St. James Northam Parish, Goochland County, Virginia Genealogy

History
St. James Northam Parish has served Goochland County, Virginia. Beaverdam Episcopal Church (also known as the Second Episcopal Church), built before 1764, was situated in Goochland County.

Founded

 * 1744 from St. James Parish (Goochland Co.)

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

Parish Registers

 * 1705-1797 St. James Northam Parish Christening Index 1705-1797. Batch  at FamilySearch - free.
 * 1750-1797 Douglas, William and William Mcfarlane Jones. The Douglas Register: Being a Detailed Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths Together with Other Interesting Notes, As Kept by the Rev. William Douglas, from 1750 to 1797: An Index of Goochland Wills, Notes on the French-Huguenot Refugees Who Lived in Manakin-town. 1928; reprint, Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1977, c1966. Digital versions at Ancestry ($)..
 * 1751-1798 St. James Northam Parish Marriage Index 1751-1798. Batch  at FamilySearch - free.
 * "Register of St. James Northam Parish, Goochland County," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 15, No. 1 (Jul. 1906):24-36; Vol. 15, No. 2 (Oct. 1906):113-123; Vol. 15, No. 4 (Apr. 1907):249-255. ; digital version at JSTOR ($).

Vestry Books
The original St. James Northam Parish Vestry Book (1744-1850) is kept at the Library of Virginia.


 * Hopkins, William Lindsay. St. James Northam Parish Vestry Book, 1744-1850, Goochland County, Virginia. Richmond, VA: Self-published, 1987. (Note: "Abstracted from a photocopy in the Virginia State Library.")

Websites

 * Beaverdam Episcopal Church, The Historical Marker Database