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Frederick Johnston, in his meritorious "Memorials of Virginia Clerks," laments the destruction of the records of James City county, in the burning of the court-house in Richmond, April 3, 1865, and com- mences his list of clerks of the county with Leonard A. Henley, 1831 .- R. A. BROCK.
II Somewhat mutilated; but I have completed the lines by reference to Pope.
12 Thomas Hornsby was highly esteemed and very successful as a merchant. Joseph Hornsby, probably his son, was a vestryman of Bruton parish in 1774,-R. A. BROCK.
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Edward Tott
[Hrms] Under this Marble Rests ye Hohes of his Excellency Edward Nott Late Governor of this Collony who In his Private character was a good Christian and in his Dublic a good Governor he was H lover of Mankind And Bountiful to his friends By ye Sanctity of his Moralls and ye Mildness Prudence and justice of his Administra- tion he was Deservedly Esteemed H Public Blessing while he Lived & when De Dyed H Dublic Callamity. he Departed This Life the 23d Day of August 1706 Aged 49 Years. In Gratefull Remembrance of who se many Dutyes the Generall Hosembly of this Collony have Erected this Monument.13
James nicolson
Sacred to the memory of James Nicolson late steward of William and Marys College he was born in the town of Inverners
13 Edward Nott entered upon his duties as Lieutenant-Governor August 15, 1705. He procured the passage by the Assembly of an act for the building of a "palace" for the Governor, with an appropriation of £3,000, also an act establishing the general court; but the last was disallowed by the British Board of Trade. During Governor Nott's administration the College of William and Mary was destroyed by fire .- R. A. BROCK.
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NORTH-BRICHIN HANNO 1711 and died the 22d of January 1773 industry. frugality. integrity. simplicity. of manners and independence of SOUL Adorned bis Character and procured him Universal Esteem READER Learn from this Example that As the most Exalted station may be debased by VICE so there is no situation in life on which VIRTUE will not confer DIGNICY!
Charles Munt
To the Memory of Mr Charles hunt late of this Parish. he died the 11th day of Oct" 1794 Aged 41 Years. Regretted by all who knew him.
Ikatherine Thorp
Katherine Thorp Relick of Capt Thomas Thorp Nephew to Major Otho Thorp formerly Inhabitant of this Parish after a Pilgrimage of forty
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three yeares in a Troublesome world Lay Downe here to Rest in hope of a Joyfull Resurection obiit June 6th 1695
Thomas Thorp
Dere lyeth in hope of a joyfull Resurrection the Body of Capt Thomas Chorp of Bruton Parish in the Dominion of Virginia Nephew of Maj. Otho Chorp of the same Parish who Departed This Life the 7 day of October Hno 1693 Aged 48
Edwardus Barradall
[Arms] 14
EDWARDUS BARRADALL Armiger Qui In legum studiis feliciter versatus Attornati Generalis et Admiralitatis Iudicis Amplicissimus Dartes merito obtinuit fideliter obivit
14 From a rough drawing in the possession of the editor, the arms of Barradall (tinctures not given), a bend, three pheons, an annulet for difference, are impaled with Fitzhugh-Az .: three chevrons bracedin base of escutcheon, or, a chief of the last. William Fitzhugh, lawyer, planter, merchant and shipper, the ancestor of the well-known family of the name, was born in Bedford, England, January 9, 1651; settled in that portion of Stafford, now comprising Prince George county ; died at his seat, Bedford, Virginia, in October, 1701 .- R. A. BROCK.
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Collegium Gulielmi et Maria Cum Gubernator Cum in Conventu Generali Senator Propugnavit SHRAM Viri honorabilis Guil fitzhugh Armigeri Serenissimae Reginae Annæ in Virginia a Consilios filiam Natu minimam Cam Mortis quam Vitae Sociam Uxorem babuit. Obierunt
ille XIII Cal Iulii HD. MDCCXLIII Æ XXXIX XXX
illa Non Oct
nic iuxta situe est henricus Barradall €. B. supra dicti frater Qui Obiit XVIII Cal Octob H. D. MDCCXXXVII Ætat XXVII Blumfield Barradall tantum frater15
The epitaph of Rev. Roland Jones, first rector of Bruton Parish. Bishop Meade is not accurate. Owing to the ignorance of workmen recently employed in the church- yard, the epitaph is permanently distorted. The follow. ing is approximately correct :
Revo. RRolandus Tones
Die jacet Rolandus Iones clericue filius Rolandi Jones clerici Natus Swimbrook juxta Burford in Comii Oxoii Collegii Merton Universitate Oxoii
15 Last few lines so badly worn as to be illegible.
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Alumnus Parochiae Bruton Virginia Dastor Primus & delectissimus funcnone Pastorali annis 14
fideliter d
Parochiae quam
maximo de Obiít Hp 23
die Atatis quae 48 Hno D 1688
Margaret Brown
Dere Lyes the Body of Margaret Brown wife to Doctor John Brown of Williamsburg late of Cold Stream North Britain who died the 22d day of August 1720 in the 36 year of her Age Drob! Dolor quao fuit Clarissime. Dere Lyes the Body of Jane Brown Daughter to the foresaid John Brown who died the 30 Huguet 1720 the 14 day of her Age.
Thomas Ludwell
[Arme] 16 Under this Marble lieth the Body of Thomas Ludwell Esqr Secretary of Virginia, who was born at Bruton in the County of Somerset in the Kingdom of ENGLAND, and departed this Life in the Year 1678 And near this place lye the Bodies of Richard
16 The arms upon the book-plate of Philip Ludwell of "Green Spring" are: Gu, a bend ar., three eagles displayed sa. between three to wers. Motto-Pensieri stretti edil viso sciolto .- R. A. BROCK.
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Kemp, Esqr his Predecessor in ye Secretarys Office17 and St Thomas Lunsford Kt in Memory of whom this Marble is placed by Order of Philip Ludwell Esqr Nephew of the said Chomas Ludwell in the Year 1727
John Greenbow
here lies in hopes of a joyful Resurrection all that was mortal of John Greenbow, late of this City, Merchant, De was born in Staunton, near Kendal in Westmoreland, Great Britain, November the 12th 1724 & died the 29th August 1787, after a very short Illness. On his left side lies Elizabeth
17 Richard Kemp was a member of the Council of Virginia, 1642, and as its President in June, 1644, upon the departure of Sir William Berkeley for England, became the acting Governor of the Colony. It is notable that during his incumbency the first fast and thanksgiving days in the Colony, of which any record is preserved, were ordered. "Att James Cittye the 17th of February, 1644-5," it was "enacted by the Governour, Counsell and Burgesses of this present Grand Assembly, for God's glory and the publick benefit of the Collony to the end that God might avert his heavie judgments that are now upon vs, That the last. Wednesday in every month be sett apart for a day of ffast and humilia- tion. And that it be wholly dedicated to prayers and preaching." Also, "That the eighteenth day of April be yearly celebrated by thanksgivings for our deliverance from the hands of Salvages." Referring to the recent massacre by the Indians ( Hening's Statutes, I, pp. 289, 290.) Sir William Berkeley returning in June, 1645, resumed the government of Virginia, but Richard Kemp continued to serve the Colony as a member of the Council until 1648, and perhaps later, latterly as the Secretary of the body. He died some time before 1678-R. A. BROCK.
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the Daughter of Lohn Tyler's his second Wife, who was born in James City the 30th Jany 1744, and died of the Small Dox on July the 23rd 1781 which she endured with the greatest Christian fortitude & Resignation.
Edward Dyer
Dere Lyeth Edward Dyer Who died OcCr ye 6 1722 agd 1 Year & 7 Mo ye Only Son of Rob Dyer & Martha his Wife
Jean Blair
In the adjoining grave lies deposited with her husband whatever was mortal of Jean Blair, who was born 26th Oct" 1736, O. S. and died 22nd Nov" 1792 Der conduct through life was truly exemplary and amiable in discharging all the relative duties of her station as a wife, a mother and a friend; and her piety shone forth with peculiar lustre during a protracted, painful, and distressing illness, which she sustained
18 Marshal of the Colony and grandfather of President John Tyler. -R. A. BROCK.
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without a murmur, with entire resignation and acknowledgments of the divine mercy and goodness; and fervent prayers to be released, and, resign her spirit to God Who gave it. Here lies interred the body of James Blair son of the honble John Blair 19 a youth distinguished for the uniform purity of his morals, accompanied with ingenuous modesty and the most winning mildness of temper and manners. he was born the 9th of June 1770 and died the 25th of Oct 1791.
Jane Blair
SACRED to the memory of JANE, the youngest daughter of the Bonble John Blair, and beloved wife of James henderson 20 Mournful and with tears, he hath erected this last gift of love and conjugal affection. She died 19th Decr 1800 Aged 40 years. having been distinguished for her piety affection, prudence, and suavity of manners. Ht her feet are deposited the bodies
19 John Blair, son of Dr. Archibald Blair, and nephew of Rev. James Blair, D. D., President of William and Mary College; member of the House of Burgesses in 1736; long a member of the Council, of which as President, he was acting Governor of Virginia for a time in 1758. His son, Archibald Blair, was Secretary of the Virginia Convention of 1776; and another son, John Blair, a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. A daughter, Jane, was the first wife of James Hender- son .- R. A. BROCK.
20 James Henderson married secondly -- , and had issue; 1. James; 2. Walter; 3. Elizabeth. He died in 1818, and William Brown and Alexander Brown were his executors .- R. A. BROCK.
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of her three infant children, James Blair, born 29th Oct 1795, and lived only 21 days. John Blair, born 25th febyy 1797 and died 17th April following, and Blair Monroe, born soth July, 1800 and died 4th May 1801.
David JBray
[Hrms]21 721 Dere Lyeth the Body of COLONEL David Bray of this Parish who died on ye 21 of Oct" 1717 in the 52d Year of Dis Age and Left his Wife Judith & Son David Bray by whom this Monument was Erected in Memory of him Under this tomb with her husband Lieth Mrs Judith Bray who Departed this Life the 26 Day of October MDCCXX in the 45th Year of her Age.22
21 Az. a chevron between three eagles' legs erased a la cuisse sa. armed gu. Crest -An ounce ppr .- R. A. BROCK.
22 James I Bray was the first of the name in Virginia of whom record is preserved. He was living in James City county in 1666, was sworn a member of the Council March 4, 1674-15 ; married Angelica -- , and had issue: 1. Thomas; 2 2. James, 2 J. P. of James City county, 1710, and later; vestryman of Bruton parish; sheriff, 1717-'18; married in or before 1698 Mourning, widow of Colonel Thomas Pettus. He had (with, perhaps other issue) a son, Thomas,3 J. P. of James City county, 1738, who had an only child, Elizabeth,4 who married Colonel Philip Johnson, of King & Queen county, and died in 1675. 3. Colone David,2 supra vestryman of Bruton Parish, and J. P. of James City
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James BBrap
[Arms] Dere Lyeth in of Iames Br as Bray by whom this Monument was Erected
James Bray
1690
Another Bray monument-marble pyramidal shaft on a marble die, the latter having handsome armorial bearings on two sides and Latin inscriptions on the other two.23
David Bray
h. S. E.
David Bray Hrmiger Vir forma Ingenio Morum Suavitate et Comitate Praetor Sereníssimo Regi Georgio Secundo Conciliis in Virginia constitubus Camen ante Munus Susceptum florente Ætate Morte abreptus. Elisabetham Iohannis Page, Hrminger24 filiam Natu primam
county, 1710. He had issue: 1. David, 3 infra, born 1699; member of the council; died 1731; married Elizabeth, daughter of John Page of Gloucester county. 4. Angelica, married Mungo Inglis of Williamsburg the first Master of the Grammar School, William and Mary College (1693-1719.) His descendants intermarried with the Armisteads, Pages and Sheildses.
The widow of Thomas Bray established a scholarship at William and Mary College .- R. A. BROCK.
23 The arms of Bray with an inescutcheon bearing the Page arms. -R. A. BROCK.
24 Errors in cutting.
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Sibi Matrimonio conjunctam habuit Mutuo Affectus conjunctissimam. et sine Prote maerentem reliquit Octob 5° 1731 Ætat 32 Illa Amoris Conjugalii Extremum Dignus Boc Monumentum posuit
Elizabetha Brap
Die Depositum Quicquid babuit Mortale Elizabetha Bray Una cum Marito desideratissimo. Quae languenti morbo consumpta Hnimam Resignavit 22º Die Hprilis Anno 1734 Ætatis 32º Æquanimiter, fortiter, Die.
James Whalep
here lieth the Body of Lames Whaley of Yorke County in Virginia who departed this life the 16 day of May Anno Domini 1701 and in the fiftieth yeare of his Hge Die Body lyes to be Consumed to Dust Till the Resurrection of the Just Amongst Which Number he'll in hopes Appeare Bis blessed Sentence at doomsday to heare
Mathew Whaley
25 Mathew Whaley lyes Interred here Within this Comb upon his father dear. Who Departed
25 Square piece of marble on the front face of the monument.
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this Life the 26th of September 1705 Hged Nine years only child of Lames Whaley and Mary his wife
Fragment of Colonel John Page's tombstone, lying near the west door of Bruton Parish church, within the building.
Tobn Page
[Arme] 26 here lieth in hope of a Joyfull Resurrection the Body of Colonel Lohn Dage of Bruton Parish Esquire one of their Majesties Council in the Dominion [of] Virginia w o Departed this [life t]he 23 of [Ja]nuary in the year [of our] Lord 691/2 Hged 65
Alice Page Wife of Colonel John Dage [Arme]27 Dere lyeth the Body of Hlice Dage wife to Lohn Dage of ye county of York in Virginia aged 73 yeares who departed this life the 22 day of june Anno Domini 1698
26 Arms: Ar., a fesse dancette between three martlets; azure, a hor- dure of the last. Crest: A demi-horse forcene (rearing) .- R. A. BROCK. 27 Colonel John Page married, about 1656, Alice Luckin, of county Essex, England. In the "Page Family of Virginia," by Dr. R. C. M. Page, New York, 1883, it is stated (p. 41) that the arms on this tomb were those of Luckin: Sable, a fesse indented between two leopard's faces or. Crest-A demi-griffin or., issuing ont of a tower paly of six of the last and sable .- R. A. BROCK.
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francis Page
[Arme] here lieth in hope of a Joyfull Resurrection the Body of Captain francis Dage of Bruton Parish in the Dominion of Virginia Eldest Son of Colonel Lohn Dage of the Same Darish, Esquire, Who Departed this life the tenth Day of May in the Year of our Lord 1692: Hged 35 Chou wast while living of Unspotted fame Now being Dead, no man Dares Soil thy name for thou wast One whom Nothing here Could Stain ither force of honour nor Love of Gain spheres thou hast well Discharg'd thy trust most truly Dious, Loyal Lust stant Goodness my Den Cannt Express Vertues my tongue Cannt Rehearse steem'd by all the wise and Sage thy country in thy age we Cannt Now Speak of the eet to all Posterity Did to Yoursef Create erlasting Date your most happy wife other Life
Mary Page [Arme]28
Dere lieth in the hope of a Joyfull Resurrection the body of Mary, the wife of Captain francis Dage of Bruton Parish in the Dominion of Virginia, Daughter of
28 The editor has no information as to these arms, whether of Page alone or impaled with those of Digges. The latter are: Gn. on a cross ar., five eagles displayed sa. armed of the field .- R. A. BROCK.
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Edward Diggs of hampton Parish in the Same Dominion, Esquire who Departed this life the Eighteenth Day of March in the year of Our Lord 169º, Aged 3[2}] Chy Modest, meek and Dious Soule did Shine With well-Tempered Nature and Grace Divine One to Excell in beauty few Could finde yet thy Rarest features were of the minde thou wast a faithful and Vertuous wife thou Greatly Loved peace and hated strife thou wast a prudent and tender Mother a true-loving sister to Each Brother a Choice friend a Kind Nighbour a good Christian ready at God's call thou lived and dy'd upon Christ Relying thou Dy'd to Sin and now Livest by Dying thy faith Doth yield thy Diety Doth Give Restoratives to make thee Ever live thrice blest friend this Epitaph is thy due when Saints arise thy Lord will say 'tis true.
Elizabeth Page
[Arms] Dere lyeth the body of Elizabeth Dage, decd late wife to Lohn Dage of Yorke [coJunty Gent. and Daughter of [C]apt francis Dage late of the same County deceased she blest her sa[id] husband w[ith] H Son and Daughter & departed this life the 12 day of November Anno Dom 1702 And in the 20 yeare of her age.
Mrs. Ann Cimson Jones here lies all that the grave can claim of Mrs. Ann Cimson Jones Consort of the
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Rev. Servant Jones Born 1st Sept. 1787 Married 26 Dec. 1805 Baptised 3 Mar. 1822 Died June 6, 1849.
If woman ever yet did well If woman ever did excell
If woman husband ere adored
If woman ever loved the Lord If ever faith and hope and Love In human flesh did live and move If all the graces ere did meet In her in her they were complete
My Ann, my all my Angel Wife My dearest one my love my life I cannot sigh or say fare well But where thou dwellest I will dwell.
In Memory of the Confederate Soldiers
In the church-yard is a monument to their memory which bears the following inscription :
Lord keep their memory green.
Erected to the memory of the Confederate Soldiers who fell in the Battle of Williamsburg, May 5th, 1862, and lie buried under and around this monument.
R. Crawford, 14th Louisiana Inf.
J. M. Cary, «
Um. Baldridge, 18th Mississippi
John Daisy, 8th Reg., Alabama
D. Dargan, 44
C. D. Darr, 10th Reg.
C. h. More,
46
D. h. Woolley "
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C. M. Blackburn, 10th Reg., Alabama Inf. D. R. Wright, 13th Reg., Nth. Car.
Ta. D. Mooney, " « 4
James Barnett, 19th Reg., Virginia
James Keating, 17th 4
Ta. L .. Rector, 11th
R. K. Casper,
D. S. C. Jones,
4 «
J. C. Grady,
44
J. B. Cwyner, 3rd
"
Near this monument are six small stones each inscribed C. S. H. May 5th, 1662; and three stones inscribed as follows: C. S. H., St. John Addison, Co. 6., 17th Va. Regt., May 5th, 1662. C. S. H., Capt. H. J. humphreys, Co. H., 17th Va. Regt., Killed at the Battle of Williamsburg, May 5th, 1662. C. S. H. C. T. a.
names Engraved on Tomb=Stones in Bruton Church and Church Dard, with Date of Death
Michael Archer, 1726; Joana Archer, 1732; Thomas Hugh Nelson Burwell, 1841; Rolandus Jones, clericus, 1688; David Meade Randolph, 1830; Hon. John Blair, 1800; John Millington, 1868; his mother-in-law, Mrs. Elizabeth Lett, 1847; Sidney Smith, 1881; Virginia C. Smith, 1878; Delia Adalaide Bucktrout, 1857; Josiah Nelson Bucktrout, 1836; Richard Manning Bucktrout, 1847; Horatio Nelson Bucktrout, 1854; Lulie E. Dugger, 1870; Benjamin Earushaw Bucktrout, 1846; Benjamin Bucktrout, 1849; Mrs. Catherine Stephenson, 18(32?); H. S. E. Edwardus Barradall Armiger, 1743; Henricus Barradall, 1737; children of Henry Washington and his wife, Cynthia Beverly Tucker, Lucy 1854; Sarah Augustine, 1862;
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Catherine Brooks Coleman, 1883; Annie B. Gilliam, 1900; Mary Westwood, 1869; Mrs. Ann Burgess, 1771; Catharine Stith, 1776; Mrs. Catharine Blackley, 1771; James Grinsley, 1763; Robt. H. Hord, 1845; James Dix, 1861; John Blair, 1792; James Blair, 1791; Edward B. Lindsay, 1855; Jane Blair Henderson, 1800; James Blair Henderson, 1795; John Blair Henderson, 1797; Blair Monroe Henderson, 1801; George Bascom Lindsay, 1860; Mr. Charles Hunt, 1794; Sarah Lindsay, 1850; John Greenhow, 1787; Elizabeth Greenhow, 1781; Judith Greenhow, 1765; Mrs. Francis Custis, 17}}; Daniel Parke Custis, 1754; Francis Parke Custis, 1757; Elizabeth Henderson, 1813; Revd. James Henderson, 1818; Thomas Hamilton Henderson, 1814; Elizabeth Bingham, 1851; Ann B. Wilmer, 1854; Captain Francis Page, 1692; Alice Page, 1698; John Collett, 1749; Mrs. Mary Francis Page, 169 -; Col. John Page, 169}; Thomas Hornsby, 1772; Mrs. Margaret Hornsby, -; Margaret Brown, 1720; Jane Brown, 1720; Thomas Lyttleton Savage, 1855; Lauretta Ann Winder, 1879; Mary Nicolson, 1793; Thomas Ludwell, Esq., 1678; Mary E. Dixon, 1836; Elizabeth Page, 1702 ; Col. David Bray, 1717; Mrs. Judith Bray, 1720; David Bray, Armiger, 1731; Elizabeth Bray, 1734; James Bray, 1690; Joseph Scrivener, 1772; James Whaley, 1701; Mathew Whaley, 1705; Capt. Thomas Thorp, 1693; Katherine Thorp, 1695; Edward Dyer, 1722; Ann Charlton, 17(44?); Mrs. Eliza Williams, 1829; Hugh Orr, 1764; John Yuille, 1746; Seth Sewell Briggs, 1812; Susand L. W. Briggs, 1811; Mary M. Dehart, 1839; John W. Wyatt, 1849 ; Margaret F. Clows, 1853; Ann Snow, 1855; John L. Tilford, 1862; Mary L. McCann, 1846; Rev. Scervant Jones, 1854; Mrs. Ann Timson Jones, 1849; Millicent Jones, 1751; Mrs. Anne Frank, 1759; Robert Major Garrett, 1885, and Susan C. Winder, his wife, 1854; Henry Winder Garrett, 1879; Robert Winder Garrett, 1838; Comfort Anna Garrett, 1854; S. C. Garrett, 1878; Thomas O. Cogbill, 1858; Mrs.
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Virginia Abbott, 1830; James Cabaniss, 1837; Robt. Rae, 1753; His Excellency Edward Nott, 1706; Mrs. Mary Purdie, 1772; Mrs. Sarah Griffin, 1846; Lady Christina Stuart, 1807; James Nicolson, 1773; Judge Nathl. Beverly Tucker, 1851; Mrs. Lucy Ann Tucker, 1867; Reuben Smith, 1843; Margaret W. Durfey, 1865; Altazera E. Durfey, 1835; Thomas G. Durfey, 1847; Mr. Orlando Jones, 1681; the Confederate dead (see Memorial page.)
The tomb-stones give no indication as to the number of persons buried in the church-yard. Many of the old stones have been broken, and the fragments scattered. As far as possible these will be collected and placed in the tower floor for preservation. Over the larger portion of the church yard the graves are unmarked by either monu- ment or mound. In the spring fresh flowers grow over them, and in the winter they lie covered with leaves of autumn, or beneath an unsullied mantle of snow.
Tomb=stone IInscriptions-Hodenda
Richard Southgate, 1828; Mrs. Mary Arnet Galt, 1854; Emily Morrison, 1887; Richard Kemp, Esqr., and Sr. Thomas Lunsford, Kt .; these two names are inscribed on the tomb of Thomas Ludwell, (See p. 104.)
For names inscribed on Mural Tablets, See Tablet In- scriptions, pp. 88-92.
Appendir C List of the Ministers of Bruton Parish
Rowland Jones, 1674-1688-Samuel Eburne, 1688- 1697-Cope Doyley, 1697-1702-Solomon Wheatley, 1702 - 1710-James Blair, 1710 - 1743-Thomas Dawson, 1743-1759-William Yates, 1759-1764- James Horrocks, 1764-1771-John Camm, 1771-1773 -John Bracken, 1773-1818-R. Keith, D. D., 1821-1824 -William H. Wilmer, 1826-1827-Adam Empie, 1828- 1836-William Hodges, D. D., 1837-1848-Henry M. Denison, 1848-1852-George Wilmer, D. D., 1856 -- Thomas M. Ambler, 1860-1873-George Wilmer, D. D. (2d pastorate), 1872-1876-Jacquelin Meredith, 1876- 1877-Henry Wall, S. T. D., 1877-1880-Alexander Overby, 1880-1885-F. G. Burch, 1885-1887-Lyman B. Wharton, D. D., 1888-T. C. Page, 1889-1893- W. T. Roberts, 1894-1902 -- W. A. R. Goodwin, 1903
Partial List of the Destry of JBruton Parish
[The dates represent their first appearance in the records].
1674 .- Hon. Daniel Parke, Hon. John Page, James Besouth, Robert Cobbs, James Bray, Capt. Philip Chesley, William Aylett. 1679-George Poindexter, George Martin. 1682-Major Otho Thorpe, Capt. Francis Page. 1684-Hon. Philip Ludwell, Hon. Thomas Beale. 1686-Martin Gardner. 1694-Hon. Edmund Jenings, John Dormar, William Pinkethman, Hugh Norvell, Henry Tyler, John Kendall, Robert Crawley, Baldwin Mathews. 1697-John Owens, Philip Ludwell, Jr., Timothy Pinkethman. 1704-William Hansford, Joseph White, William Timson. 1705-Frederick Jones, John Page. 1710-Richard Kendall, Ambrose Cobbs, Richard Bland, David Bray. 1721-Mathew Pierce, John Holloway, John Custis, Michael Archer, Robert Cobbs, Jr., Henry Cary, Dr. Archibald Blair. 1725-Lewis Burwell. 1727 Sir John Randolph 1744-James Wray, Hon. John Blair, Sr., John Harmer, Benjamin Waller. 1747-Hon. Peyton Randolph. 1750-John Holt. 1754-Robert Carter Nicholas. 1761-Frederick Bryan. 1769-Thomas Everard, John Pierce, William Eaton, George Wythe, John Prentis, William Graves.
The following names are taken from Meade's Old Churches, as occurring in the old vestry book which ended in 1769: Hon. Thomas Ludwell, Hon. Thomas Ballard, James Vaulx, William Corker, Thomas Whaley, Capt. Thomas Williams, Daniel Wyld, Thomas Taylor, Christopher Pearson, Gideon Macon, Robert Spring, Abraham Vincler, Samuel Timson, Thomas Pettus, Col. Thomas Ballard, Ralph Graves, Capt. James Archer, George Norvell, Edward Jones, Capt. Thomas Thorpe, Daniel Park, Jr., James Whaley, James Bray, James Hubard, Nathaniel Crawley, John Clayton, David Bray, Jr., Thomas Jones, Samuel Turner, George Nicholas, William Robertson, Thomas Cobbs, Ralph Graves, Edward Barradall, Jr., James Barber, Daniel Needler, James Bray,
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Vestrymen of Bruton Parish
Jr., Edward Barradall, Jr., Henry Tyler, Jr., Mathew Pierce, William Parks, William Prentis, William Timson, Jr., Armistead Burwell, John Palmer, Pinkethman Eaton, Nathaniel Shields, John Power.
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