Elizabeth City Parish, Virginia

United States   Virginia    Elizabeth City Parish

History
Elizabeth City Parish has served Elizabeth City and Warwick counties. In the early 1600s, it was first known as Kecoughtan Parish. After two centuries of being called Elizabeth City Parish, it was renamed St. John's after the Civil War.

Founded

 * 1619

Parish History

 * Mason, George Carrington. "The Earliest Known Church of Elizabeth City Parish," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 54, No. 1 (Jan., 1946), pp. 17-20. ; digital version at JSTOR ($).

Rev. Reverdy Estill's history of St. John's Church, Elizabeth City Parish, Hampton, Virginia (1907) has been digitized by Google Books.

Parish Records
Colonial parish registers have been lost.

Websites

 * St. John's Episcopal Church, Hampton, VA (official website)
 * First Church at Kecoughtan Marker, The Historical Marker Database
 * St. John's Church Marker, The Historical Marker Database
 * St. John's Church Marker, (another description) The Historical Marker Database
 * Third Church at Kecoughtan Marker, Notable Burials in the Churchyard, The Historical Marker Database
 * Third Elizabeth City Parish Church, The Historical Marker Database