Lancaster
Co. Virginia, United States |
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INTRODUCTION
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Lancaster County is a county
located on the Northern Neck in the Commonwealth
of Virginia, a state in the United States. As of 2000, the population was 11,567.
Its county seat is Lancaster. It is located near the mouth of the Rappahannock
River. Lancaster County was
established in 1651 from Northumberland and York counties. Historic attractions open to
the public include the Mary
Ball Washington Museum and Library, Belle
Isle State Park and the
eighteenth-century Christ Church . |
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Source: Wikipedia |
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GEN TOOL-KIT
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COUNTY RECORDS Lancaster County Clerk
of the Circuit Court has Marriage Records
from 1701 , Land
Records from 1652 , Probate
Records from 1651
and Court
Records from 1652 and is
located at the County Courthouse on P. O. Box 99, Lancaster, VA 22503;
804/462-5611, Fax: 804/462-9978 . There are a
few online databases for Court, Land and Probate Records which include: Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate
Records, 1639-1850, Virginia County
Records, Volume VI, Volume VII and Volume IX. |
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Source: Family
History 101 States |
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HISTORICAL / GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY(s) |
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Lancaster
Co. Historical Society, White Stone, VA |
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COUNTY LIBRARY |
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LANCASTER
LIBRARY - Address: 235 School Street, Kilmarnock, VA 22482-0850, United States; County: Lancaster;
Phone:804-435-1729; Lancaster Library is a Public
library. This library is the central facility associated with the the library
system that serves Lancaster County, VA. The collection of the library contains 33010
volumes. The library circulates 103787 items per year. The
library serves a population of 11500 residents. |
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HISTORICAL PLACES |
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SURNAMES
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The
following are names of persons, found within our databases, as having been either born, married or died in this
location. To find out more about each surname listed above click on the corresponding LINK. |
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ANCESTRAL
GEN-SITES |
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Christ Church Parish |
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Christ Church Parish, Lancaster County |
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LOCATION: DIRECTIONS:
County
of Lancaster,
3 miles south of Kilmarnock on Virginia 3, Irvington, Virginia ADDRESS: 420 Christ Church
Road, Weems,
VA 22576; 37.68057908N - -76.42304397W Christ Church, State Historic Marker
J-86, Rte. 646, .66 mile w. of Rte. 3 |
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FAMILY HISTORY NOTES(s):
Peter Brumwell was probably
born in that part of Lancaster County, Virginia that now lies in Middlesex
County which was formed in 1669.
Sarah Brumwell born or christened in 1679 Christ Church Parish. William Bennett, Sr. born or christened c. 1659 at Christ Church
Parish, Lancaster Co., Virginia |
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INTERNET
WEB LINK(s): National
Historic Landmarks Program (NHL); Historic Christ Church; |
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HISTORICAL & DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION: Created in 1651 out of Northumberland and
York counties, Lancaster County originally included lands on both the north
and south sides of the Rappahannock River. From 1651-1654, it is likely that
the whole county formed one parish. In 1654, an order of the county court
divided Lancaster County into two parishes, the Upper Parish and the Lower
Parish. In December of 1656, the Assembly used the boundaries of this Upper
Parish to create the new county of Rappahannock, which, like Lancaster,
included lands on both the north and south sides of the river. In April of 1657, the
Lancaster County court again divided the county into two parishes, this time
creating one parish on the north side and one on the south side of the
Rappahannock River. By 1661, each of these parishes had divided, so there
were now two parishes on the north side and two parishes on the south side of
the river. The upper parish on the north side eventually became known as St.
Mary’s White Chapel. The lower parish took the name Christ Church Parish.
On the south side of the river, the upper parish became known as Lancaster
Parish, while the lower was called Piankatank Parish. In 1666, Lancaster and
Piankatank parishes reunited as one parish called Christ Church Parish. When
in 1669 Middlesex County formed from that part of Lancaster County on the
south side of the Rappahannock, this parish was now referred to as Christ
Church Parish, Middlesex County.
This left Lancaster County, now only encompassing lands on the north side of
the Rappahannock, with two parishes—Christ Church and St. Mary's White
Chapel. Though Christ Church and
St. Mary’s White Chapel shared the same minister and a glebe, they considered
themselves separate parishes. Each had its own vestry and churchwardens, but
they met as a general vestry to consider issues related to both parishes,
such as the minister, the glebe, and the glebe house. In 1752, residents of
Lancaster County petitioned the Assembly to unite as one parish. Though it
came to its conclusion through an erroneous reading of the records, the
Assembly decided that no act of the legislature or order from the county
court had ever created St. Mary’s White Chapel or legally divided Christ
Church Parish and thus the whole of Lancaster County was included in one
parish--Christ Church Parish. A general vestry held on November 17, 1752
accepted the Assembly’s report and formally united the two parishes as Christ
Church Parish. St. Mary’s became the upper precinct of the parish, and Christ
Church served as the lower precinct. Although Christ Church and St. Mary’s
White Chapel were now united as Christ Church Parish, the 12 vestrymen of
each church (or precinct) continued to meet independently, giving the parish
a total of 24 vestrymen. In February of 1759, residents from both the upper
and lower precincts petitioned the Assembly over this arrangement, arguing
that the vestry of “each Precinct of the said Parish, though but one, has
hitherto acted separate from the other...which frequently occasions Disputes
and Controversies.” Moreover, some of the vestrymen had dissented from the
Church of England. The Assembly subsequently dissolved the vestry because it
had 24 members, called for a new election of 12 vestrymen for the whole
parish, and forbade dissenters from serving on vestries throughout the
colony. From this point forward, Christ Church Parish had one vestry, and it
governed the affairs of both churches. |
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EVOLUTION OF PARISH BOUNDARIES: |
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LIST
OF LOCALITIES
The list below will assist
in your research regarding the matching of your ancestors birth, marriage,
death dates and in what locality of this county these events may have
occurred. Source: Wikipedia The red star in the map at the left designates the
location of the seat of government for this county. |
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Incorporated
towns: Irvington ; Kilmarnock; White Stone;
Unincorporated
communities: Lancaster; Morattico
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IMAGE GALLERY
During our research we have collected images and photographs that are of general interest to a variety of localities. Some of them are presented on this website because we believe they tend to provide the reader with additional information which may aid in the understanding of our ancestors past lives. |
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photographs or other images relating to this ancestral location we would greatly appreciate
hearing from you. Use the following LINK to ascertain whether we have any
images that pertain to this location. |
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Contact Information
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Snail mail: Fred USA |
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Pony Express: Tom |
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