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
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.

Parish Records

 * 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 version at Ancestry ($).
 * 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 version at Internet Archive.

Websites

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