—Result of the whole....................... 426

ARTICLE XL.
Parishes in Prince George county—Martins Brandon and Bristol—No vestry-book of Martins Brandon—Rev. Mr. Finnie—His funeral-sermons—Other ministers—Churches, old and new—Bristol parish—Why so called—Its ministers —Robertson its minister for forty-six years—His account of the parish in 1724—Succession of ministers—Churches—Old Blandford—Many others— Petersburg made up of four towns—Names of the vestrymen from the old vestry-book—Genealogy of the Blands—Old Mr. and Mrs. Grammar—Rev. Mr. Slaughter's history of the parish..... 437

ARTICLE XLI.
Parishes in Chesterfield—Dale and Manchester—Dale parish—Rev. George Frazer—Rev. Mr. McRoberts—His defection—Correspondence with Jarratt— Rev. William Leigh—The Watkins family—Churches—Old Saponey—Wood's Church—Controversy about it—Still standing—Manchester parish—Its ministers—Churches—Falling Creek Church—Affecting account of it—Old Mr. Patterson—The Cary family......................................................... 448

ARTICLE XLII.
St. James Northam, Goochland county—Vestry-book—Rev. Mr. Gavin—His letter to the Bishop of London—Rev. Mr. Douglass—His register and notes —A letter from him—Rev. Mr. Hopkins and his descendants—Rev. William Lee—List of vestrymen—Churches—Parsonage the gift of Mr. William Boiling................................................................... 456

ARTICLE XLIII.
King William parish, or Manakintown—The Huguenot settlement—Sketch of the Huguenot history—Henry IV.—Huguenots in America—In Virginia.—The Fontaine and Maury families—Succession of ministers at Manakin—The Dupuy family—Names of the Huguenot families of Virginia...................... 468

ARTICLE XLIV.
Parishes in Dinwiddie and Brunswick counties—Bath parish—Succession of ministers—Sketch of the Rev. Devereux Jarratt—Mrs. Jarratt—St. Andrew's parish—Its churches—Its ministers—Its vestrymen—Meherrin parish, Greenville—Its ministers and churches—Tarleton's visit to it....... 469

ARTICLE XLV.
Parishes in Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, and Charlotte—Cumberland parish— Vestry-book—Ministers and churches—Caution in employing ministers— Clement Read—Rev. Mr. Craig—His patriotism—Tarleton's visit to his mill —Rev. Dr. Caneron—His school—Hon. Duncan Cameron—Long list of vestrymen—Mr. Buford—St. James parish, Mecklenburg—Principal families —Rev. Mr. Micklejohn—Anecdotes of him—Bishop Ravenscroffc—The Nelsons—Minister of the county........ 482

CONTENTS OF VOL. II.


ARTICLE XLVI.
Antrim parish, Halifax county—Rev. Mr. Dresser's letter about it to Dr. Hawks —Sketch of its ministers—Rev. Alexander Hay—Evan Ragland, Esq.— Testimony to the religious belief of Patrick Henry—His answer to Payne's "Age of Reason"—Mr. Grammar—Rev. Mr. Clark minister in part of the county—His labours among the poor and servants...................................      9

ARTICLE XLVII.
Parishes in Pittsylvania, Henry, Campbell, and Bedford—Camden parish—No vestry-book—Records of court mortifying—Rev. Mr. Guilliam—Church and glebe—Vestrymen—Colonel Isaac Coles and family—Church built at the instance of Mr. Dresser—Patrick parish—Rev. Messrs. Webb and Wade—Moore parish, Campbell county—Succession of ministers—Church in Lynchburg— Russell parish—Imperfect list of its old churches—Church at Liberty.........    14

ARTICLE XLYIII.
Parishes in Amelia, Nottoway, and Prince Edward—Raleigh and Nottoway parishes—Rev. Mr. Brunskill—His toryism—Threats in ohurch—Churches in Amelia—Families—Egglestons, Archers, Bookers, Tabbs, Banisters, &o. —Old Grubhill—Attachment to the name—Vestrymen—Rev. Messrs. Lee and Berkeley—Nottoway parish—Its ministers—Treatment of one of its old churches—St. Patrick's parish, Prince Edward—Its ministers—The Rev. Mr. McRoberts—Contest about an old church—Mr. William Berkeley—Rise and progress of Presbyterianism in this part of Virginia—View, of it confirmed and enlarged by a friend—Hampden-Sydney College—The Smiths and others —The Reads, Mayos, Carringtons, Venables, Watkins..............................    20

ARTICLE XLIX.
Parishes in Cumberland, Buckingham, and Fluvanna—St. James Southam— Vestry-book—List of its ministers—List of its churches—List of its vestrymen—Rev. Mr. McClaufine—Littleton parish—Rev. Mr. McCrae—Other ministers—Assault on Mr. McCrae—His defence by Patrick Henry—The Carringtons—Sermon by Mr. McCrae—Tillotson parish—Its ministers and churches—Parish of Fluvanna—Its ministers and church.........................    33

ARTICLE L.
Fredericksvillo and Trinity parishes, in Louisa and Albemarle counties—Vestry-book—Test-oaths and oaths of, allegiance—List of vestrymen before the division of the parish—List of vestrymen after the division—List of ministers —The Maurys—The Walker family—Old Walker's Church—The church's potition for funds to repair it—The new church......................................    41

ARTICLE LI.
St. Anne's parish, Albemarle—First churches ordered in the time of the Rev. Robert Rose—Other ministers—The Rev. Charles Clay—His patriotic sermon—Vestrymen in St. Anno's parish—Other churches—Later ministers— Old Ballinger Church—General Cocke—Church in Charlotteville—Mr. Hatch —Mr. Jefferson—Rev. Zachariah Mead—His mode of curing consumption— University—Its chaplains—Pestilence among the students—Extract from a funeral-sermon delivered by the author of these notices—Offence given by it.    48

ARTICLE LII.
Parishes in Amhorst, Nelson, Bototourt, Rockbridge, Greenbrior, and Montgomery—Ministers in Amherst and Lexington parishes—Churches in thesame—Churches in Lexington parish aftor the division—List of vestrymen, from the vestry-book—Amherst parish, in Nelson county—Ministers of it-Churches—Old one removed and repaired by Mr. Coles and Mr. Martin—Tho family of Cabells—Sermon of the Rev. Mr. O'Noale on' the death of two daughters of Nicholas Cabell—The Massio family—Mr. William Waller—Bototourt parish—Its ministers and churches—Old Major Burwell and his descendants —Church in Rockbridge—Its ministers and church—The prospect at Wytheville, Abington, &c....  67

ARTICLE LIII.
St. George's parish, Spottsylvania county—The Rev. Mr. Slaughter's history of it—Governor Spottswood—Germanna—Colonel Byrd's account of Fredericks-burg—List of its ministers—Of its churches—Of its vestrymen—The two Maryes—Rev. Mr. Thornton—General Washington's visit to Fredericksburg —Republican mode of choosing a minister—Rev. Samuel Low—Berkeley parish—Its ministers and churches.........................................................    68

ARTICLE LIV.
St. Mark's parish, Culpepper—Its first vestrymen—Qhurch at Germanna—Colonel Byrd's account of it and the place-—The German settlement there, and its removal—Numerous churches in Culpepper—List of vestrymen, from the old vestry-book—Tho Rev. Mr. Thompson—His letter to Mrs. Spottswood, and its effect—Mr. Woodville and family...............................................    74

ARTICLE LV.
Churches in St. Thomas parish, Orange county—The Rev. Mr. Earnest's account of them—Names and locations of the churches—Major Burton— Indian antiquities on the Rapidan River—Benjamin Cave an early settler —Plate, the gift of the grandmother of President Madison—Letter of James Madison, Sr. to Mr. Leland, tho Baptist preacher, about the use of our churches—The Rev- Matthew Maury and the Rev. Mr. Waddell employed to preach in them—Tho latter administered the Lord's Supper to our people —Mr. Wirt's account of him exaggerated—List of ministers—Rev. Mr. Maryo —Old Mrs. Madison's Confirmation by Bishop Moore...............................    84

ARTICLE LVI.
Genealogy of the Madison and Taylor families, from the papers and diary of President Madison and his father—President Madison's religious character —His mother's piety—His wife's baptism late in life— Attachment of the Taylors and Madisons to the Church—Philip Williams's oration on the death of Mr. Madison and view of his course in relation to the Church—Favourable opinion of his religious belief... 96

ARTICLE LVII.
Northern Neck of Virginia—Bounds ofc,the Northern Neck—Fairfax family— Its history in England—Four volumes of letters, &c. recently published— Their Protestant character at an early period—The Rev. Henry Fairfax— Rev. Denny Martin and Rev. Bryan Fairfax—History of Cromwell's great general, George William Fairfax, of Belvoir—Address to the descendants —The Carter family—John and his wives—Robert (alias King) Carter and his wives—Councillor Carter, of Nomini—His excellency but eccentricity—Mr. Charles Carter, of Shirly—His generosity to the widow of the Rov. Mr. Currie and to the poor—King Carter's character..................................... 105

ARTICLE LVIII.
Parishes in Lancaster, county—Old vestry-books—The loss of one of them— Discipline proved by them—Account of* my visit to Christ Churoh in 1837—The tombs of the Carters and their wives—The Kellys—The epitaphs—The repairing of the church—White' Chapel Church, St. Mary's parish—A list of tho ministers of both parishes—A liBfc of the vestrymen—Tombs at White Chapel—The family of Balls—The Rev. Mr. Waddoll—Records of the court —Letter of Joseph Ball, from London, to his sister, the mother of General Washington, concerning the project of young Washington's entering the navy —Also a lettex1 to his nephew after Braddock's defeat.......................... 115

ARTICLE LIX.
Parishes in Northumberland county—Wycomico and St. Stephen parishes—
Early history of the county—Ministers of the county—Old Wycomico—Visits of Bishop Moore and myself—Its downfall—The Bale of its bricks and non-payment—Its Communion-vessels in the church at Millwood—History of the Lee family—Richard Henry Lee and children—Old Stratford House built by Queen Caroline—Old   Northumberland   House—Mr. Presley, and Presley
Thornton—Postscript—Further notice of the Lees—The Corbin family—Old
vestry-book found—(See Appendix)....................................................... 131

ARTICLE LX.
Cople parish, Westmoreland—Ministers of it—Churches of it—Yeocomico— Visit to it in 1834—The McGuire family—The Nowton family—Tombstones and epitaphs in Cople parish—Contest about the church—Judge McComas's letter—Letter of Mr. Rogers, of Princeton, New Jersey............................ 147

ARTICLE LXI.
Washington parish, Westmoreland county—The ministers—Rev. Mr. De Butts —His letter to the Bishop of London—Rev. Archibald Campbell—History of himself and' family—Old Round Hill and Pope's Creek Churches—Other ministers—Washington's birthplace—A visit to it and the vault—Proposition before the Legislature, in relation to them—Leeds or Bray's Church—The town a cradle of Virginia patriotism-—Resolutions there adopted, (See Appendix)—Bishop Payne's letter about Old Round Hill Church, and his family —The Washington family—The wills of the two brothers John and Lawrence, the first settlers in Virginia—The vault at Stratford—Thomas Lee buried at Pope's Creek Church...... 158

ARTICLE LXII
Farnham and Lunenburg parishes, Richmoxid county—Records of the court at Tappahaunook—Magistrates of old Rappahannock county and Sittenburne. parish—Records of Richmond county—'Principal families—Farnham parish and churches-—Ministers—Vestrymen—Address of the vestry to it—Letters to and from Bishop Madison—My visit to Farnham Church in 1837—Lunenburg parish and churches—Ministers—Controversy between the Rev. Mr. Kay and some of his vestry—Rev. Mr. Giberne—Letter of a friend (Colonel Carter) in Lunenburg parish, concerning the old churches and ministers— The Tayloe family—Micous and Fauntleroys intermarry........................... 172

ARTICLE LXIII
Parishes in King George—Changes in their boundaries—Hanover parish—Its churches arid ministers—Its vestrymen, from the vestry-book and records of the court—Rev. Mr. Boucher—Letter of General Washington to him—Recent history of the parish—The Turner family—Brunswick parish—Its ministers, , churches, and* vestrymen^S-ErPaul's parish—Old vestry-bbok and register, begun by tho Rey. David Stuart, and continued by his son, William Stuart— Their long and excellent ministry—Other ministers—St. Paul's Church—My visit to it in 1812 or 1813—The old African woman—History of the Fitzhugh family........................................................................... ...... 183

 ARTICLE LXIV.                  
Overwharton parish, Stafford county—Alexander Scott—-His tombstone—Rev. Mr. Moncure—His history by Mrs. Wood—Tomb of her mother—Death- of the Rov. Mr. Moncure—Letter of George Mason, of Gunston, on the occasion —Ministers after Mr. Moncure—Old Aquia- Church—Old Potomoc Church —Letter of Judge Daniel, giving an account of the old families around the, two churches................................................................................... 197

ARTICLE LXV.
Dettingen parish, Prince William county—Vestry-book—Ministers—Rev. James Scott—His descendants—His son and the duel—Churches in the parish—Old pieces of Communion-plate —Dumfries—Care of tho vestoy in having apprentices instructed—Rov. John Scott buried in tho old church at Winchester—His history—Ministers aftor him—Names of vestrymen and lay readers....... 207

ARTICLE LXVI.
Hamilton and Leeds parishes, Fauquier—Fate of the vestry-book—Rev. Mr. Keith—Rov. Mr. Brunskill—The churches—Other ministers—Rev. Mr. Thomson's patriotic sermon—Oakhill—The principal families—Rev. Mr. Lemmon—Judge Marshall—Anecdotes of him—Tenderness to Mrs. Marshall —His religious opinions—Letter of the Rev. Mr. Norwood........................ 216

ARTICLE LXVII.
Truro parish, Fairfax county—Rev. Charles Green—Rev. Lee Massey—Sermons of Mr. Massey—First vestry an unlawful one—Pohick Church, when built—Vestrymen of it—Contest between "Washington and Mason, about the site—My visit to it in" 1837—Its repairs—Sketch of the Mason family— Mother of Temple Mason—Her.pious letters—The Lewis family—Martin Cockburn—The Hendersons—The Rev. Mason Weans—Mount Vernon after the death of Mrs. Washington—The Blackburns—Judge Washington—Two letters from Mr. Stoddert, of Maryland, concerning the Rev, Lee Massey, George Johnson, and Martin Cockburn, and Mrs. Cockburn—Mistake in tho same—General Washington's English coach........................................... 226

ARTICLE LXVIII.
Religious character of Washington—The Rev. Mr. McGuire's book—Washington's early advantages under pious friends and ministers-#Early indication of pious feelings—His public documents prove it—The general voice ascribes it to him—His private devotion—His public acts when a young officer—His correspondence with Governor Dinwiddie—His private diary testifies to it— As General of the army, his orders are marked by it—His respect for the Sabbath as private citizen and President of tho United States—His condemnation of swearing, of gambling, of duelling—His belief of a special Providence—How far he was addicted to hunting—Was he a communicant?— Bishop White's account of it—His last moments.................... 242

ARTICLE LXIX.
Fairfax parish—Christ Church—Original names of Alexandria—Churches—
Ministers—Rev. Bryan Fairfax;—Rev. Dr. Griffith—Visit to the Falls Church
—Dr. McGraff—Griffith chosen first Bishop—His zeal in tho cause of the
Church—Correspondence with Dr.Buchanon—Case of the glebe—List of
vestrymen—George Taylor and Edmund I. Lee...................................... 256

ARTICLE LXX.
St. Paul's Church, Alexandria, Cameron and Shelburne   parishes, Loudon county—Separation from Christ Church under Mr. Gibson—^Purchase of ; Old St. Paul's—First vestry—Other vestrymen—New church—Liberality of Mr. McLean—Bishop Claggett—Bishop Madison—List of ministers—Came- . ron- parish—Its ministers arid churches—Shelburne—Its churches and ministers and vestrymen—Rev. Dr. Griffith—Rov. Mr. Dunn—The glebe—Lawsuit--Its vestrymen.................................................................. 271

ARTICLE LXXI.
Parishes in Frederick county—The Valley of Virginia—Mr. Jefferson's opinion of it correct—Germans the first settlers—The Hites—Presbyterians tolerated —First vestry condemned—Log churches—Lord Fairfax—List of the vestrymen—Lay readers—Ministers—Alexander Balmaine—Mrs. Hannah Washington—Cunningham's Chapol............................................................. 279

ARTICLE LXXII.
Continuation of ministers—Old parish divided into four—New churches—Free and common churches opposed—Burwell graveyard—List of vestrymen continued—The Burwell family—Governor Nicholson and Miss Burwell—Edmund Randolph—His account of tho infidelity of the age at William and Mary 287
ARTICLE LXXIII.
Norbourno parish, Berkeley county—The Shepherds—Shepherdstown and its churches—Charlestown and the old church—The Washingtons—The ministers of this parish—The Rev. Benjamin Allen—Martinsburg and the old church— The Pendleton family—Judge Pendleton's autobiography—The value of respectable birth—Colonel Edward Colston—Other families......................... 295

ARTICLE LXXIV.
Morgan's Chapel—The character of Morgan Morgan—The family—Benjamin Allen—Names of other ministers—New churches—General Charles Lee and his impious will—Other Generals around............................................... 302

ARTICLE LXXV.
Parishes in Hampshire and Shenandoah—List of ministers in Hampshire— Rev. Norman Nash and Bishop Mooro about tho study of the dead languages —The old Scotchman and his commentary—The churches built by the Messrs. Nash—Parish of Beckford, in Dunmore, afterwards Shenandoah, county— Settled by Germans—The Swedish congregation united with the Episcopal Church under Peter Muhlenburg, afterwards General Muhlenburg—Sketch of his history—Downfall of the Church—Recent and fruitless efforts for its revival.......................................................................................... 309

ARTICLE LXXVI.
Parishes in Augusta and Rockingham—First part of, the valley seen by the white man—Governor Spottswood's view of it from the Blue Ridge—First vestry—Its first ministers—Rev. Mr. Balmaine—His patriotism—Address ' » from the county on American affairs—Vestrymen and Burgesses—The Virginia Assembly driven to Staunton—-Met in the old church—Later ministers— New church—Present church—Old churches in Rockingham—Gabriel Jones —Peachy Gilmor—The Lewis family.................................................... 317

ARTICLE LXXVIL
Churches in Brooke county—Dr. Doddridge's account of the neglect of tho Episcopal Church in the West—Objections to it—Dr. Doddridge's history and, character—Ilis labours in Brooke county—The churches in it—The ministers—The case of Western Virginia—Proposition to divide the Diocese—The result—Extract from my pamphlet on tho subject..................................,. 327

ARTICLE LXXVIII:
Churches.in Wheeling, Clarksburg, Fairmont* Weston, and Buohanon—Dr. Doddridge the .first who preache(d in Wheeling—Bishop Chase moved its organization—Mr. John Armstrong the first, rector—Names of the first vestrymen—Succession of vestrymen-—Succession of ministers—Churches—  Action of the vestry as to the division of the Diocese—Mr. Simms—Judge Caldwell—Resignation of the Roy. William Armstrong—Church in East Wheeling established with the approbation of Mr. Armstrong—Its ministers —Glebe-house and church—Church in Clarksburg—Its ministers and church —Case of Mr. McMeohin—Mr. Despard—Church in Weston—Its ministers— Church in Fairmont—Its ministers Buchanon....................................... 836

ARTICLE LXXIX.
Churches in Kanawha, at Ravenswood, Parkersburg and its vicinity, Now Martinsville, and Moundsville—Rov. Mr.'Page first minister in Kanawha— Other ministers—The church in Charleston—Its history—List of vestrymen —Old Mrs. Quarrier and family—The Salines—Coalsmouth—Its churches— The Hudsons and Thompsons—Vestrymen—Stations on the Kanowha— Point Pleasant—Mercer's Bottom—Bruce Chapel;—Ravenswood Church—Its builders—Vestrymen—Ladies' association—Ministers—Bellvillo Church— Its builder—Parkersburg—Its church—Ministers—Vestrymen—Cow Greek Church—New Martinsville—Moundsville..............................................  344

ARTICLE LXXX.
The General Church—The Church in Maryland—Dr. Chandler's testimony— Bishop White's opinion of the old clergy—Sir William Berkeley's wish as to schools and printing—Church in South Carolina—Her first missionaries— The sermons of that day in England and America—Dr. C6k»'s estimate of the clergy—Tillotson's sermons the best in use—Tracts of the Christian Knowledge Society—Mr. Wllberforce—The Rev. Mr. Bacon, of Maryland— Instruction of servants—Moralizing preaching—My first acquaintances among the clergy—Bishop White, Dr. Abercroinbie, Bishop Hobart, &c.—Dr. Percy, of South Carolina—His tracts—His history—My tour in favour of the Colonization Society—Acquaintances formed—Results of it—General Convention—Hymns added to the Prayer-Book—History of it—Public baptism and pious sponsors recommended—Francis Key—Great deference for Bishops —A change in. that respect—Proposed alteration in the thirty-fifth canon— The general seminary—Judge Cameron—Bishop White's statement—My own. —Proposed changes in the service—Episcopal Sunday-School Union—Evangelical Knowledge Society—Missionary Society of the Church—Memorial and commission of Bishops—My letter to the commission—Concluding remarks. 351

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