St. John's Parish, Prince George's County, Maryland Genealogy

United States   Maryland    St. John's Parish

History
St. John's Parish has served Prince George's County, which included all of western Maryland then.

Boundary
In 1726, Prince George's Parish with its chapel at Rock Creek [now in the District of Columbia] was formed by an 25 July 1726 Act and hence separted from St. John's Parish.

Census
Provincial Census of August 31, 1776, Prince George's County: St. John's and Prince George's Parishes (89 pages of facsimile reproductions) is available online, see pages 1-89 and index in:


 * Maryland Records: Colonial, Revolutionary, County and Church from Original Sources. Vol. 1. By Gaius Marcus Brumbaugh. 1915. Baltimore, Md.: Williams & Wilkins Company, 1915. Online at FamilySearch Digital Library, Google Books.

Parish Records

 * Protestant Episcopal (Church of England), St. John's Church, King George's Parish (aka Piscataway Parish, St. John's Parish), includes: parish registers 1689-1878 and vestry minutes 1693-1823