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In commenting on several of the above entries, Mr. Fitz- patrick, largely following the late Dr. Joseph Meredith Toner, makes one or two mistakes. He says:
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(1) That Mr. Davis was "The Rev. Thomas Davis later minister of Christ Church, Alexandria. He officiated at Washington's funeral (Toner)."
The Mr. Davis referred to here by Washington was without doubt the Rev. Price Davies, Rector of Blisland Parish, of which Col. Burwell Bassett was then (1768) a vestryman, and the Upper Church of which was within a few miles of "Eltham," Col. Bassett's home.
(2) That Mrs. Chamberlayne was "Mrs. William Cham- berlayne, Williams' Ferry on the Pamunkey. According to tradition it was at Col. William Chamberlayne's house that Washington first met Mrs. Martha Custis, the widow of Daniel Parke Custis, and it was he who introduced Washington to his future wife."
The Mrs. Chamberlayne referred to here by Washington was most probably Mrs. Richard Chamberlayne, the daugh- ter-in-law of William Chamberlayne, who died in 1736. William Chamberlayne's widow, Elizabeth (Littlepage) Chamberlayne remarried less than four years after her first husband's death. Her second husband was William Gray, of New Kent County.123
(3) That the church Washington says he attended on May 19, 1771, was "St. Peter's Episcopal Church, New Kent County."
It is most improbable that the church here referred to by Washington was St. Peter's Church. It was almost certainly the Upper Church of Blisland Parish, which Washington's brother-in-law and host, a vestryman of the parish, naturally attended. Incidentally, had Washington, who only the day before had visited the Rev. Mr. Price Davies at the latter's home, the Glebe, on this day attended service at St. Peter's Church, he would have been doing at one and the same time three somewhat peculiar things :
123 Hening, Vol. V, pp. 117-119.
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(a) passing by one Episcopal Church near at hand to at- tend another many miles farther away, (b) neglecting the church of the parish of which his host was vestryman and had frequently been church warden to attend a church in a neighboring parish, and (c) failing to attend the church of which his friend that he had gone to see the day before was the minister and, instead, going off to attend another church. Under the circumstances it is not too much to say that on Sunday, May 19, 1771, Washington attended ser- vice at the Upper Church of Blisland Parish. If it was not the Upper Church of Blisland Parish that Washington at- tended that day, then it was the Lower Church of Blis- land, which while at a greater distance from "Eltham" than was the Upper Church, was nearer to "Eltham" than St. Peter's Church was.
The further history of Blisland Parish apart from what is given in the main body of this volume is soon told. Blisland was represented by its minister and a lay delegate in the Diocesan Convention of 1785,124 and by lay dele- gates in the Conventions of 1787 and 1796 to 1799. In 1892 the Diocese of Southern Virginia was cut off from the Dio- cese of Virginia, the dividing line between New Kent and James City counties being part of the dividing line between the dioceses; therefore Blisland Parish in the Diocese of Virginia now lies wholly in New Kent County, while Blis- land Parish in the Diocese of Southern Virginia lies wholly in James City County.
The four-line heading to page 1 of this volume is, of course not a transcript from the original record. The manu- script record begins with the words:
At a Veftry [
] B1[ ]d Parifh at [ ] Brick Church [ 1.
124 See page 231.
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The facsimile of the Blisland Parish "Grievances" of 1677, between pages xlii and xliii of this introduction, is from a photograph made in London especially for this work. The map which serves as a frontispiece to the volume is from a photostat of a part of the 1775 edition of the map of Virginia drawn by Joshua Fry and Peter Jefferson. At the proper places the names "Blisland Parish" and "Appo- mattox River," which do not appear on the Fry and Jeffer- son map, have been inserted with a view to making the map more useful as a guide to students not intimately ac- quainted wth the geography of Tide-Water Virginia.
Blanks in the manuscript which were left by the Clerk to be filled in later, but were never filled in, are indicated in the printed reproduction by blank spaces. Gaps in the manuscript resulting from tearing, rubbing, or other kinds of intentional or unintentional mutilation are indicated by blank spaces enclosed in brackets. Unintentional omissions in the manuscript and all other mistakes of whatever kind are, as far as it was found possible to do so, reproduced exactly. Pages in the manuscript are indicated in the printed reproduction by Arabic numerals enclosed in brackets. In the index the number of times an item occurs on a page is indicated by a small Arabic numeral above, and to the right of, the numeral indicating the number of the page.
It is to be noted that wherever in this preface a date in the Old Style (for example, March 2, 1642/3) occurs in a quoted passage, the date is reproduced as it appears in the original passage: where, however, reference merely is made to a date which in the document from which it is taken appears in the Old Style, it is given in the New Style; for example, the date above would appear as March 2, 1643. This change the editor thinks justified on the ground that it makes it easier for the general reader to follow the chronology.
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The editor wishes here to make grateful acknowledgment of his indebtedness to Mr. Joseph W. Geddes, A.I.A., P.A.S.I., of Williamsburg, Va., for the photograph of Hick- ory Neck Church, which appears as one of the illustrations to this volume, as well as for certain data which served as the basis for the historical note appended to the photo- graph; to the Rev. Arthur P. Gray of West Point, Va., and to Mr. Rutherford Snell, of Richmond, for helpful sugges- tions made during the writing of this introduction; and to the Rev. G. MacLaren Brydon, D. D., Historiographer of the Diocese of Virginia, Mr. Morgan P. Robinson, Archivist of the Virginia State Library, and Mr. Wilmer L. Hall, State Librarian, for their courtesy in reading the introduc- tion while in manuscript form. Although in frequent in- stances changes suggested by these gentlemen have been made, the editor wishes it to be understood that he alone is responsible for the theories and hypotheses advanced in this introduction. As to the main thesis embodied in these pages, that for about four months after the establishment of New Kent County that county and Blisland Parish were most probably coterminous in area, the editor thinks it only fair to himself to state that it is entirely his own, that it occurred to him only very gradually, and that it took final form only after months spent by him in laborious in- vestigation of all the sources available to him.
The editor has read the proof sheets of the Vestry Book several times, and in cases of doubt has always referred to the original manuscript; but he is well aware of the fact that in work of this kind some mistakes are bound to occur, and he can only hope that the mistakes made, whether of judgment or of oversight, in this printed reproduction of the original are few in number. In this connection he would refer the reader to the list of errata-possible, prob- able, and certain-to be found inserted between the Ap- pendix and the Index. Any one wishing to check up on the
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editor in his work can do so by comparing the printed Vestry Book with the original manuscript volume, which is now in the custody of the Archives Division of the Vir- ginia State Library, in Richmond.
C. G. CHAMBERLAYNE.
Richmond, Va., May 1, 1935.
The Vestry Book ... of ...
Blisland Parish New Kent County, Virginia, 1721-1786
At a Veftry [ ] B1[ ]d Parifh at [ ] Brick Church [
]
Prfent M' Daniel Taylor Minift" Cap: Nicholas Alderfey & Cap: [ ] Kenney Ch w
Will™ Bafsett Efq' : M' : William Cox Majo': Jnº: Thornton M': William Morris ? Vejtrymen
Cap®: Jnº: Hockaday
Cap®: Geo: Keeling
and Cap* : Jnº : Armistead Hen : Holdcraft
Whereas m' John Slaughter: is Come Again to Dwell in this Parifh: he is Now Chofen A Veftryman inftead of Cap *: John Stanup Deceafed: and being p'fent is Sworne accordingly before Capt: Will™ Ken[ ] a Majeftrate of this County
P'fent M' Jn° Slaughter
[ ]lifland Parifh D' 1721 :
this Veftry proceeds to
Lay [
1
To: M': Daniel Taylor Minift' for a yeares Sall'y : 16000 1b Tobb: & Conveniency to Ditto: accord- ing to Law 800 16800
To: Cafke to Ditto: according to the Veftryes Agree- ment for Deficiency of the Glebe 8 p : Cent is 01280
To: M' Francis : Cooke Cla'k of ye Parifh for a yeares Sallary 1500 & Cafke to Ditto at 8 p' C' & Con- venicy to di[ ] 01695
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VESTRY BOOK OF BLISLAND PARISH
To: Henry Holdcraft Cle'k of the: Veftry for a years Sall'y 500 & Cafke to Ditto at 8 p' Cent 00540 To: Walter Wood Saxton of ye Upp' Church: his years Sall'y 500 & Cafk to Ditto 40 00540
To: Francis: Shoemaker: Saxton of the Lower Church for a yeares Sall'y 500 & Cafke to Ditto 40 00540
To: M' Daniell Taylor Minifter for 2 delinqu Re- turned John Langford & Fras Harman 00156
To: M' John Doran Sherif & Laft yeares Collect' his Acco Adjusted & Allowed 00234
To: Majo': John Thornetons: Fees allowed 00094
To: Cap *: John Hockaday his Charge for being An Evidence for the Parifh allowed 00223
To: Thomas Baker his Charge for being An Evi- [ ] dence for the Parifh allowed *
To: Thomas Fifher his Order for being An Evidence for y® Parifh allowed [ *
To: William Fifher his Order for Attende being An Evidence for ye Parrifh 00648
To: Richª: Halfield for being An Evidence for ye Parifh Ord' attendce 00228
To: John : Eaton Dept Sherrf of James City County his Fees allowed [
*
]
To: Richª: Baker Carpenter his account adjusted and allowed in all *
[ ]
To: Cap *: William Kenney Churchwarden his Acco* Allowed * [ ]
To: Cap *: Nicholas Alderfey Churchwarden his ac-
* count allowed [ ]
To: Nathane11 Norris for his Wifes yeares Maintain-
ance 800 & Cafke to Do 64
00864
To: M': David Holt for Keeping Tho Salmon a year 850 & Cajke to Ditto 68 00918
*Figures illegible .- C. G. C.
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NEW KENT COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1721-1786
To: Bryan Henry for his yeares Maintainance 850 & Cafke to Ditto 68 00918
To: Capt: Kenney Churchward" for paying W™ Brewin for Keeping Jnº Pethwood a year & [ + ] [ * ]
To Sall'y to Receive 310701 Tobb at 5 p' Cent is 01553
Totall Debt is 326[*]
Creditt ut Supra
By: One half of Francis Shoemakers bond for his Daughters fine 2501)
By : 532 Titheables at 611 of Tobbacco p': pole (3270[] is 32452
By : 791 of Tobbacco the Surplus to be pª the Parifh Next year 79
Cap *: Nicholas Alderfey & Capt: William Kenney: Churchwardens are hereby Difcharged from their fª Off[ ] And M' William Cox & M' William Morris are appointed Churchwardens in their Stead and [ ] Sworne accord- ingly : before Cap® Will" Kenney a Majeftrate of this County
It is Ordered by this P'fent Veftry that the Church- wardens take C[ ] to Agree With Some perf[ ] & Maintain him for the [ ] and that what they shall agree for [ ]
[2]
It is Ordered by this Prefent Veftry that: the Parifh Levy for this p'fent year be: Sixty One pou[ ] of Tob- baccoe p' pole and that: M' John Doran Depu" Sheriff of this County Collect the Said su[ ] of Sixty & One poundes of Tobbaccoe from Every Individuall Titheable perfon Within
+Word illegible .- C. G. C.
*Figures illegible .- C. G. C.
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[ ] Parifh and upon Refufall of Payment to Levy the Same by Diftrefs: The Sª Sherriff first Entring into Bond With Good & Sufficient Security to the p'fent Churchwar- de [ ] of this parifh for Payment of the Said Tobbaccoes to the Severall Respective Parifh Creditors beforementioned to Whome it is Due: in hh's of Such weightes and at Such times as the Sª Churchwardens Shall Direct and appoint And that the Clark of the Veftry Take Bond as aforefaid before he Deliver Copies of the Parifh Charge and of this Order of Veftry to the Sª Collector
Teft : Hen': Holdcraft Clk Veftry
At: A: Veftry : held for Blifland Parifh: At the Brick Church : the : 10 : day of Octobr: 1722:
Prfent : M': Dan1 : Taylor: Minift': M' William: Cox: & M': Will™: Morris: Churchwardens
William : Bafsett: Esq':
Cap®: Rich“: Richardfon
Majo": John: Thornton
Cap®: Nichõ: Alderfey
MỸ: John Sclater
Cap: John Arimftead
& Henry Holdcraft
Veftrymen
This Veftry Proceeds to Lay the Parish Levy 1722 Blifland Parifh D':
To: M' Dan': Taylor Minift': for A yeares Sall'y : According to Law 16000
To: Cafke: to Ditto: Allow for the Deficiency of ye Glebe: 1280: & Conveniency to ditt 02080
To: Francis Cooke Clarke of the Parifh for a yeares Sall'y : 1500 & Cafk & Conv to ditt: 01695
To: Henry: Holdcraft Clarke of the Veftry for a yeares Sall'y 500 & CC. to ditto 00565
To: Walter Wood Saxton for a years Sallry With Cafke 540 00540
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NEW KENT COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1721-1786
To: Fras: Shoemaker Saxton: for a yeares Sallry With Cafke 540 00540
To: M' : Dan1 Taylor for 4 Delinqu ** Returned : Al- lowed 00324
To: Majo' Thorntons for Clerkes Fees Allowed 00080
To: M' John Doran Late Collect" : for 2 : delinqts Re- turned Allowed 00162
To Cap®: Will™: Kenney for Clerkes fees pª by him in James City Laft year 00371
To Henry Holdcraft: for 2191 Tobbacco pª Geo': Weldy : an Evidence laft year 00219
To: Bryan: Henry : for his yeares Maintainance 850 & Cafke to Ditto 68 00918
To: M': Will™: Cox Churchwarden his account al- lowed: £ 1=0-8 Tobbacco 00207
To: Quittrents for the Glebe land for ye yeares 1721 : & 1722: to M' Jnº Doran 00048
To: M' : Will": Morris Churchwarden his acco': Ad- justed & Allowed With Cafke 01506
To: Bryan Henry for Keeping Tho: Salmon 6 moneths With Cafke Included 00459
To: Bryan Henry for Charge & trouble Attending The: Sª Salmon in Sicknes & his buryall 00194
To: Nathaniel Norris: for his Wifes Maintaince & for her buryall 432: With Cafke Included Or- dered to be paid to Henry Holdcraft: for Nec- efsaryes he: furnished y™ With
00432
To: Richard Warren : for his Afsiftance Towards the Cure of his Sore Legg & CC 01130
To: Bryan Henry for Keeping Lucey Gilles his Grandaughter a year 00300
To: Sall'y : for Receiveing 27770 pounds of Tobbaco at 5 p" Cent 1388 01388
29158
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[3]
Credit
By : Parifh Credit 791b Tobbacco Left Laft year in M' : Dorans handes 00079
By : 546: Titheables at 53 poundes of Tobbacco p' pole is 28938
By : Tobbacco: Wanting to pay the Parifh Debt to
be Raifed & paid to the Collecto' Next year 141
29158
It is Ordered by this p'fent Veftry : that the Parifh Levy for this prefent year be fifty & three poundes of Tobbacco: p" pole And that M': John Doran Dept Sheriff of this County Collect the Sª Summ of Fifty & three poundes of Tobbaccoe from Every Individuall Titheable perfon Within this Parifh And upon: Refufall of Payment: to Levy the Same by Diftrefs : The Sd Sherrif firft Entring into Bond: With Good & Sufficient Security to ye Prefent Churchwar- dens of this Parifh for for payment of the Sª Tobbaccoes : To the Severall Refpective Parifh Creditto" before men- tiooned To: Whome it is Due in hhds of Such Waightes And at Such Times as the Sª Churchwarden[ ] Shall Di- rect & Appoint: And that the Clerke of the Veftry Take Bond as aforefaid Before he Deliver Copys of the Parifh Charge And this Order of Veftry to ye Sª Collector
Teft Hen' : Holdcraft Cl'k of ye Veftry
[4]
At: A: Veftry held for Blifland: Parifh: At the Brick Church : October : ye 11: 1723
Prfent M' Daniel Taylor Minifter : and : M' Will Morris Churchward
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NEW KENT COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1721-1786
Majo': John: Thornton - Cap *: Nicholas : Alderfey
Cap®: Geo': Keeling
M': John : Sclater Cap *: Richard : Richardfon
and Cap®: John: Armiftead Henry : Holdcroft
Veftrymen
Blif1ª: Parifh D': 1723
This: p'fent Veftry proceedes to Lay the Parish Levy. (Viz*)
To : M' Daniel Taylor Minifte' for a years : Sall'y : 16000 To : Cafke to Ditto : inftead of a Glebe by the Veftrys agreemt 01280
To: Conveniencey to Ditto According to Law 00800
To: Francis Cooke: Clk': of y Parifh for a yeares Sally 1500 & CC to ditto 01695
To Henry Holdcroft: Cl'k of Veftry: for a yeares Sall'y 500 & CC to Dito 00565
To: Walter: Wood Saxton : his yeares Sall'y : 500 & Cafke to Do & a bruh 00560
To: Francis Shoemaker : Saxton his yeares Sall'y 500 & Cafke 40 00540
To: M' Dan' Taylor for 5 Delinqts Returned Vizt Gideon Cumbo : Thomas : Evans : William Dowde & Richª Gilmett 2 00265
To: M' John Doran late Collecto' : for 4 delinqts Re- turnd Viz* John : Evans : William Filbeach : John Wafher & Negro: Alice: Lifted by him 00212
To: Majo': John Thornton for Copy of Liftes of Titheables 40
To: Bryan Henry for his years Maintainance: With Cafke 918
To: M': William Cox Churchwarden his Acco': Al- lowed at 12/6 pr 312
To: M' William Morris Churchwarden his Account allowed 325
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To: M' John Doran late Collector his accot & for Glebe laft *[y's qtr3] 104
To: Bryan Henry for Keeping Lucey Gill 400
To: Rebecca farthing for Keeping John Pethwood a year : With Cafk 756
To: Docto': Rob *: Burbidg: his acco': about Jone Corbett allowed 640
To: M": Frances Langley for Keeping Jone Corbet : 4 Months & 3 Weeks 760
To: Richard Waren for: his yeares Maintainance 400
To: M': Doran : for Keeping Reuben Laton & En- deavo' to Cure his Legg one year 200
To: Sall'y : for : 26772 : pounds of Tobbaccoe at 5 p" Cent is 1338
To: M' Doran Collector for Tobbacco : Wanting Laft year to pay ye Par Debt 141
Totall is 28251
Credit utt Supra
By : 542 Titheables at 52 pounds Tobb p' pole is 28184
By: Tobbacco: Wanting to pay the Parifh Debt to be Raifed Next year 00067
on the Other Side 28251
[5]
M': William Cox and M': William Morris late Church- wardens are hereby Difcharged: from their Said Office: And Cap *: John Arimftead & Henry Holdcroft are hereby Apointed Churchwardens for this parifh and are Sworne accordingly before Cap *: Richard Richardfon : a Majeftrate of this County
*These two abbreviations were difficult to read. I may not have read them correctly .- C. G. C.
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NEW KENT COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1721-1786
It is Ordered by this p'fent Veftry that the Parish Levy : . for this prefent year be Fifty & Two : poundes of Tobbacco : p': pole: And that M' John Doran Deputy Sherrif of this County : Collect the Said Sum of fifty & two pounds Weight of Tobbbaccoe from Every Individuall: Titheable perfon Within this Parifh: And upon Refufall of Payment: to Levy the Same by Diftres: according to Law: The Sª Doran firft Entring into Bond With Good & Sufficient Se- curity to the prefent Churchwardens of this parifh for the Ufe of the parrish: for payment of the Said Summes of Tobbacco to the Severall Refpective parifh Creditors be- forementioned to Whome it is Due: in hhogsheds - of Such Weightes & at Such times as the Said Churchwardens Shall Direct & Appoint: And alfoe Ordered that the Clerk of the Veftry take Bond as aforefaid before he Deliver a Copie of the parish Charge and Copy of this Order of Veftry to the Said Collector
Teft: Henry : Holdcroft: Cl'k Veftry
[6]
At A Veftry held for Blifland Parifh at ye Brick Church : June : 12": 1724
P'fent
M' : Daniel Taylor Minift" Cap®: John Arimỹtead and Henry Holdcroft
Churchward'
Major John: Thornton M' John; Sclater
Cap *: George : Keeling M': Will: Cox Veftrymen
Cap *: Richard : Richardfon M': William Morris
Cap *: W™: Kenney
This p'fent Veftry proceeds to Lay out this Parifh into p'cincts : in Order to have the Tobbacco: plants Numbred According to ye Late Law for the more Effectuall Improv- ing the Staple of Tobacco.
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It is Ordered by this prefent Veftry That from the head of the Northweft branch of Ware Creeke Down the Swamp to Holdcrofts Mill and from thence to the Extent of the Parifh Downwards be One precinct: And from thence to: M' Coxes Mill Creeke: Another p'cinct: And from M': Coxes Mill Creeke to the Main Road: that Leades from Christoph" Barretts Landing to the Extent of the County Backwards Leaveing Lenleys Plantation in the Lower p'cinct Another : And from the Said Road to the Extent of the Said Parifh Upwards Another p'cinct
Cap *: Richard Richardfon And M' William Morris are Apointed to Examine & Enquire of the Names and Num- ber of the perfons (in the Lower precinct of of this County (Which are Allowed by the Sª Recited Act of Assembly) to tend Tobbacco). And the Cropps of the Severall Planters Within the Said precinct : And the Number of Plants Grow- ing on any or Every plantation or Plantations Within the Same: Sometime in the Moneth of July yearly: And that the perfons hereby Appointed Doe take the Oath Appointed by the Sª Act of Afsembly : before they proceed to Execute this Order
M' Dan11 : Allen & M' John Keen : Are hereby Appointed to Examine & Enquire of the Names & Number of the per- fons : in their Precinct: which is Between Ware Creeke and M': Coxes Mill Creeke: (Which are Allowed by the Sª Re- cited Act of Afsembly : to tend Tobacco) And the Cropps of the Severall Planters Within the Said Precinct and the Number of Plants Growing on any or Every Plantation or Plantations Within the Same Some time in the Moneth of July yearly And that ye Perfons hereby appointed Doe take the Oath appointed by the Said Act of Assembly before the proceed to Execute this Order
[7]
M': Richard Clough and M' Roger Williams are hereby Appointed to Examine & Enquire of the Names and Num-
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NEW KENT COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1721-1786
ber: of the perfons in their Precinct wch is (between M' Coxes Mill Creeke and the Main Road that Leades from Christopher Barretts Landing to the Extent of the County Backwards Leaving Lendleyes Plantation in the Lower Precinct) Which are Allowed by the Said Recited Act of Assembly : to tend Tobbaccoe And the Cropps : of the Sev- erall Planters: Within the Said Precinct and the Number of Plants Growing on Any or Every Plantation o' Planta- tions Within the Sam[ ] Sometime in the Moneth of July Yearly : And that the perfons hereby appointed doe take the Oath appointed by the Said Act of Afsembly before they proceed to Execute this Order
Cap *: John Fofter and Peter Carpenter are Appointed to Examine: & Enquire of the Names and Number of the perfons in their precinct (Which is from the Main Road Which Leades from Christopher Barretts Landing to the Extent of this parrish Upward) Which are Allowed by the Said Recited Act of Assembly to tend Tobbaccoe: And the Croppes of the Severall Planters Within their Said Pre- cinct: And the Number of Plantes Growing on Any or Every Plantation or Plantations Within the Same Some- time in the Moneth of July Yearly: And that the Perfons hereby Appointed: Doe take the Oath Appointed by the Said Act of Afsembly before they proceed to Execute this Order
Teft : Henry Holdcroft Cl'k : Veftry
[8]
At: A Vejtry held for Blifland Parifh: At the Lower Church : ye: 5ª: day of October Annoque: Domini 1724
Prfent
M': Daniel Taylor: Minifter: Cap: John Arimftead: & Henry Holdcroft: Churchwardens
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Cap *: John Hockaday M': William : Cox Cap *: Geo': Keeling MỸ : John : Sclater
M': Will™: Morris
Majo' John : Thornton Cap® : Richª : Richardfon & Capt: William Kenney Veftrymen Cap®: Nicholas Alderfey
This Prefent : Veftry : Proceedes to Lay the Parish Levy Bliflª Parifh 1724 D' Tobbacco
To: M' Daniel Taylor Minifter for A yeares Sall'y : 16000 Tobb: & Conveniency to ditto 16800
To: Cafke to Ditto inftead of A Glebe by the Veftrys Agreement at 8 p' Cent : 01280
To: Francis Cooke Cl'ke of the Parifh for a yeares Sail'y 1500 & Cafke & Convency to ditto 01695
To: Henry: Holdcroft: Clerke of the Veftry : for a yeares Sally 500: & Cafke & Convency to dito 00565
To: Francis Shoemaker Saxton of the Lower Church a yeares Sall'y 500 & Cafke to ditto 40 00540
To: Richard Waren : Saxton of the Upper Church for years Sall'y 500 & Cafke 40 00540
To: Majo' John Thornton for Copyes of the Liftes of Titheables 00040
To: Bryan Henry for his yeares Maintainance & Cafke 00918
To: Bryan Henry for Keepeing Lucey Gill : A Year 00400
To: M' Jnº Doran Late Parifh Collector for Tobbac- co: Wanting Laft year 67 & Quitt' for Glebe 00091 To: Henry Holdcroft: Churchwª: for 3 Comunions ] 300 & Repairing the Church finding Nailest Planck &e as by his Account Allowed 00473
To: M' Tho: Ballard for John Pethwoods Coffin Al- lowed 00060
To: Rebecca: Farthing for Keeping John Pethwood 3 moneths & two Weekes 00216
To: Elizabeth: Walton for Keepeing Mary Oglefby 3 Moneths: being a parifh Child 00150
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NEW KENT COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1721-1786
To: Richard Jones for a Coffin for Widow Hazel- wood 00060
To: M' William Livingftone for Phifick & for Keepe- ing Mary Burke 00200
To: M' John Doran: for: Cureing Sufanna Barker & her Board 3 moneths 1200 and : Cafke & Con- veniency to Ditto 168 & for Salivateing William Jones 1000 With Cafke & Conveniency to Ditto: 140 as p' Churwadens agreemt & 6 Delinqts in 02820
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