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ARTICLE I. 
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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in Virginia—Glebes and salaries withdrawn—President Madison's opinion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 Hakluyt—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 
73 
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 
89 
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 of
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 
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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, Cummings, Peterkin, Minegerode 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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—Chickahominy
Church—Extracts from the old records of the court and the College 
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ARTICLE XVI. 
York-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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 Charlton
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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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ARTICLE XXVII. 
Gloucester—Petsworth and Kingston—Vestry-book from 1677 to 1793—Petsworth
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 
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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—Rosewell
—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 Timberneck—
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 
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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 
349 
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 
356 
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 Drysdale—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—Families
—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 Communionplate—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
of 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 
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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 
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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 
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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 Bolling 
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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 
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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. Can eron—His school—Hon. Duncan Cameron—Long list of
vestrymen—Mr. Buford—St. James parish, Mecklenburg—Principal families
—Rev. Mr. Micklejohn—Anecdotes of him—Bishop Ravenscroft—The Nelsons—Minister
of the county 
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