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[Departed this Life] Octobr ye 10th [1702]76
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Here Lyes Interr'd the Body of Mrs ELIZABETH TIMSON wife of Mr JOHN TIMSON who Departed this Life August the 26th 1735 in the 22 Year of her Age77
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Here Lyes Interr'd the Body of ANNA MARIA TIMSON Daughter of JOHN and ELIZABETH TIMSON [Who was born December the 17th day 1732 an]d D[e]parted this [Life July the 23D 1734]
Also the Body [o]f WILLIAM TIMSO[N] son of John and Elizabeth who w[as] born October th[e 21st day 1734] and Departed this Life [July the 23D 1736]78
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Here lieth in hope of a joyfull resurrection the Body of Colonel JOHN PAGE of Bruton Parish Esquire one of their Majesties Council in the Dominion of Virginia w[h]o Departed this Life the 23 of [Ja]nuary in the [year] of o[ur] Lord [1]691/2 A[g]ed [65]79
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Here lyeth interred ye body of NATHANIEL
BACON Esq. whose descent was from the Ancient House of ye BACONS (one of which was Chancellor BACON & Lord Verulam) who was Auditour of Virginia & President of ye Honourable Councell of state & Comander in Chief for the County of York having been of the Councell for above 40 years & having always discharged ye offices in which he served with great Fidelity and Loyalty to his Princ who departed this life ye 16 of March 1692 in ye 73 year of his Age.80
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[Beneath this marble was found a vau]lted [grave marked]
P. G. AE 61.
[This marble was placed here at the ti]me of [the Restoration of the Church in 1]905.
[Adjoining this another grave] was found, [South of which was located another,] both of [which were unmarked.]
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HERE LYETH THE BODY OF Mr HENRY HACKER WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE [5th] DAY OF AUGUST 1742 IN THE [54th YEAR] OF HIS AGE.81
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HERE LIE THE REMAINS OF EDMUND PENDLETON OF CAROLINE. BORN SEPTEMBER 9th 1721. DIED OCTOBER 23rd 1803.
AUTHOR OF THE RESOLUTION ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION OF MAY 15th 1776 INSTRUCTING THE VIRGINIA DELEGATES IN THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS TO INTRODUCE A BILL TO DECLARE THE COLONIES FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES.
HE WAS FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES; DELEGATE TO THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS; MEMBER OF ALL THE VIRGINIA CONVENTIONS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; PRESIDENT OF THE CONVENT- IONS OF 1775 AND 1776; CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE OF SAFETY; ONE OF THE COMMITTEE OF FIVE WHICH REVISED THE LAWS OF VIRGINIA. AMONG THEM THE BILL FOR ESTAB- LISHING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM; SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES; FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA AND FOR MANY YEARS VESTRYMAN OF DRYS- DALE PARISH.
HIS REMAINS WERE REMOVED FROM HIS PLANTATION AT EDMUNDSBURY AND RE-INTERRED UNDER THIS STONE IN JULY 1907 BY HIS GREAT-GREAT NIECE
CHARLOTTE PENDLETON
HERE ALSO ARE INTERRED THE REMAINS OF HIS TWO WIVES AND INFANT CHILD.
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Near this marble lies THE HON. FRANCIS FAUQUIER, ESQ. Lieutenant Governor and Commander-in- Chief of the Colony over which he presided near ten years much to his own honor, and the ease and satisfaction of the inhabitants.
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He was a gentleman of the most amiable dispo- sition, generous, just and mild and possessed in. an eminent degree of all the social virtues. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society and died in his 65th year the 3rd day of March 1768.
"If ever virtue lost a friend sincere If ever sorrow claimed Virginia's dear If ever death a noble conquest made Twas when Fauquier the debt of nature paid."
This marble was placed here at the time of the Restoration of the Church in 1905. The inscription is taken from the obituary notice in the Virginia Gazette which also states that he was buried in the North Aisle of Bruton Parish Church82
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[Under this marble was found a grave marked] MRS. PRENTIS OBT. 1794.
[Mary Prentis, daughter of John and Ann Brooke, of York County, and the wife of William Prentis of Williamsburg, Virginia, died in 1794.
By this grave were found two other graves both of which were unmarked.
This marble was placed here at the time of the Restoration of the Church in 1905.]
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HERE RESTS THE REV. DR. WILLIAM ARCHER RUTHERFOORD GOODWIN, A NATIVE OF VIRGINIA, LATE RECTOR OF THIS PARISH. BORN JUNE 18, 1869, DIED SEPTEMBER 7, 1939.83
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[Near this marble a grave was found] marked
E. J. JU -- 1727.
[The Hon.] Edmund Jenings Esq. [son of] Sir [Edmund Jenings of Ripon in Yorkshire,] England, [was born in 1659 and died in 1727. He] was [Attorney General, Secretary of State, Presi]dent [of the Council, and from 1706-1710] Acting- [Governor of the Colony of Virginia. For many years he was a Vestryman of Bruton] Parish [and was serving the Church in this capacity] when [this building was erected. in 1710 he was] instrumen- [tal in persuading the House of Burgesses "to a]ppro- [priate a sufficient sum of money for the building [pews for the Governor, Council and House] of Bur- [gesses" in the two wings and intervening part] of [the Church, this entire portion of the Church] being [subsequently built and paid for by the Hou]se of [Burgesses under the supervision of Gover]nor [Alexander Spotswood.]
[This marble was placed here at the time of] the [restoration of the Church in 1905.]
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B[eneath this marble was found a grave marked] W. C. 1720
[This grave corresponds in location and date with the inscription on the mural tablet in memory of]
DR. WILLIAM COCKE.
[of the Council and Secretary of State for this Colony in the reign of Queen Anne and of king George.
South of this grave another was found which, being below and partly under it, was doubtless] in the church of 1683.
This marble was placed here [at the time of] the Restoration of the Church in 1905.
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Hic jacet Rolandus Jones Clericus filius Rolandi Jones Clerici Natus Swiu[ ]brook juxta Burford in Comii Oxoii Collegii Merton Universitate Oxoii Alumnus Parochiae Bruton Virginia Pastor Primus & del[ectissimus] funcuone Pastorali annis 14 fideliter daro [ ] Paroch[iae quam] maximo de[ ] Obiit Ap 23 die A[E]tatis snae 48 Anno D 168884
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Here Lie Deposited The Remains of Mrs CHRISTIAN MONRO Relict of the Revd Mr JOHN MONRO Late Minister of St. JOHNS Parish in the County of King William. She Departed this Life the 23d of September 1725 in the 60th year of her Age.
Here also Rests The Body of MARY BLAIR Grand Daughter of ye Said JOHN & CHRISTIAN MONRO by their only Surviving Child MARY ye Wife of JOHN BLAIR Esqr She Departed ye 1st of April 1730 in the Second year of her Age. Also SARAH Another Daughter of the Said JOHN & MARY BLAIR who Died Febr The 19th 1735 Aged 3 months & 12 Days.
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Beneath this Marble lie deposited the Bodies of two sweet Infants, JAMES and ANNE BLAIR Children of JOHN BLAIR Esqr and MARY his wife who to the great grief of [t]heir Parents and friends departed this life JAMES on May the 22d, 1740 aged 10 year 3 months & 3 days ANNE on octobr the 7th 1741 aged 3 year wanting 3 weeks GOD Prepare us all to follow
Here also rests the body of ARCHIBALD BLAIR another son of the said JOHN & MARY BLAIR who died Sepr 19th 1744 Aged 9 months & 18 days: Early Gone to happiness Blessed be God.
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Here lies in hope of a Blessed Resurrection the Body of Mr Orlando Jones Son of M[r] ROWLAND JONES, some time Minister of this Parish he was born December ye 31st 1681 and Died June ye 12th: 1719 in ye 38th year of his Age. he was twice Married his first wife wa[s] M[rs] MARTHA MACON Daughter of Mr GIDEON MACON of New-Kent by whom he left on[e] Son named LANE & one Daughter Named FRANCES, his Second Wife was Mrs MARY WILLIAMS Daughter of JAMES WILLIAMS of King & Queen County, who Erected this Monument to his Memory
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Here lyes in hopes of [a] Bl[e]s[se]d Resurr[ec]tion ye Bod[y] of M[rs] M[ar]tha Jones wife of M[r] O[rl]ando Jones S[he was] D[aughter] of M[r] Gideon Macon & Martha[ of new J85 Kent
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Beneath this marble a grave was found marked
R. P. 1730. AE 32
The marble that marks this grave was placed here at the time of the Restoration of the Church in 1905.
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Beneath this marble a vaulted grave was found on which was marked in cement the date JULY XXV, MDCCCXXVII. THE
REV'D. WILLIAM H. WILMER, D. D. Rector of Bruton Parish Church, President of the College of William and Mary, and President of the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies of the Protestant Episcopal Church DIED JULY THE 24th 1827.
"We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren," ** "and he that dwell- eth, in love dwelleth in God, and God in him."
This marble was placed here when the Chancel was restored to the East at the time of the Restora- tion of the Church in 1905.
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Mural Tablets East Wall, Bell Tower THE BELL IN THE TOWER IS ENGRAVED
"THE GIFT OF JAMES TARPLEY TO BRUTON PARISH 1761"
In 1766 it Celebrated The Repeal of the Stamp Act
On May the 15th 1776 it Celebrated the passing of a Resolution by The House of Burgesses to establish a State Constitution and Declaration of Rights and to instruct the Virginia Delegates in Congress to offer a Resolution to declare the United Colonies free and independent States
In 1783 it Celebrated the Ratification of The Treaty of Peace Between the United States and Great Britain
West Wall, Bell Tower
William A. R. Goodwin, D.D., LLD. Rector of Bruton Parish 1903-1909 and 1926-1938 Rector Emeritus 1938-1939 THE ORIGINAL BUST WAS DONE FROM LIFE AND PRESENTED BY HIS FRIEND, EDWARD FIELD SANFORD, JR. IT WAS CAST AND ERECTED HERE IN 1942 BY THE PARISH, FOR WHICH HE LABORED AND IN WHICH HE WAS BELOVED86
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Stairwell Leading To West Balcony
LORD DUNMORE'S GALLERY THE GALLERY WAS OCCUPIED BY LORD DUNMORE WHO REMOVED FROM HIS ACCUSTOMED SEAT AMONG THE BURGESSES JUST PRIOR TO THE OUTBREAK OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. THE GALLERY WAS ORIGINALLY ASSIGNED TO THE STUDENTS OF THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY.
North Wall, Nave
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE COLONIAL WARDENS OF BRUTON PARISH NAMES RECORDED-CAPT. PHILIP CHESLEY AND WILLIAM AYLETT 1674. HON. PHILIP LUDWELL AND BALDWIN MATTHEWS 1694-WILLIAM PINKETHMAN 1704. HENRY TYLER. HON. EDMUND JENINGS 1710. WILLIAM TIMSON AND ARMISTEAD BURWELL 1751. HON. GEORGE WYTHE 1760 JOHN PIERCE AND WILLIAM EATON 1768
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO THE MEMORY OF MAJ. JOSEPH CROSHAW. M. H. B. DONOR IN 1658 OF THE LAND ON WHICH MARSTON PARISH CHURCH WAS BUILT AND OF REV. EDWARD FOLLIOTT MINISTER OF MARSTON PARISH WHICH IN 1674 UNITED WITH MIDDLETOWN PARISH TO FORM BRUTON PARISH AND OF RALPH GRAVES AND MAJ. JOHN POWER VESTRYMEN OF BRUTON PARISH PRIOR TO 1769
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THEIR DESCENDANTS THROUGH JOHN MUNFORD GREGORY I AND LETITIA POWER GRAVES, HIS WIFE
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TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF HON. SAMUEL MATTHEWS CAPTAIN GENERAL AND GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA 1622-1660
THIS MEMORIAL HAS BEEN ERECTED BY THE NEW YORK CHAPTER OF THE DAUGHTERS OF FOUNDERS AND PATRIOTS OF AMERICA.
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE VESTRY OF 1710-1715 WHO ERECTED THE PRESENT CHURCH BUILDING
HENRY TYLER-JOHN HOLLOWAY RICHARD KENDALL-RICHARD BLAND FREDERICK JONES-HUGH NORVELL WILLIAM TIMSON-EDMUND JENINGS DAVID BRAY-AMBROSE COBBS CHRISTO JACKSON, CLERK MINISTER, REV. COMMISSARY. JAMES BLAIR D. D.
CO-OPERATING COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES MR. JOHN HOLLOWAY-MR. ROBT. BOLLING AND MR. NICHOLAS MERIWETHER
South Wall, Nave
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY REV. JAMES BLAIR, D.D. 1693-1743. REV. WILLIAM
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DAWSON, D. D. 1743-1752. REV. WILLIAM STITH, D.D. 1752-1755. REV. THOMAS DAWSON, D. D. 1755-1761 REV. WILLIAM YATES, 1761-1764. REV. JAMES HORROCKS D. D. 1764-1771. REV. JOHN CAMM D. D. 1771-1777. RT. REV. JAMES MADISON, D. D. 1777 1812. REV. JOHN BRACKEN, D. D. 1812-1814. JOHN AUGUSTINE SMITH, M. D. 1814-1826. REV. WILLIAM H. WILMER, D. D. 1826-1827. REV. ADAM EMPIE, D. D. 1827-1836. THOMAS R. DEW, LL. D. 1836-1846. ROBERT SAUNDERS, 1847. COL. BENJAMIN S. EWELL, LL. D. 1848 and 1854-1888 RT. REV. JOHN JOHNS, D. D. 1849-1854
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE VESTRY OF 1674-1683, WHO ERECTED THE FIRST BRICK CHURCH UPON THIS FOUNDATION
THE HONORABLE COL. DANIEL PARKE ROWLAND JONES, MINISTER JOHN PAGE-JAMES BESOUTH MAJOR OTHO THORPE-ROBERT COBB-JAMES BRAY CAPT. PHILIP CHESLEY AND WILLIAM AYLETT CHURCH WARDENS.
GEORGE POYNDEXTER-GEORGE MARTIN SAMUEL TIMSON-HON. THOMAS BALLARD CAPT. FRANCIS PAGE, TREASURER. ALEXANDER BONYMAN, CLERK, AND JOHN OWENS, SIDESMAN ATTORNEY OF THE VESTRY-MAJOR ROBERT BEVERLEY
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF CYNTHIA BEVERLEY TUCKER COLEMAN BORN JAN. 18, 1832 DIED OCT. 24, 1908 ERECTED BY THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA "THEY GO FROM GLORY UNTO GLORY"
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TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE ATTORNEYS GENERAL OF COLONIAL VIRGINIA WORSHIPERS IN THIS CHURCH BENJAMIN HARRISON 1702-1704 STEPHENS THOMSON 1704-1714 JOHN CLAYTON 1714-1736 EDWARD BARRADALL 1737-1743 WILLIAM BOWDEN 1743-1748 PEYTON RANDOLPH 1748-1766 JOHN RANDOLPH 1766-1776
North Transept IN MEMORY OF THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS who fell in the BATTLE OF WILLIAMSBURG May the 5th 1862 And of those who died of the wounds received in the same. THEY DIED FOR US.
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WHICH, IN 1777, DRAFTED THE "ACT ESTABLISHING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM" IN VIRGINIA.
THOMAS JEFFERSON, VESTRYMAN OF ST. ANNE'S PARISH EDMUND PENDLETON, VESTRYMAN OF DRYSDALE PARISH GEORGE WYTHE, VESTRYMAN OF BRUTON PARISH GEORGE MASON, VESTRYMAN OF TRURO PARISH THOMAS LUDWELL LEE, VESTRYMAN OF OVERWHARTON PARISH BEING ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
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TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES WHO, WHILE REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE OF VIRGINIA WORSHIPPED IN THIS PART OF BRUTON PARISH CHURCH, BUILT BY ORDER OF THE HOUSE IN 1713, AND PROVIDED WITH PEWS FOR THE GOVERNOR, HIS COUNCIL, AND THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES.
WITH GRATEFUL DEVOTION, VIRGINIA HERE RECALLS THE MEMORY OF THE LIFE AND SERVICES OF THAT NOBLE BAND OF PATRIOTS WHO CONSECRATED THEMSELVES TO THE DEFENSE AND PRESERVATION OF THE INALIENABLE RIGHTS AND CHARTER LIBERTIES OF THE ENGLISH COLONY IN VIRGINIA. THE OFFSPRING OF THE CHURCH, AND THE HEIRS OF HER TEACHING, THESE STATESMEN AND WARRIORS CAME HERE TO FIND CLEARER VISION AND NOBLER COURAGE, AND TO INVOKE UPON THEIR CAUSE THE BLESSING OF THEIR GOD AND THE GOD OF THEIR FATHERS. AS THE CHURCH AT JAMESTOWN MINISTERED TO THE MEN WHO FIRST PERMANENTLY ESTABLISHED ENGLISH CIVILIZATION IN AMERICA, SO BRUTON MINISTERED TO THOSE WHO, THROUGH THE STATE CONSTITUTION, AND THE DECLARATION OF RIGHTS, AND THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, BY CONGRESS, HELPED TO ESTABLISH UPON A FIRM AND LASTING FOUNDATION THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC.
IN ORDER THAT THE HIGH IDEALS OF THESE VIRGINIA PATRIOTS MAY BE RECALLED AS A PERENNIAL INSPIRATION TO MEN, THIS PART OF BRUTON PARISH CHURCH, HALLOWED BY THEIR MEMORY, HAS BEEN STRUCTURALLY PRESERVED AND RESTORED THROUGH A GIFT FOR THIS PURPOSE. PRESENTED BY MR. AND MRS. PETER H. MAYO OF "POWHATAN SEAT," NEAR RICHMOND, VIRGINIA IN MEMORY OF THEIR ANCESTORS JOHN MAYO OF "POWHATAN SEAT," LEWIS NATHANIEL, AND CARTER BURWELL PETER POYTHRESS, RICHARD BLAND, JOHN PAGE, ROBERT CARTER, PHILIP LUDWELL MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND OF THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES AND LAWRENCE TALIAFERRO, COL. OF THE "CULPEPER MINUTE MEN."
To the Glory of God and in Memory of BEVERLEY DANDRIDGE TUCKER A Bishop of the Diocese of Southern Virginia 1906-1930 this North Gallery formerly the Slaves' or Servants' Gallery has been Restored by Letitia Pate Evans in Recognition of his lifelong work among the Negro People of Virginia 1939 "He led them out of darkness into light."
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South Transept IN MEMORY OF CHARLES WASHINGTON COLEMAN, M. D. Son of THOMAS COLEMAN AND FRANCES CATHARINE HILL, HIS WIFE, BORN 18 JULY 1826, DIED 15 SEPTEMBER 1894 He was for many years a vestry- man and senior warden of Bruton Church, and long our beloved physician. This tablet is erected by his grateful friends.
IN MEMORIAM WORLD WAR I SAMUEL H. HUBBARD PERCY L. WITCHLEY
WORLD WAR II ELLSWORTH PALMER AYERS, JR. JAMES A. BAILEY JOHN T. BLACKNALL WILLIAM A. R. GOODWIN, JR. ALEX G. HARWOOD, III LION TYLER MILES HERBERT C. ROBERTS, JR.
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE SPEAKERS OF THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES WORSHIPERS IN THIS CHURCH. PETER BEVERLEY 1700-1705. 1710-1714 BENJAMIN HARRISON 1705 DANIEL MCCARTY 1715-1718 JOHN HOLLOWAY 1720-1734 SIR JOHN RANDOLPH 1736 JOHN ROBINSON 1738-1765 PEYTON RANDOLPH 1766-1775
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND COMMEMORATIVE OF THE FIRST REPRESENTATIVE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY HELD IN AMERICA, WHICH MET IN THIS COUNTY, IN THE CHURCH AT JAMESTOWN, ON JULY 30, 1619. "WHERE SIR GEORGE YEARDLEY, THE GOVERNOR BEING SETT DOWNE IN HIS ACCUSTOMED PLACE IN THE QUIRE, THOSE OF THE COUNSEL
OF ESTATE SATE NEXTE HIM ON BOTH HANDES; BUT FORASMUCH AS MEN'S AFFAIRES DOE LITTLE PROSPER WHERE GOD'S SERVICE IS NEGLECTED, ALL THE BURGESSES TOOKE THEIR PLACES IN THE QUIRE TILL A PRAYER WAS SAID BY MR. BUCKE, THE MINISTER, THAT IT WOULD PLEASE GOD TO GUIDE AND SANCTIFIE ALL OUR PROCEEDINGS TO HIS OWN GLORY AND THE GOOD OF THIS PLANTATION." AND IN SPECIAL MEMORY OF CAPTAIN NATHANIEL POWELL, SENIOR COUNSELOR AND ACTING GOVERNOR, APRIL 1619, AND CAPTAIN WILLIAM POWELL, BURGESS FROM JAMES CITY COUNTY THIS ENDOWMENT TABLET HAS BEEN ERECTED BY ONE OF THE DESCENDANTS OF CAPTAIN WILLIAM POWELL IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN. 87
To The Glory of God and in Memory of her beloved Father MAJOR CORNELIUS PATE OF BEDFORD COUNTY VIRGINIA the South Gallery erected by John Holloway 1720 has been Restored by Letitia Pate Evans 1939 "I have Chosen the way of Faithfulness" Psalm 119
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF WILLIAM ARCHER RUTHERFOORD GOODWIN, JR. 2nd Lt., 58th Fighter Squadron, A. A. F., KILLED IN ACTION AUGUST 9, 1943 IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY AND OF THIS COMMONWEALTH Fortiter-Fideliter-Feliciter
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THIS PULPIT Restored to the Glory of God and in Memory of THE REVEREND COMMISSARY JAMES BLAIR, D. D. AND THE OTHER CLERGY OF BRUTON PARISH CHURCH during the Colonial Period of its History and in Memory of later rectors of Bruton Parish Church replaces a Pulpit and Clerk's Desk similarly dedicated in 1907 the gift of Mrs. Byam Kerby Stevens of New York City in Memory of her mother ELIZA LANGDON WILKS
To the GLORY of GOD and in MEMORY of William Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin Minister, Teacher, Man of Vision in whose Heart and Mind was conceived the Thought of restoring the Beauty of this ANCIENT CITY and who was himself the Inspiration of its Fulfillment THIS TABLET is erected by his Friend and Fellow Worker JOHN DAVISON ROCKEFELLER JR. ANNO DOMINI 1941
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Chancel
Neare this Marble Lyes ye HON.ble DANIEL PARKE of ye County of Essex Esq. who was one of his Ma.ties Counsellors and sometime Secretary of the Collony of Virga he Dyed ye 6th of March Anno 1679
His other Felecityes ware Crowned by his happy Marridg with REBBECKA the Daughter of GEORGE EVELYN of the County of Surry Esq. she dyed the 2d of January Anno 1672 at Long Ditton in ye County of Surry and left behind her a most hopefull Progeny88
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THE GOVERNORS OF COLONIAL VIRGINIA WHO OCCUPIED THIS PEW
COL. FRANCIS NICHOLSON-LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, 1698-1704 EDWARD NOTT-LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, 1705-1706 EDMUND JENINGS-PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL, 1706-1710 COL. ALEXANDER SPOTSWOOD-LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, 1710-1722 HUGH DRYSDALE-LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, 1722-1726 ROBERT CARTER-PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL, 1726-1727 WILLIAM GOOCH-LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, 1727-1749 REV. JAMES BLAIR, D. D .- PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL, 1740 JOHN ROBINSON-PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL, 1749 THOMAS LEE-PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL, 1749-1750 LEWIS BURWELL-PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL, 1750-1751 ROBERT DINWIDDIE-LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, 1751-1758 JOHN BLAIR-PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL, 1758 AND 1768 FRANCIS FAUQUIER-LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, 1758-1768 NORBORNE BERKELEY, BARON DE BOTETOURT-GOVERNOR-IN-CHIEF, 1768-1770 WILLIAM NELSON-PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL, 1770-1771 JOHN MURRAY, EARL OF DUNMORE-GOVERNOR-IN-CHIEF, 1771-1775
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In memory of the Revd. William H. Wilmer D. D. whose eminent Talents and exemplary Piety enabled him to fill, with dignity and usefulness the important stations of Rector of this Church President of William and Mary College President of the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies of the Protestant Episcopal Church He was beloved in Private Respected and Honored in Public Life. a Sound Divine, a Faithful Pastor, a Sincere and Practical Christian Born at Chester-Town, Maryland March 9th. 1784; Died July 24th. 1827
This monument is erected by the Congregation, and Christians of other denominations, in testimony of their profound respect, and ardent affection, for the deceased. J. Struthers. Fecit Philadelphia
THIS TABLET HAS BEEN PLACED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN CONNECTION WITH AN ENDOWMENT GIFT TO THE ALTAR GUILD OF BRUTON PARISH CHURCH IN MEMORY OF THOMAS JONES BORN IN LONDON, ENGLAND DIED MAY 21, 1757
Vestryman of Bruton Parish Member of House of Burgesses for the College of William & Mary 1720-1722 Member of the First Board of Aldermen City of Williamsburg AND MARK CATESBY, F. R. S. BORN IN SUDBURY, ENGLAND DIED DECEMBER 23, 1749
An English Naturalist resident in Virginia 1712-1717, and in Carolina, Georgia, and the Bahamas, 1722-1726. Author of "The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands" 1731-1748 being the first scientific description of wild life in North America The first naturalist to describe most of our common birds, to introduce to cultivation the Catalpa tree and other useful plants and to observe the effect of altitude upon geographic distribution
A pioneer in American science whose energy and enthusiasm preserved for posterity the fruits of his labor
THOMAS CATESBY JONES A. D. 1928
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IN MEMORIAM HENRY TYLER, SR. & HENRY TYLER, JR. Vestrymen & Wardens of Bruton Church & Parish. JOHN TYLER & ELIZABETH LOW, parents of JOANNA TYLER-MCKENZIE, & JOHN TYLER, the Marshall of the Colony of Va. & ANNE CONTESSE, parents of JOHN TYLER, Patriot, Gov'r, Judge of the Admiralty, Supreme & U. S. Courts of Va .; & MARY ARMISTEAD, of Buck-Rowe, parents of JOHN TYLER Student, Visitor, Rector & Chancellor of Wm. & Mary College: Gov'r., Member of Congress, Senator, Vice President & President of the United States, Member of Confederate Congress; & LETITIA CHRISTIAN, parents of ROBERT TYLER, Poet, Philosopher, States- man, Gentleman. SAMUEL TYLER, A.B. L.L.D. Chancellor of the State of Va., Grandson of the Marshall.
This Tablet is erected by some of their Descendants: June 1888. A. D.
This Organ was installed in 1939 in Memory of TRUXTUN BEALE Direct descendant of Thomas Beale Vestryman 1684 In it are incorporated parts of the organ given in 1907 in Memory of
Peter Pelham organist 1755 to c. 1802 by Mrs. H. H. Houston, Andrew Carnegie and the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
The Organ was rebuilt and enlarged in Memory of VERNON MEREDITH GEDDY 1897-1952 Lifetime member, Vestryman, and Trustee of Bruton Parish The Gift of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., 1954
MDCCLII Inscribed to the Memory of DOCTOR WILLIAM COCKE, An English Physician, Born of reputable Parents, MDCLXXII at Sudbury in SUFFOLK, and educated at Queen's College, CAMBRIDGE
He was learned and polite of indisputed Skill in his profession of unbounded Generosity in his practice which multitudes, yet alive, can testify.
He was, many Years, of the Council and Secretary of State, for this Colony In the Reign of QUEEN ANNE & of KING GEORGE. He died Suddenly, sitting a Judge upon the Bench of the General Court, in the Capitol; MDCCXX
His Hon. Friend, Alexr. Spotswood Esqr. then Govr. with the principal Gentlemen of the Country, attended his Funeral; and, weeping, saw the Corps Interred at the West side of the Alter, In this Church.
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THIS PEW HAS BEEN ENDOWED IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM MAYO II, JOHN MAYO, HIS SON, WILLIAM MAYO III, SON OF JOHN, AND THEIR DESCENDANTS: ROBERT A. MAYO, SON OF WILLIAM III, BORN IN 1799, A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE OF VIRGINIA, AND OTHERS OF "POWHATAN SEAT," HENRICO COUNTY, VA.
WILLIAM MAYO II, SON OF WILLIAM MAYO, BORN IN 1620, OF POULSHOT, ENGLAND, WAS APPOINTED CHIEF SURVEYOR BY VIRGINIA AND THE CROWN TO RUN, WITH COL. WILLIAM BYRD AND OTHERS, THE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA, IN 1728 AND ALSO TO SURVEY AND ADJUST THE LINES IN CONTROVERSY BETWEEN THE CROWN AND LORD FAIRFAX. HE LAID OUT THE CITIES OF RICHMOND AND PETERSBURG IN 1737 FOR COL. WILLIAM BYRD.
JOHN MAYO WAS A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES IN 1769-1772 AND OF THE CONVENTION IN 1775 and 1776.
WILLIAM MAYO III WAS SOME TIME WARDEN OF ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, RICHMOND, VA.
The following mural tablet was placed on the west wall of the bell tower in 1980:
BRUTON PARISH CHURCH HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK THIS SITE POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE IN COMMEMORATING THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1980
HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION SERVICE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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APPENDIX
Rectors of Bruton Parish
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