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== History  ==
== History  ==


[Blank] Parish has served [[ County, Virginia]].  
Petsworth (earlier known as Petsoe<ref>C. G. Chamberlayne, ''The Vestry Book of Petsworth Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia, 1677-1793'' (Richmond: Division of Purchase and Printing, 1933), p. xiii; digital images, ''FamilySearch'' (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 9 March 2019).</ref>) Parish has served [[Gloucester County, Virginia]]. The parish church was called Poplar Spring Church.<ref>[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=2974 Poplar Spring Church], The Historical Marker Database</ref>&nbsp;


==== Founded  ====
==== Founded  ====


*<ref>Freddie Spradlin, [http://vagenweb.org/parishes.htm "Parishes of Virginia,"] VAGenWeb, accessed 29 January 2011; [http://vagenweb.org/hening/''Hening's Statutes at Large;''] Emily J. Salmon and Edward D.C. Campbell Jr., ''The Hornbook of Virginia History'' (Richmond: Library of Virginia, 1994).</ref>
*abt 1652<ref>Freddie Spradlin, [http://vagenweb.org/parishes.htm "Parishes of Virginia,"] VAGenWeb, accessed 29 January 2011; [http://vagenweb.org/hening/''Hening's Statutes at Large;''] Emily J. Salmon and Edward D.C. Campbell Jr., ''The Hornbook of Virginia History'' (Richmond: Library of Virginia, 1994).</ref>
*The first actual reference to Petsoe Parish is found in a land grant to William Thornton dated 16 February 1665/6.<ref>Thornton, Wm. grantee, Land grant 16 February 1665/1666, Gloucester Co., Virginia, Land Office Patents No. 5, 1661-1666 (v.1 & 2 p.1-369), p. 573 (Reel 5); Virginia. Colonial Land Office. Patents, 1623-1774, Library of Virginia; digital images, ''Library of Virginia'' (http://www.lva.virginia.gov/ : accessed 14 March 2019).</ref>


==== Boundary ====
== Resources  ==
 
==== Cemetery ====
 
Several of the old graves at the parish cemetery are described at [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2332073&CScntry=4&CSst=48&CScnty=2838&CSsr=61& Find a Grave].
 
The Virginia State Library discussed Petsworth Church Cemetery in a survey of Gloucester County graves published in 1959, but did not mention any legible gravestones.<ref>''Epitaphs of Gloucester and Mathews Counties in Tidewater Virginia through 1865'' (Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library, 1959), 118.</ref> {{FSC|388829|item|disp=FS Library Book 975.53 V3e}}.<br>
 
=== Parish History ===
 
Meade's 1861 history of Petsworth Parish is available [http://archive.org/stream/oldchurchesminis01meaduoft#page/320/mode/2up online.]<ref>William Meade, ''Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia'', 2 vols. (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1861). Digital versions at Internet Archive: [https://www.archive.org/details/oldchurchesminis01meaduoft Vol. I] and [http://archive.org/details/oldchurchesminis02meaduoft Vol. II].</ref>


== Resources ==
==== Parish Records ====
 
Parish registers do not survive.
 
===== Vestry Books  =====
 
*Chamberlayne, Churchill Gibson. ''The Vestry Book of Petsworth Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia, 1677-1793'' Richmond [Virginia]: Library Board, Division of Purchase and Printing, 1933. {{FSC|106748|title-id|disp=FS Library US/CAN Book 975.532 K2c}} and {{FSC|106748|title-id|disp=US/CAN Film 1425712 Item 7}}; Reprint {{FSC|454934|title-id|disp=US/CAN Book 975.532 K2c 1979}}; [http://books.google.com/books?id=Ez6_pr0qUiEC Google Books] and [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-56145/the-vestry-book-of-petsworth-parish-gloucester-county-virginia-1677 MyHeritage] ($).


==== Church History ====
== Websites ==


==== Church Records  ====
*[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=2974 Poplar Spring Church], The Historical Marker Database


== References ==
== References ==


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Latest revision as of 18:08, 13 March 2024

United States  Gotoarrow.png  Virginia  Gotoarrow.png  Petsworth Parish

History[edit | edit source]

Petsworth (earlier known as Petsoe[1]) Parish has served Gloucester County, Virginia. The parish church was called Poplar Spring Church.[2] 

Founded[edit | edit source]

  • abt 1652[3]
  • The first actual reference to Petsoe Parish is found in a land grant to William Thornton dated 16 February 1665/6.[4]

Resources[edit | edit source]

Cemetery[edit | edit source]

Several of the old graves at the parish cemetery are described at Find a Grave.

The Virginia State Library discussed Petsworth Church Cemetery in a survey of Gloucester County graves published in 1959, but did not mention any legible gravestones.[5] FS Library Book 975.53 V3e.

Parish History[edit | edit source]

Meade's 1861 history of Petsworth Parish is available online.[6]

Parish Records[edit | edit source]

Parish registers do not survive.

Vestry Books[edit | edit source]

Websites[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. C. G. Chamberlayne, The Vestry Book of Petsworth Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia, 1677-1793 (Richmond: Division of Purchase and Printing, 1933), p. xiii; digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 9 March 2019).
  2. Poplar Spring Church, The Historical Marker Database
  3. Freddie Spradlin, "Parishes of Virginia," VAGenWeb, accessed 29 January 2011; Hening's Statutes at Large; Emily J. Salmon and Edward D.C. Campbell Jr., The Hornbook of Virginia History (Richmond: Library of Virginia, 1994).
  4. Thornton, Wm. grantee, Land grant 16 February 1665/1666, Gloucester Co., Virginia, Land Office Patents No. 5, 1661-1666 (v.1 & 2 p.1-369), p. 573 (Reel 5); Virginia. Colonial Land Office. Patents, 1623-1774, Library of Virginia; digital images, Library of Virginia (http://www.lva.virginia.gov/ : accessed 14 March 2019).
  5. Epitaphs of Gloucester and Mathews Counties in Tidewater Virginia through 1865 (Richmond, Va.: Virginia State Library, 1959), 118.
  6. William Meade, Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia, 2 vols. (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott and Co., 1861). Digital versions at Internet Archive: Vol. I and Vol. II.