Vestry books [manuscript], 1726-1817.

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Vestry books [manuscript], 1726-1817.

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Include minutes, 1726-1817, of St. George's Parish, Fredericksburg, Va., recording the names of vestrymen and the churches served by the parish (Mattapony, Germanna, and Rappahannock), salaries, fees and tithables, financial accounting for support of widows, orphans and illegitimate children, and poor and elderly residents of the parish, glebe expenses, and the sale of church pews and assignment of pews by lot. Also include a correspondence record, 1809, detailing the parish's concern that a minister, new to the parish, had previously been divorced in New York.

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Mattapony Church.

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Church of England

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According to the Canons of 1604, XLIX-LII, of the Church of England, only those persons whose faith and learning are known to their bishop are licensed to preach. Such is the case because the Anglican bishop has pastoral charge of his entire diocese, and the ministers of that diocese, and the ministers of that diocese are considered to be his assistants. From the description of Church of England licensing document, 1886. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122406060 The major mis...

Rappahannock Church.

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Germanna Church.

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St. George's Parish (Va.)

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Established in 1714, from the lands in Essex County, Va., which later became Spotsylvania County in 1720. From the description of Vestry books [manuscript], 1726-1817. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647850978 ...