Bruton Parish, James City County, Virginia Genealogy

United States   Virginia    Bruton Parish

History
Bruton Parish has served James City and York counties.

Founded

 * by 1674

Cemetery
In 1903, Rev. Goodwin published "copies of all epitaphs visible in [the parish] church and church-yard." See Historical Sketch of Bruton Church(pp. 87-117).

Ministers

 * Cary, Wilson Miles. "Descendants of Rev. Rowland Jones, First Rector of Bruton Parish, Va.," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Jan., 1897), pp. 192-197. ; digital version at JSTOR ($).

Parish History

 * "Church Patronage in Virginia. Argument for Bruton Parish the Plaintiff," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 22, No. 4 (Oct., 1914), pp. 401-409. ; digital version at JSTOR ($).
 * Goodwin, William A.R. Bruton Parish Church Restored and Its Historic Environment. Petersburg, Va.: The Franklin Press Co., 1907. Digital versions at Google Books; Internet Archive.
 * Goodwin, William Archer Rutherford. The Record of Bruton Parish Church. Richmond, Va.: The Dietz Press, 1941.
 * Goodwin, William A.R. Historical Sketch of Bruton Church. Petersburg, Va.: The Franklin Press Company, 1903. Digital versions at FamilySearch Digital Library; Google Books - free. Includes parish register entries, cemetery transcriptions, list of ministers, list of vestrymen, a list of slaveowners who baptized slaves in the parish (slaveowners listed on pp. 154-157).

Meade's 1861 history of the five parishes of Williamsburg is available online.

Rev. W.A.R. Goodwin's history of Bruton Parish Church (1907) has been digitized by Google Books.

For a history of a well-known plantation in the parish, see:


 * Campbell, Helen J. "Porto Bello: Bruton Parish, York County, Virginia," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 69, No. 4 (Oct., 1961), pp. 460-468. ; digital version at JSTOR ($).

Parish Records
Bruton Parish Church records and some registers are housed in Special Collections at Swem Library, College of William and Mary. The collection includes parish administrative records, church history, photos, registers and vestry minutes.

Parish Registers
In 1903, Rev. Goodwin published abstracts of all extant parish registers. See Historical Sketch of Bruton Church. For births (1739-1797), see pp. 121-131. For deaths (1662-1751), see pp. 132-143.

Chappelear also abstracted the old parish registers:


 * Chappelear, Nancy. Bruton and Middleton Parishes, James City County, Virginia, Parish Register, 1662-1797. Washington, D.C.: Chappelear &amp; Baird, 1966. Available at.

Websites

 * Bruton Parish Episcopal Church (official site)