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To Peter Willis Part of his first Pay- ment for Building ye Addition to the Church, .
15
To Daniel Camble for keeping of R° Elder, .
3 10 133 9 0
Balance Due the Parish from Mr. William Call, £19 4 472 [196-197] BRISTOL PARISH IN ACC'T WITH THOMAS BONNER COLLECTOR FOR 1769.
To Paid The Reverend Mr. William Harison, . 5,000
To Wm. Yarbrough,
2,120
To George William's, · . ·
400
To Daniel Vaughan, . .
.
1,000
To William Butler, .
975
To William Aldridge, .
2,000 630
To George Currie, .
To Jacob Denheart,
1,000
To William Scogging,
500
600 To John Butler,
To the Sheriff for 13 Insolvents, 390
To 17 Tithes, Listed, that are Inhabitant's of Bran- dom Parish, Viz, Sarah Hunnicut 9 Robert Hun- nicut 3 Edward Walker 4 William Lee I, . 425
To 3 D° no Inhabitant Viz Samuel Heath-Christo- pher Hood, & John Speires, · To 9 D° Twice Listed, Viz John Raines, 6 & Henry Wilkerson, 3, 225 .
75
To Tob° Sold @ 20 | .
3,614
To D° D° @ 18 | 1,206
To my Com" for Collecting @ 6 +' C' On 20,675 Lbs Tobº, .
1,240
21,400
€
230
BRISTOL PARISH VESTRY BOOK.
CONTRA CR.
By 844 Tithes @ 25 Lbs Tobe Ur Pol, 21,100 200
By Eliza Yates 8 Tithes not Listed, . .
By James Patterson 2 D° D°, .
.
.
50
By John Hall I D° D°, .
.
.
25
By Lisenby William's I Do D°, ·
25
21,400
LSD
To Mr. William Call which he has Recieved Li5. II. 972,
15 II 972
To D° George Noble's note of hand when Recd for, 6 16 5
To D° Edmond Ruffin's D° for, .
II 5
To Do for William Brown Cash, .
·
To D° John Hall D°, .
4 6
To D° in Cash,
.
.
To D° Paid Will" Call's Order in favour of Peter Willis Date'd 22 of May 1771 & Willi's Recie't of 13 of June for ye same, .
12
To Cash Paid Wm. Call for Ball" the 22 of Aug 1771, 4 I
£49 1 91/2
LSD
By 3,614 1b Tob° Sold @ 20 | .
36 2 91/2 10 17
£46 19 9%
By 210 lbª Levyd for Insolvents Last Year & was Paid in Cash, -
2 2 0
£49 1 972
[198-199] THE PARISH OF BRISTOL IN ACC'T WITH THOMAS BONNER COLLEC'R FOR YEAR 1770.
To Paid The Reverend William Harrison, .
6,356
. To William Yarbrough, 2, 120 .
To Field & Call for Wm. Aldridge Ann Phillips & Nath1 Parrot, 2,012
.
I
.
.
2
£36 17 81/2
By 1, 206 Lbs D° D°, @ 18 | .
231
BRISTOL PARISH VESTRY BOOK.
To George Williams, .
. 400
To Daniel Vaughan,
.
.
.
.
1,000
To William Butler, .
975
To George Curry,
630
To Jacob Denhart,
1,000
To William Scoggin,
500
To Thomas Bonner,
250
To Martin's Brandon's Parish for Judgmet & Costs &c. 920
To John Hall Assignee to Josepth Rieves,
225
To the Collecter,
1,066
To Mary Lanthrope,
400
Solomon Thrift no Inhabitant, . .
21
Thomas Smith Molatto D°,
21
James Long twice Listed two Tithes,
42
1770 CONTRA CR.
17,938
By 844 Tithes @ 21 Lbs Tob° " Poll, .
. 17,724
Capt Charles Gregory Paid 4 Tithes not Listed,
84
17,808
By Ballance Due Thomas Bonner, . ·
I35
17,943
THE PARISH OF BRISTOL IN ACC'T WITH THOMAS BONNER, COL'R FOR THE YEAR 1771.
To the Revª William Harrison, .
. 7,200
To W" Yarbrough, ,
.
.
2,120
To George Williams, .
400
To Daniel Vaughan, .
1,000
To W" Butler,
975 630
To Wm 'Aldridge, .
1,000
To Ricª Biggins,
1,000 500
To William Scoggin,
To W" Call for Ann Philips,
600
To Mary Lanthrop,
200
To Nath1 Raines for W" Edwards,
.
250
.
.
1
To George Currie, .
232
BRISTOL PARISH VESTRY BOOK.
To Colº Theok Bland, .
.
.
. 330
To Nath1 Raines, ·
·
.
.
.
II5
To Joseph Kirkland, . .
To the Collecter, .
.
.
1,217
To Sundry Insolvents, Viz Charles Hood Lb.
Run to Carrolina, I. 22
John Pace Removed to Brumswick, 4. 88
James More Removed, but do not know where, .
4. 88
Matthias Crow run to Carrolina,
I. 22 190
17,748
To Ballance Remaining in my hands to be sold for ye use of the Parish, ·
2,726
20,474
To Paid into ye hands of W" Call Church Lbs. Warden & was sold Aug Court, I,212 @ 17 | 2 . To Paid in hands of D° @ Dº 280 @ 16 | 9, 280 @ 16 | 9
To Paid in the hands of Field & Call, 195
To Cash Paid Do if the Vestry approves of is £8. 18. 11. for 1,039 Lbª Tobº
Unaccounted for at 17 | 2, . 1,039
2,726 Lb5
1771 CONTRA CR.
By 922 Tythes at 22 Lb8 Tobo pr Poll, . . 20,284
By Sundrys not Listed, Viz,
John Raines, .
6 132
Joseph Butler, 2 44
John Phillips, ·
I 22
John Thrift,
.
I 22 220
IO 20,504 20,474
By Ballance Remaining in my hands to
be sold for the use of the Parish, 2,726
Test R. ARMISTEAD, Clk Vestry.
17,558
233
BRISTOL PARISH VESTRY BOOK.
[200] At a Vestry Held at Blandford For Bristol Parish Jany 15, 1772.
Present. the Revª William Harrison, Theop® Field, C. W., Robert Bolling, John Thweat, Dr. Theo" Bland, Richard Tay- lor, William Call, Nath' Raines, Peter Jones, Gentlemen.
Ordered, That the Claim of Lewis Parham to the Acre of Ground, on which the Brick Church Stands, on Well's Hill,. And his offer of the Said Land, on Paying him five Hundred Pounds for the Same be Rejected, he having no Right Thereto, in the Opinion of the Vestry.
Ordered, That the Church Wardens, Pay unto William Craise The Sum of Twenty two Shillings & Six Pence for finding A Coffin & Funeral Expenses for Burying Rob Whiting.
THEOP'S FIELD, Church Warden.
Test R. ARMISTEAD, CLK Vestry.
At A Vestry held at Blandford for Bristol Parish May 21, 1772.
Present. the Revª William Harrison, Theop Field, John Banister, Church Wardens, Robert Bolling, Thomas Jones, Wil- liam Call, Nath' Raines, John Thweatt, Richª Taylor, Doc" Theok Bland, Gentlemen.
Ordered, That the Several List of Processions, be Recorded That has been this Day Deliva & Rec" W" Perkins & Joseph Kirkland's, James Cureton & Tho" Bonner's, Rob Evans & Rob Tucker's, John & George Blicks, Thomas Evans & James Harrison's, Isham Baughs & Athy Williams's, Will" Gary & Fredk Archer's, Drury Alley & Lesby Williams's, John Thweatt & John Cureton's, James Overby's & Rob' Newsum's, Edward & Drury Burchetts, Henry Wilkerson & Thomas Daniel's, Thomas Jones & Partrick Ramsey's.
Ordered That the Church Warden's Pay unto W" Craise the Sum of One Pound Seven Shillings & Six Pence for a Coffin for Jane Long and a Stranger.
Ordered, That the Church Warden's Pay unto. W" Brice the Sum of Four Pounds for board & Maintanance of Jane Long as D' Acct.
Ordered, That the Church Warden's apply to the Church
234
BRISTOL PARISH VESTRY BOOK.
Warden's Elisabeth Parish, for the Expences of Jane Long's board & funeral Expences.
Ordered that the Church Warden's Pay unto Rob' Rose for Burying of Henry Grigg, The Sum of Twelve & Six Pence. Carried up.
[201] The Revª William Harrison haveing asked Leave of the Vestry to be absent for eleven Months is Granted him.
Ordered that the Church Warden's Put up Advertisements at both Churches to this Purpose, Whereas the Parish is in Want of a Tract of Land Suitable for a Glebe, This is to Give Notice, that we the Church Wardens are Ready to Treat with any Per- son who Hath Land's Convenient for this Purpose, for which Ready Money will be Givein.
Ordered that the Church Warden's, Pay unto the Revª Wil- liam Harrison, from this Day, the Sum of Twenty Six Pound's Year, instead of a Glebe, he haveing Agreed to it in Vestry.
At A Vestry held at Blandford for Bristol 'Parish Oct" 9. 1772.
Present. John Banister, Theop® Field Church Warden's, Robert Bolling, George Smith, William Call, Richard Taylor, Peter Jones, John Thweat, Gentlemen.
The Church Warden's haveing Returned There Tobº Acc' And the Same after Examination being Approved of is Ordered to be Recored.
The Vestry haveing this Day entered into an agreement with Mrs. Elizabeth Yates for the Purchace of A Tract of Land Con- taining four Hundred And Ninety Acres Agreeable to the An- nexed Plot, Have Ordered That the Sum of Three Hundred and Fifty Pounds Laufull Money of Virginia, The Consideration agree'd upon for the Said Tract of. Land be Paid Her in the fol- lowing Manner, That is to Say-One Hundred & Seventy five Pounds Part Thereof in the Month of November next ensueing, and the Remaining one Hundred and Seventy Five Pounds in Month of December Next, Out of the Fund Ariseing upon the Sale of the Late Glebe of this Parish, Provided that Previous to the Said Payments the Said Elizabeth Shall make to the Vestry and Church Warden's of the Parish of Bristol And to there
235
BRISTOL PARISH VESTRY BOOK.
Successers a good and indefeasable Estate-in fee Simple of in and to the Said Tract of Land & Premisses.
JOHN BANISTER, THEOP'S FIELD Church Warden's. Test R. ARMISTEAD Clerk of the Vestry.
[202-203] 1772 Oct'. BRISTOL PARISH TO THE CHURCH WARDEN'S AS COLLECTER'S IN LE'S TOB'O DR.
To Paid The Revª William Harrison,
17,280
To Robert Armistead, .
·
2,000
To D° for Extra Service's, .
400
To Paid John Young, ·
1,600
To Edmond Conway,
600
To George William's,
400
To Ann Vaughan, .
1,000
To William Aldridge,
1,000
To Theok Munford, .
630
To Richard Biggins,
800
To William Scoggin,
1,000
To William Call for Ann Phillips,
800
To Thomas Ruffin, .
32
To Theok Bland,
36
To Henry Spears,
22
To Millington Smith,
I7
To Thomas Bonner,
135
27,752
To 43 Insolvents @ 21 Lb' Tobe Or Poll, .
903
To 6 Pr Ct for Collecting, ·
. 2,095
To 7,000 Sold for Cash, [*]
7,000
Ballance Due the Parish Sold, [+]
704
38,45I
Oct' 1772. CONTRA CR.
By 1,752 Tithes Collected @ 21 +" Poll, .
36,792
By 79. Tithes Collected that was not Listed, 1,659
38,45I
.
37,747
.
.
236
BRISTOL PARISH VESTRY BOOK.
[*] 2,523 @ 15 | & 2,477 @ 14 | 6 Carried to Cash Acct, £44 7 6
[+] 704 @ 15 | Carried to Cash Acct not yet Re- turned; . · .
5 56
£49 12
Errors Exª. JOHN BANISTER, THEOP'S FIELD,
Church Wardens.
[204] 1772 Oct' 23. At A Vestry held at Blandford for Bristol Parish. :
Present. John Banister, Theop Field C. Warden's, Robert Bolling, Doct Theok Bland, Richª Taylor, William Call, Nath1. Raines, John Thweat, Gentlemen.
BRISTOL PARISH DR. Lb® Neat Tobº
To the Revª Wm. Harrison, . 17,280 To Robert Armistead CLK. of Brick Church and Ves-
try, . 1,600 . 2,2 00 To John Young Clerk of Jones Hole Church, To Dº Sexton of D° 400 To Edmond Conway Sexton Brick Church, 400 To D° for Extra Service, 300
To Ann Vaughn for Keeping Margaret William's, 1,000 To Wm. Aldridge for Keeping Ann Butterworth, 1,000
To Theok Munford's Ex's for Keeping Cyrus Stewart, 630 To Wm. Call for the Use of Ann Phillips, 1,000
To Wm. Gary for Rob Elder, 1,000
To Theop" Field for Collecting 704 Lb8 of Tobº of Per- sons Not Listed Last Year, 6 +' C' Omittª in his Acct, . 42
To Henry Wilkerson for one Tithe Overpª Last Year, 21 To John Conway Constable for one D°, . 21 .
To Theok Bland Ballance of his Acct Last Year, ·
36
£SD
To Do for List of Tithes this Year, . .
7. 6.
. To Thomas Ruffin Ballance of his Acct Last Year, 16
237
BRISTOL PARISH VESTRY BOOK.
To Do for List of Tithes this Year 60 Lbs @ 12 | 6,
7. 6.
To Wm. Scoggin to assist him in Mainta- neance, 500
To the Church Wardens to be Sold for Cash for Parish use, .
10,000
37,456
To the Collecter for Collecting @ 6 +' C', 2,247
39,703
By 937 Tithes in Prince George.
By 735 D° in Dinwiddie.
1,672 @ 24 Lbs Tobe " Poll, 40,128
To Mary Archer as {" Acct, 3 2 6
To John Murry as Ex" of James Murry's Este, . ·
I2 6
Ordered, That the C. Warden's Pay unto Wm. Harden Out of the Depositum, 5
Ordered, That Theop& Field & Peter Jones Gent™ be appointed Church Warden's for the Ensueing Year.
Ordered, That the Church Warden's, Recieve from Every Titheable Person 24 Lbs of Neat Tob° Per Poll, and in case of Non Payment, or Refusall, to Levy the Same by Distress.
JOHN' BANISTER, THEOP'S FIELD, Church Warden's.
Test ROBT. ARMISTEAD Clerk of the Vestry.
[205] 1773 July 22. At a Vestry held for Bristol Parish on the Glebe Lands Purchased of Eliza Yates.
Present. Revª Mr. Harrison, Theop& Field, Peter Jones, Rob- ert Bolling, William Call, Nath1 Raines, Richª Taylor, & John Thweat, Gent.
Ordered, that the Present Dwelling House be Repaired and A Chimney Built to the N. End for a Kitchen, the Roof Re- paired, and the Windows Repaired, and the House Tar'ed; the Chimney Eight feet in the Clear four feet Deep Two and a Half Brick Jam's, The S. Chimney Well repaired with a New back, The Lime to be Good and Properly Mixt; the flours to be take- ing up and filled in with Dirt;
238
BRISTOL PARISH VESTRY BOOK.
Ordered, That a Shed Twelve feet be built to the End of the barn for a Stable Substantially fitted with Stalls Racks and Man- gers, Shingled and Weatherboarded, Sealed four feet inside, The Shed Ten feet from the House out; The Barn properly Re- paired and floured with Inch and Half Plank trunneled Down & Proper Sleepers and well Tar'd;
Ordered, That a 'Dwelling house be built forty Six feet Long & Eighteen feet Wide, Two story high, the first Story Eleven feet, and the Second Nine feet both in the Clear, with a box Cornice Neatly sett The feather edge Plank well Planed and Quarter Rounded with Corner Boards neatly Put up, Good flouring Plank, well Tong'd & Groved, the Ends well Wains- coated, and one room wainscoated chair board high, the other Room and Passage, to have wash & Chair boards & Sir Base; A neat Stair case to Run in the Passage, three out Closets Be- side the Chimney's and an end Door with a Cap over the Top, Two Portches Ten, by Seven feet out, Weatherboareded hand rail high, with Good featheredge Plank and Good flours, Neatly finished with out Side Cornice's, and Sealed in Side, with Good wide benches &c. The Chimney's and Cellar of Good Well burnt bricks, which Cellar is to be twenty eight feet and Six feet Deep, Three feet above Ground and Three feet under Ground, The other Part of the underpining to a good foundation, and Three feet above as the Other Cellar Part, the Whole to be com- pleatly finished Agreeable to the Plan which will be produced at the time of Letting; a Smoak house Ten feet Square, A Dairy Sixteen by Ten to be built and one end to fitted up Close for a Lumber Room Turn Over [206] The present dairy to be fitted up for a house of Office And the present smoak house for a hen house, to be moved and Placed as the Directer's thinks Proper;
A Garden to be built a Hundred and fifty feet Square the posts of Good young Post Oak, with Saw'ed Rails and Pails of Hart of Pine or of Poplar, the Posts Seven or Eight Inches Square and well Hewe'd;
Ordered that the work be advertised in the Gazette; And that the Church Warden's for the time being Reveª Mr. Wm. Har- rison, William Call and Nath1 Raines Gen' or any two of them are Appointed to Let and Superintend the Same, who are to
239
BRISTOL PARISH VESTRY BOOK.
take bond and Sufficient Security of the Undertaker for his faithfull Performance of the Said works by the Last of October Seventeen Hundred and Seventy Four;
Ordered That there be an Oven built in a proper Manner and that the Well be bricked with Good well burnt bricks and to have a Proper Kirb Over it with Windlas and Buckett;
Ordered, That Joseph Jones be Appointed A. Vestryman in the Place of Thomas Jones Gent Decd and that he be Served with a Copy of the Same by the Clerk;
THEOP'S FIELD, PETER JONES CH. WD'.
Test- ROBERT ARMISTEAD CLK of the Vestry.
[207] Oct 15. 1773. At a Vestry Held at Blandford for Bris- tol Parish.
Present. The Revª Mr. William Harrison, Roger Atkerson, Geo. Smith, Peter Jones, Joseph Jones, Theop® Field, William Call and John Thweat; Gentlemen.
BRISTOL PARISH DR. L. S. D.
To the Revª Wm. Harrison,
133 6 8
To R. Armistead CLK of the Brick Church & Vestry, 18 68
To Geo. William's CLK & Sexton of Jones Hole Church, 16
To Edmond Conway Sexton of the Brick Church, 5
12
To Ann Hare for Keeping of Margaret William's, To William Aldridge for Ann Butterworth, . .
8 6 8
To Granny Stewart for Cyruss Stewart, .
5 5
To William Call for the use of Ann Phillips, 8 6 8
To Alex" Coothrell, for Keeping of Rob' Elder, Lb& Tobº.
1 10
To Colº Theok Bland for Copying List of Tithes,
60
To Recording the Deed of the Glebe Land, 100
To Entering Order for Witness attendance 101b Copy 10 D°, 20
I 3 9
180
To Wiliam Butler for Keeping Eliza Sears, . I2
3 4
To Do for Extra Service's, 4
240
BRISTOL PARISH VESTRY BOOK.
To William Scoggin to assist him in His Mainta- nance, . . . To the Church Wardens, for the Support of Will. Harden,
4 34
5
To Doc' James MºCartie, for Attending of Elisha Lester as pr Acc', . 10 14 3
To Rot Roe, for a Coffin for Alex" Burnett, . 15
To Norman Ash for Keeping Jeremiah Bishop, I IO
To Cash to Pay for Building a Glebe House,
200
To the Revª William Harrison in Lieu of a Glebe, 26
To the C. Wardens for a Deposite for Parrish use, 42 516 II 4
To Commissions for Collecting the above, 3I
547 II 4
Ordered That the C. Wardens Recieve from Every Titheable Person 52 Lbs of Tob° or 6 | 6. Cash; in Case of Refusall or non Payment, Levy the Same by Distress.
Ordered That Walter Thomson, be allowed at the Laying of the Next Levy, Twelve Pound's for His board, and Three Pounds for Cloaths the Ensueing Year;
Ordered That Colº Theok Bland have leave to Build Side Win- dows in the Brick Church, adjoining His Family Pew. At his own expence, without Injuring the Church.
Ordered That the C. Wardens do Endeavour to agree with Some Capt to Carry Jeremiah Bishop to the Port of London and to Pay His Passage.
Ordered That, Norman Ash, at the Rate of eight Pounds Six & Eight Pence, for board of the sª Bishop, untill a Passage Can be Procured.
Ordered that the C. Warden's be Continued. Theop' Field C. Warden Returned his Tob° Acc' for Last Year and Ordered to be Recorded.
Ordered That the C. Wardens pay unto Some Proper Person at the Rate of Twenty five Shillings +' Month for the Support of Thomas Egleton.
THEOP'S FIELD, PETER JONES, C. W.
Test ROB'T. ARMISTEAD, Clk of the Vestry.
BRISTOL PARISH VESTRY BOOK. 241
[208-209] . BRISTOL PARISH (THERE TOBO. ACCT) IN ACC'T WITH THEOP'S FIELD CH WDN, DR.
To Paid the Revª William Harrison, 17,280 .
To Paid Robert Armistead CLK. Church, ·
2,200
To Paid Geo. Williams CLK. and Sexton,
2,000
To Paid Edmond Conway Sexton Brick Church,
700
To Paid Ann Vaughn for Margaret Williams,
1,000
To Paid William Aldrige for Ann Butterworth,
1,000
To Pª Theo' Munfords Ex" for Cyrus Stewart,
630
To Paid William Call for the use of Ann Phillips,
1,000
To Paid William Gary for Robert Elder, .
1,000
To Theop Field for Collecting 704 Lb Tob° Last Year Not Listed at 6 pr Cent, . 42 .
To Paid Henry Wilkerson for a Tithe twice Listed Last Year, 2I
To Paid John Conway Do Do 2 [
Do,
To Paid Theo' Bland Ballance of his acc' Last Year, 63
To Paid Tho" Ruffin Balle List of Tithes for 1771, .
I6
To Paid William Scoggin to Assist Him, . .
500
To the C. Wardens Sold for Parish Use, [*] 10,000
37,456
To the Coll' for Collecting @ 6 + Ct, .
2,247
39,703
To Difference for use of the Parish, [+]
425
40, 128
1773 CR.
By 937 Tithes in Prince George.
By 735 D° in Dinwiddie.
1672 @ 24 Lbs pr Poll is, ·
40, 128
[*] Carry'd To Cash Acc 1, 175 @ 13 | 6 & 8,825 @ 13 | 5, . £67 2 6
[t] at 13 | 5 Carryª to Cash Acct at 13 | 5 is, . · £ 2 16 10
£69 19 4
16
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BRISTOL PARISH VESTRY BOOK.
At a Vestry Held for Bristol Parish at Pet& April 20, 1774.
Present. Theop® Field, Peter Jones, John Banister, Nath1 Raines, John Thweat, Rob' Bolling, Rich& Taylor, William Call, Gentlemen.
Peter Willis, this Day came in Vestry, in Order for the Gent" to Recieve His work on Jones Hole Church, Persuant to an Order of Sep' 10, 1770. In Repairing and adding to the Sª Church, is done agreeable to the Said Willis's Contract is Recª.
Order'd That the Present C. Warden's settle the Same with the Said Willis, and Pay him the Ballance;
THEOP'S FIELD, PETER JONES, CH WD'.
Test. ROB'T. ARMISTEAD, CLK. of the Vestry.
[210] At a Vestry Held at Petersburg for Bristol Parish Oct" 18, 1774.
Present. The Reved William Harrison, Peter Jones, Theops Field, Theo Bland, Nath1 Raines, Rob Bolling, John Thweat, Roger Atkerson, Richª Taylor and Joseph Jones, Gentlemen.
BRISTOL PARISH DR. L S D
To The Revª Mr. William Harrison, . · To Rob' Armistead Clerk of Brick Church & Vestry, . To Geo. William's Clerk & Sexton of Jones Hole Church,
144
18 6 8
16 13 4 To Edmond Conway Sexton of Brick Church & Extra Service's, . 9
To Ann Hare for Keeping of Margaret William's, I2 To William Aldridge for Keeping Ann Butter- worth, 8 6 8
To Granny Stewart for Cyrus Stewart, 5 .5
To William Call for the Use of Ann Phillips. .
8 6 8
To Wm. Butler for Eliz' Sear's, 8 6 8
To William Scoggin to Assist him in Maintanance, 4 3 4
To The Church Warden's for Support of Wm. Harden,
5
To John Archer for Keeping Rob Elder, 8 6 8
243
BRISTOL PARISH VESTRY BOOK.
To Doc' Theo" Bland for Copying List of Tithes (40 Lb8 Tobº).
To Doc' James MºCartie for attending Elisha Lester,
2 9 71/2
Ordered, That £15 be Leveyed for Walter Thompson & Deposited in the Hands of the
C. Wardens, & Paid as Soon as Collected, . To Jeremiah Bishop in the Hands of the C. War- den's, .
15
8 6 8
15
To Thomas Egleton, to be Paid at 25 | +' Month By the Church Warden's, · Ordered, That Eight Pound Six & Eight Pence be levyed For Robert Elder & Paid him in hand, to Carry him A Broad, on his Givein Bond & Security to the Church Wardens, not to be Chargeable to this Parrish for Twelve Months, . . To William Creaise for Two Coffins one for Walter Dick & One for Daniel Cambel @ 10 | each, To Peter Aldridge to assist Him in his Mainta- nance, .
8 6 8
I
-
To Do for His Wife, . ·
4
To William Temple for Nancy Davies,
4
To Peter Rosser, for One Tithe Twice Listed, .
6 6
To James Burge for One D°, 6 6
To John Walker for Nursing of Margaret Gib- bon's, . 3 . To William Brown for Nine Tithes Twice Listed, 2 18 6
8 4
To Thomas William's for One Dº D° 6 6
4
.
317 4 07/2
A Memorandum, That Eliz' Deacon, Eliza Deacon Ju', Mary Shorey, Jane Deacon, Sarah Deacon & Rebecca Browney Were Removed by a Warrant to Brandom Parish And has since Re- turned to this Parish, The Church Wardens of the Sª Parish of Brandom Undertaking That they shall not be Chargeable to this Parish, Which was done in Presence of Colº Theo" Bland, John Lewis Ju', Thomas Thweat and Charles Gilliam.
244
BRISTOL PARISH VESTRY BOOK.
[211] The Amount brought up, £317 4 01/2 To Thomas Bonner for Removeing the sª Per- son's, .
I 4 6
£318 8 612
Ordered, That the C. Wardens, apply to the C. Warden's of Brandom Parish for the above sum.
To the C. Warden's for a Deposit for Parish use, . . .
45
363 8 612
By 903 Tithes in Prince George.
By 872 We Suppose for Dinwiddie.
1,775 Tithes.
Theop® Field Late Church Warden Haveing Returned his Accounts from the year 1771 to 1773, and is Ordered to be Re- corded, Ballance Due the Parish £329. 3. 472.
Thomas Bonner Collecter for Bristol Parish, haveing Returned His Account and ordered to be Recorded.
Ordered That Theop" Field & Peter Jones, the Present Church Warden's be Continued.
Ordered That the Church Warden's Recieve from Every Titheable Person 4 | 2 Cash or 25 Lbs of Neat Tobe in Case of Refusal or Non Payment Levy the Same by Distress.
Ordered That the Revª Mr. Harrison the C. Warden's Robt Bolling Doc" Theok Bland, or any Three of them, be appointed For the Parish of Bristol, to agree with the Vestry of Brandom Parish, in Order to Purchace a Place To Errect a Poor House for the use of Bristol and Brandom Parish's.
THEOP'S FIELD, PETER JONES, Church Warden's. Test. ROBERT ARMISTEAD, Clerk of the Vestry.
[212] DR BRISTOL PARISH IN ACC'T WITH THEOPHILUS FIELD CHURCH WARDEN.
Nov' 1771 To Cash Paid makeing a Coffin Obediah Ham[i]lton, . . · IO To Cash Paid Diging Edmond Brow- der's Grave, . 2 6
245
BRISTOL PARISH VESTRY BOOK.
To 2 Quarts of Rum 2 | 6 14 Lb. Tea I | 6 Edmond Browders Widow, . · To 11/2 Pints Run for Ditto, . To Sundrys for Mrs. Hatfield Viz. 3 1bª of Candles 3 | Cash 2 | 6 1/2 Lb. of Tea 2 | 6 Cash 71/2ª 21/21b Sugar Refined 3 | 11/2 9 Lb8 of Bacon 4 | 6, . ·
4
I
16 3
To I Prayer Book På Rob. Armi- stead, .
10
Dec" 24
To 12 Gallon of Wine for ye Com- munion,
5
April 21
To I Ledger for Regester Book,
2
4
May 2 To 2 quarts of Rum To Bury Jane Long,
2 6
To 2 quarts of Wine for yº Commu- nion, . · 27 To Cash på Wm. Brice & Order of Vestry,
5
June 9 To 2 q' of Wine
20 To 2 qt Ditto for ye Communion
IO
27 To Field & Call pª Francies Cook by Order pr Capt Geo. Smith,
I 8 I 1/2
Augt
I2 To Cash pª Doc" Bland for attend- ing Rob' Elder {' Order of Colº Banister as pr Recept, 8 I 9
To Cash pª Peter Willis in Part for Building the Addition to Jones Hole Church,
7
Oct.
2 To I Stock Lock for the Church, .
2 3
23 To I Gallon & I q' of Wine for ye Communion,
12 6
Nov" 25 To Cash pª John Murray for Mrs. Yates First Payment of the Glebe Land, ·
175
Dec™ I To Cash pª Revª Wm. Harrison in
I773. Lieu of a Glebe Due to this time,
27 17 IO
Jan™ 29 To Cash Paid John Murray for Mrs.
4
1772.
246
BRISTOL PARISH VESTRY BOOK.
Yates Last Payment, in full for Glebe Land, · 175
Feby I To 14% yards ) To make two) Linnen, surplusces, [7 ] 6, 5 13 9
17 yards Dit- one for each
to, Church, 71, 6
5 19
To I Oz. of Fine Thread, 3
3 To 5 pints of Wine for Communion, 6
3
20 To Sundrys as Reliefe for John Lan- trop 6 Ells of ozna. 7 | 6 4 Ells of Roles 3 | 4 I qt of Rum 1 | 3 I Handk' I | Ip" yarn hoes 1 | 5, 14 6
23 To I qi of Wine for ye Communion, 2 6
March 18 To Paid James Baugh & Burwell Lea, Levyª By Vestry for William Harden, . ·
5
April 21 To 541b of Bacon 27 | , 6 Lb8 of Cheese, 4 | 6 John Lanthrop, .
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