Kingston Parish, Virginia

United States   Virginia    Kingston Parish

History
Kingston Parish has served Gloucester and Mathews counties. Trinity Church belonged to Kingston Parish.

Founded

 * abt 1652

Cemetery
The Virginia State Library published a survey of the graves at Kingston Church Cemetery and at Trinity Church of Kingston Parish Cemetery in 1959. (pages 128 to 130, 139-140).

Parish History

 * Mason, George Carrington. "The Colonial Churches of Kingston Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia," The William and Mary Quarterly, Second Series, Vol. 20, No. 2 (Apr. 1940):261-264. ; digital version at JSTOR ($).

Parish Registers

 * Matheny, Emma R. and Helen K. Yates. Kingston Parish Register, Gloucester and Mathews Counties, Virginia, 1749-1827. Richmond, Va.: E.R. Matheny and H.K. Yates, 1963. Reprinted 2004. Original is available at ; digital versions at Ancestry ($); and World Vital Records ($).

See also:


 * "Some Extracts from the Register of Kingston Parish," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 15, No. 2 (Oct., 1906), pp. 93-99. ; digital version at JSTOR ($).

Vestry Books

 * Chamberlayne, C.G. The Vestry Book of Kingston Parish, Mathews County, Virginia (until May 1, 1791, Gloucester County), 1679-1796. Originally published Richmond, Virginia, 1929. ISBN 0-8063-4842-9; available at ; digital versions at Ancestry ($) and Family History Archives.

Websites

 * Kingston Parish, The Historical Marker Database