St. Peters Parish, Virginia

United States   Virginia    St. Peter's Parish

History
St. Peter's Parish has served James City and New Kent counties.

Founded

 * 1679

Boundary
A boundary change between James City and New Kent counties in 1767 removed St. Peter's Parish from James City County.

Parish History
Meade's 1861 history of St. Peter's Parish is available online.

Churchill Gibson Chamberlayne's history of St. Peter's Church, St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia (1907) has been digitized by Google Books.

A history written in Appleton's Journal (1874) is available at VAGenWeb - free.

Parish Records

 * 1684-1786 - Chamberlayne, C.G., ed.. The Vestry Book and Register of St. Peter's Parish New Kent and James City Counties, Virginia 1684-1786. Richmond, Va.: Library Board, 1937. Available at ; digital versions at Ancestry ($); VAGenWeb - free.
 * 1680-1787 - Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Virginia. The Register of St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Va., from 1680 to 1787. Richmond, Va.: Wm. Ellis Jones, Book and Job Printer, 1904. Digital versions at Internet Archive - free; VAGenWeb - free.
 * 1680-1790 - St. Peter's Parish Christenings 1680-1790. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1685-1743, 1764 - St. Peter's Parish Marriages 1685-1743, 1764. Batch at FamilySearch - free.

Websites

 * St. Peter's Church, The Historical Marker Database