Bruton Parish, Virginia
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*Goodwin, William A.R. ''Bruton Parish Church Restored and Its Historic Environment''. Petersburg, Va.: The Franklin Press Co., 1907. Digital versions at [http://books.google.com/books?id=iSoTAAAAYAAJ Google Books]; [http://www.archive.org/details/brutonparishchur027197mbp Internet Archive]. | *Goodwin, William A.R. ''Bruton Parish Church Restored and Its Historic Environment''. Petersburg, Va.: The Franklin Press Co., 1907. Digital versions at [http://books.google.com/books?id=iSoTAAAAYAAJ Google Books]; [http://www.archive.org/details/brutonparishchur027197mbp Internet Archive]. | ||
*Goodwin, William Archer Rutherford. ''The Record of Bruton Parish Church''. Richmond, Va.: The Dietz Press, 1941. | *Goodwin, William Archer Rutherford. ''The Record of Bruton Parish Church''. Richmond, Va.: The Dietz Press, 1941. | ||
| − | *Goodwin, William A.R. ''Historical Sketch of Bruton Church''. Petersburg, Va.: The Franklin Press Company, 1903. Digital | + | *Goodwin, William A.R. ''Historical Sketch of Bruton Church''. Petersburg, Va.: The Franklin Press Company, 1903. Digital versions at {{FSbook|111191}} - free; [http://books.google.com/books?id=zCoTAAAAYAAJ Google Books] - free. Includes parish register entries, cemetery transcriptions, list of ministers, list of vestrymen, a list of slaveowners who baptized slaves in the parish (slaveowners listed on pp. 154-157). |
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| + | Rev. W.A.R. Goodwin's history of Bruton Parish Church (1907) has been digitized by [http://books.google.com/books?id=TSISAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA55&lpg=PA55 Google Books].<ref>''Colonial Churches: A Series of Sketches of Churches in the Original Colony of Virginia'' (Richmond, Va.: Southern Churchman Co., 1907), 55-60.</ref> | ||
For a history of a well-known plantation in the parish, see: | For a history of a well-known plantation in the parish, see: | ||
Revision as of 19:17, 21 August 2012
United States
Virginia Bruton Parish 
Contents |
History
Bruton Parish has served James City and York counties.
Founded
- by 1674[1]
Boundary
Resources
Cemetery
In 1903, Rev. Goodwin published "copies of all epitaphs visible in [the parish] church and church-yard." See Historical Sketch of Bruton Church (pp. 87-117).
Ministers
- Cary, Wilson Miles. "Descendants of Rev. Rowland Jones, First Rector of Bruton Parish, Va.," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Jan., 1897), pp. 192-197. FHL Book 973 H25w; digital version at JSTOR ($).
Parish History
- "Church Patronage in Virginia. Argument for Bruton Parish the Plaintiff," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 22, No. 4 (Oct., 1914), pp. 401-409. FHL Book 975.5 B2v; digital version at JSTOR ($).
- Goodwin, William A.R. Bruton Parish Church Restored and Its Historic Environment. Petersburg, Va.: The Franklin Press Co., 1907. Digital versions at Google Books; Internet Archive.
- Goodwin, William Archer Rutherford. The Record of Bruton Parish Church. Richmond, Va.: The Dietz Press, 1941.
- Goodwin, William A.R. Historical Sketch of Bruton Church. Petersburg, Va.: The Franklin Press Company, 1903. Digital versions at FamilySearch Books Online - free; Google Books - free. Includes parish register entries, cemetery transcriptions, list of ministers, list of vestrymen, a list of slaveowners who baptized slaves in the parish (slaveowners listed on pp. 154-157).
Rev. W.A.R. Goodwin's history of Bruton Parish Church (1907) has been digitized by Google Books.[2]
For a history of a well-known plantation in the parish, see:
- Campbell, Helen J. "Porto Bello: Bruton Parish, York County, Virginia," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 69, No. 4 (Oct., 1961), pp. 460-468. FHL Book 975.5 B2v; digital version at JSTOR ($).
Parish Records
Parish Registers
In 1903, Rev. Goodwin published abstracts of all extant parish registers. See Historical Sketch of Bruton Church. For births (1739-1797), see pp. 121-131. For deaths (1662-1751), see pp. 132-143.
Chappelear also abstracted the old parish registers:
- Chappelear, Nancy. Bruton and Middleton Parishes, James City County, Virginia, Parish Register, 1662-1797. Washington, D.C.: Chappelear & Baird, 1966. Available at FHL.
Websites
- Bruton Parish Episcopal Church (official site)
References
- ↑ Freddie Spradlin, "Parishes of Virginia," VAGenWeb, accessed 29 January 2011; Hening's Statutes at Large; Emily J. Salmon and Edward D.C. Campbell Jr., The Hornbook of Virginia History (Richmond: Library of Virginia, 1994).
- ↑ Colonial Churches: A Series of Sketches of Churches in the Original Colony of Virginia (Richmond, Va.: Southern Churchman Co., 1907), 55-60.
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