THE HISTORY OF TRURO PARISH IS AVAILABLE TO ALL ON THE NET AT http://www.ls.net/~newriver/va/truro1.htm PJD 11/4/05 On Nov 4, 2005, at 9:08 AM, Doris Christian wrote: > THE HISTORY > > OF > > TRURO PARISH > > IN VIRGINIA > > BY > > REV. PHILIP SLAUGHTER, D.D. > > > Edited With Notes and Addenda By REV. EDWARD L. GOODWIN > > Historiographer of the Diocese of Virginia > > > > Now on searchable, indexed CD: > > Check it out at your local library or archives. > or dmkheritage.com > > This 183 page book, including index, written in 1907 contains > information about Truro Parish which was part of the Northern Neck > Grants. "Within this territory were the seats of the Fairfaxes, > Washingtons, Masons, McCartys, Fitzhughs, Brents, Alexanders, > Lewises, Mercers, Daniels, Carters, Dades, Stuarts, Corbins, > Tayloes, Steptoes, Newtons, Browns, Lees, Thorntons, Balls, Smiths, > and other leading families too many to mention, who dispensed an > elegant hospitality at Northumberland House, Nomini, Stratford, > Chantilly, Mount Airy, Sabine Hall, Bedford, Albion, Cedar Grove, > Boscobel, Richland, Marleborough, Woodstock, Gunston, Belvoir, > Woodlawn, Mount Vernon, etc. Beginning at Lancaster, county was > taken from county, Parish from Parish, as the population of each > passed the frontiers, until in 1730 Prince William was taken from > Stafford and King George Counties, above Chappawansick Creek and > Deep Run, and along the Potomac, to the "Great Mountains." This > became also Hamilton Parish; which Parish, by an Act of the General > Assembly passed at the Session of May, 1732, to take effect the > first of the following November, was divided into two Parishes "By > the river Ockoquan, and the Bull Run, (a branch thereof,) and a > course from thence to the Indian Thoroughfare of the Blue Ridge of > Mountains," (Ashby's Gap.) All that part of Prince William lying > below the said bounds was to retain the name of Hamilton, "And all > that other part of the said county, which lies above those bounds, > shall hereafter be called and known by the name of Truro." The > Parish was named after the Parish in Cornwall, in England, which is > now the Diocese of Truro." > > > Index: > Adam, Adams, Alexander, Alexanders, Allan, Allen, Alrich, > Andrews, Ashford, Atkins, Aubrey, Awbrey, Aylatt, Ayres, Baker, > Bakers, Ball, Ballard, Balls, Barbour, Barker, Barkley, Barnes, > Barry, Bartlett, Barton, Bassett, Bates, Baugus, Baxter, Baylis, > Bayly, Beach, Beckwith, Bedford, Bennet, Bennit, Berkeley, > Berkley, Bird, Blackburn, Blackburns, Blair, Bleight, > Blumfield, Boggess, Boilston, Boilstone, Bond, Bosman, Bowie, > Bowling, Bowman, Boyden, Boylston, Braddock, Breckenridge, Brents, > Broadwater, Brocket, Bronaugh, Brown, Browns, Bryan, Bryant, > Bucklands, Buckley, Burke, Burkes, Burrows, Cairde, Canady, Car, > Carlyle, Carney, Carpenter, Carter, Carters, Carty, Cash, > Caton, Champneys, Chapman, Chase, Chesher, Chichester, > Chichesters, Claggett, Clapham, Cleveland, Clifton, Cockburn, > Cocke, Cockerell, Cofer, Coffer, Cole, Coleman, Colemans, Colvill, > Cookburn, Cooke, Cooper, Coopers, Copein, Corbins, Corner, Cox, > Crutcher, Cullison, Custis, Dade, Dades, Dainty, Dalton, Dame, > Daniel, Daniels, Darne, Darrel, Darrell, Darus, Davie, Davis, De > Butts, Demevill, Deneale, Denty, Deskins, Dickins, Dickson, > Diskin, Dixon, Dodd, Dodge, Donaldson, Douglass, Dozier, Dulan, > Dulin, Dunbarr, Duntan, Ellett, Elliott, Ellzey, Eltenger, Elzey, > Elzy, Emms, English, Erskine, Evans, Ewel, Ewell, Fairfax, > Fairfaxes, Fairhurst, Falkner, Farguson, Fauquier, Ficklin, > Fitzhugh, Fitzhughs, Fleming, Foote, Forbes, Ford, Foster, > Fowler, Franklin, French, Furguson, Furgussons, Gaillard, Gardner, > Garrett, Gerard, Gibson, Gilmore, Gladdin, Gladding, Gleading, > Godfrey, Gooch, GOODWIN, Goram, Graham, Grant, Grantum, Grayson, > Green, Griffin, Griffith, Grigsby, Grymes, Guest, Gunnel, Gunnell, > Gunnells, Hago, Hairsling, Hall, Halley, Halling, Hamilton, > Hampton, Harle, Harris, Harrison, Hart, Hartley, Hartshorne, > Haslip, Haugo, Hawley, Henderson, Hendersons, Hening, Henry, > Herbert, Hereford, Heryford, Hester, Hews, Hicherson, Hicks, > Higgerson, Hollis, Holmes, Hord, Howel, Howson, Hull, Hunter, > Hunters, Huntt, Hurst, Husk, Hutchinson, Hutchinsons, Hutt, > Jackson, Jacobs, James, Janney, Jefferey, Jefferson, Jenifer, > Jenkins, Jenny, John, Johns, Johnson, Johnston, Jones, Judy, > Keen, Keith, Kemp, King, Kirk, Kirkland, Kitchen, Kloman, Koon, > Krouch, Kurhling, Lamphier, Landstreet, Lane, Langfier, Lasswell, > Lawfull, Lay, Lee, Lees, Lewis, Lewises, Lindsey, Linton, > Littlejohn, Lockwood, Love, Loves, Loyd, Lucas, Lumley, Lund, > Lynton, Macgill, Machen, Macrae, Madden, Madison, Manley, > Marshall, Martin, Mason, Masons, Massey, Masterson, Mc.Bee, > Mc.Carty, Mc.Cartys, McCarty, McCartys, McGill, McIlhenny, > McWhorter, Meade, Meckby, Melton, Mercers, Middleton, Milstead, > Minor, Moncure, Monroe, Monteith, Moore, Morton, Moscrope, > Moseley, Moss, Mosses, Moxley, Muir, Munroe, Murray, Musgrove, > Neale, Neill, Netherton, Nevitt, Newton, Newtons, Nisbett, > Noland, Norton, Offutt, Omohundro, Osborn, Osborne, Owen, > Owsley, Packard, Page, Payne, Peabody, Peak, Peake, Pendleton, > Penson, Perin, Perkins, Peyton, Piper, Platt, Pollard, Popejoy, > Porter, Posey, Potter, Powell, Presley, Price, Pritchett, Ramey, > Ramsay, Ramsey, Randolph, Ratcliffe, Ratcliffes, Reagan, Reagans, > Reardon, Reid, Richardson, Roberts, Robertson, Robinson, Roe, > Ronks, Ross, Rumsey, Russell, Ryers, Saintclare, Samford, > Sanders, Sands, Sanford, Saunders, Scandall, Scott, Seal, Sears, > Sebastian, Selectman, Shaddedin, Shaw, Shelton, Shortridge, > Simmonds, Simpson, Slaughter, Smallwood, Smith, Smiths, Sommers, > Sparks, Specht, Spurr, Stephens, Steptoes, Stoddert, Stone, > Straham, Stribling, Stuart, Stuarts, Sturman, Stutt, Summers, > Talbot, Taliaferro, Tayloes, Taylor, Tebbs, Terrett, Terretts, > Theisz, Thomas, Thomases, Thompson, Thornton, Thorntons, Thrift, > Tillett, Towners, Townsend, Trammel, Trammell, Triplett, Turley, > Turner, Valandigam, Veal, Violet, Violett, Wade, Wagener, Wait, > Waite, Walker, Wallis, Ward, Warden, Wardens, Warner, Washington, > Washingtons, Watson, Waugh, Weems, West, Westmoreland, Weston, > Wheeler, White, Whitford, Whittle, Wiley, Wilks, Williams, Willis, > Windsor, Winsor, Withers, Wren, Wright, Wyatt, Wythe, Young > > > > > **************************** > Visit: http://www.dmkheritage.com > To check on the latest County Histories and Parish Records on CDs > Indexed and searchable > > > > > ==== VAFAIRFA Mailing List ==== > E-mail List Mom at mailto:daisysroots@yahoo.com > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafairfa/ > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. 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So someone will not be mislead, the New River site does not include the entire History of Truro Parish (183 Pages). My assumption is that, it is excerpts pertaining to the New River area only. Doris On Nov 4, 2005, at 11:16 AM, pjdennis@mindspring.com wrote: > THE HISTORY OF TRURO PARISH IS AVAILABLE TO ALL ON THE NET AT > > http://www.ls.net/~newriver/va/truro1.htm > > PJD > 11/4/05 > > > > On Nov 4, 2005, at 9:08 AM, Doris Christian wrote: > > >> THE HISTORY >> >> OF >> >> TRURO PARISH >> >> IN VIRGINIA >> >> BY >> >> REV. PHILIP SLAUGHTER, D.D. >> >> >> Edited With Notes and Addenda By REV. EDWARD L. GOODWIN >> >> Historiographer of the Diocese of Virginia >> >> >> >> Now on searchable, indexed CD: >> >> Check it out at your local library or archives. >> or dmkheritage.com >> >> This 183 page book, including index, written in 1907 contains >> information about Truro Parish which was part of the Northern Neck >> Grants. "Within this territory were the seats of the Fairfaxes, >> Washingtons, Masons, McCartys, Fitzhughs, Brents, Alexanders, >> Lewises, Mercers, Daniels, Carters, Dades, Stuarts, Corbins, >> Tayloes, Steptoes, Newtons, Browns, Lees, Thorntons, Balls, >> Smiths, and other leading families too many to mention, who >> dispensed an elegant hospitality at Northumberland House, Nomini, >> Stratford, Chantilly, Mount Airy, Sabine Hall, Bedford, Albion, >> Cedar Grove, Boscobel, Richland, Marleborough, Woodstock, Gunston, >> Belvoir, Woodlawn, Mount Vernon, etc. Beginning at Lancaster, >> county was taken from county, Parish from Parish, as the >> population of each passed the frontiers, until in 1730 Prince >> William was taken from Stafford and King George Counties, above >> Chappawansick Creek and Deep Run, and along the Potomac, to the >> "Great Mountains." This became also Hamilton Parish; which Parish, >> by an Act of the General Assembly passed at the Session of May, >> 1732, to take effect the first of the following November, was >> divided into two Parishes "By the river Ockoquan, and the Bull >> Run, (a branch thereof,) and a course from thence to the Indian >> Thoroughfare of the Blue Ridge of Mountains," (Ashby's Gap.) All >> that part of Prince William lying below the said bounds was to >> retain the name of Hamilton, "And all that other part of the said >> county, which lies above those bounds, shall hereafter be called >> and known by the name of Truro." The Parish was named after the >> Parish in Cornwall, in England, which is now the Diocese of Truro." >> >> >> Index: >> Adam, Adams, Alexander, Alexanders, Allan, Allen, Alrich, >> Andrews, Ashford, Atkins, Aubrey, Awbrey, Aylatt, Ayres, >> Baker, Bakers, Ball, Ballard, Balls, Barbour, Barker, Barkley, >> Barnes, Barry, Bartlett, Barton, Bassett, Bates, Baugus, Baxter, >> Baylis, Bayly, Beach, Beckwith, Bedford, Bennet, Bennit, >> Berkeley, Berkley, Bird, Blackburn, Blackburns, Blair, >> Bleight, Blumfield, Boggess, Boilston, Boilstone, Bond, Bosman, >> Bowie, Bowling, Bowman, Boyden, Boylston, Braddock, Breckenridge, >> Brents, Broadwater, Brocket, Bronaugh, Brown, Browns, Bryan, >> Bryant, Bucklands, Buckley, Burke, Burkes, Burrows, Cairde, >> Canady, Car, Carlyle, Carney, Carpenter, Carter, Carters, >> Carty, Cash, Caton, Champneys, Chapman, Chase, Chesher, >> Chichester, Chichesters, Claggett, Clapham, Cleveland, Clifton, >> Cockburn, Cocke, Cockerell, Cofer, Coffer, Cole, Coleman, >> Colemans, Colvill, Cookburn, Cooke, Cooper, Coopers, Copein, >> Corbins, Corner, Cox, Crutcher, Cullison, Custis, Dade, Dades, >> Dainty, Dalton, Dame, Daniel, Daniels, Darne, Darrel, Darrell, >> Darus, Davie, Davis, De Butts, Demevill, Deneale, Denty, >> Deskins, Dickins, Dickson, Diskin, Dixon, Dodd, Dodge, >> Donaldson, Douglass, Dozier, Dulan, Dulin, Dunbarr, Duntan, >> Ellett, Elliott, Ellzey, Eltenger, Elzey, Elzy, Emms, English, >> Erskine, Evans, Ewel, Ewell, Fairfax, Fairfaxes, Fairhurst, >> Falkner, Farguson, Fauquier, Ficklin, Fitzhugh, Fitzhughs, >> Fleming, Foote, Forbes, Ford, Foster, Fowler, Franklin, French, >> Furguson, Furgussons, Gaillard, Gardner, Garrett, Gerard, >> Gibson, Gilmore, Gladdin, Gladding, Gleading, Godfrey, Gooch, >> GOODWIN, Goram, Graham, Grant, Grantum, Grayson, Green, Griffin, >> Griffith, Grigsby, Grymes, Guest, Gunnel, Gunnell, Gunnells, >> Hago, Hairsling, Hall, Halley, Halling, Hamilton, Hampton, >> Harle, Harris, Harrison, Hart, Hartley, Hartshorne, Haslip, >> Haugo, Hawley, Henderson, Hendersons, Hening, Henry, Herbert, >> Hereford, Heryford, Hester, Hews, Hicherson, Hicks, Higgerson, >> Hollis, Holmes, Hord, Howel, Howson, Hull, Hunter, Hunters, >> Huntt, Hurst, Husk, Hutchinson, Hutchinsons, Hutt, Jackson, >> Jacobs, James, Janney, Jefferey, Jefferson, Jenifer, Jenkins, >> Jenny, John, Johns, Johnson, Johnston, Jones, Judy, Keen, >> Keith, Kemp, King, Kirk, Kirkland, Kitchen, Kloman, Koon, >> Krouch, Kurhling, Lamphier, Landstreet, Lane, Langfier, Lasswell, >> Lawfull, Lay, Lee, Lees, Lewis, Lewises, Lindsey, Linton, >> Littlejohn, Lockwood, Love, Loves, Loyd, Lucas, Lumley, Lund, >> Lynton, Macgill, Machen, Macrae, Madden, Madison, Manley, >> Marshall, Martin, Mason, Masons, Massey, Masterson, Mc.Bee, >> Mc.Carty, Mc.Cartys, McCarty, McCartys, McGill, McIlhenny, >> McWhorter, Meade, Meckby, Melton, Mercers, Middleton, Milstead, >> Minor, Moncure, Monroe, Monteith, Moore, Morton, Moscrope, >> Moseley, Moss, Mosses, Moxley, Muir, Munroe, Murray, Musgrove, >> Neale, Neill, Netherton, Nevitt, Newton, Newtons, Nisbett, >> Noland, Norton, Offutt, Omohundro, Osborn, Osborne, Owen, >> Owsley, Packard, Page, Payne, Peabody, Peak, Peake, Pendleton, >> Penson, Perin, Perkins, Peyton, Piper, Platt, Pollard, Popejoy, >> Porter, Posey, Potter, Powell, Presley, Price, Pritchett, Ramey, >> Ramsay, Ramsey, Randolph, Ratcliffe, Ratcliffes, Reagan, Reagans, >> Reardon, Reid, Richardson, Roberts, Robertson, Robinson, Roe, >> Ronks, Ross, Rumsey, Russell, Ryers, Saintclare, Samford, >> Sanders, Sands, Sanford, Saunders, Scandall, Scott, Seal, Sears, >> Sebastian, Selectman, Shaddedin, Shaw, Shelton, Shortridge, >> Simmonds, Simpson, Slaughter, Smallwood, Smith, Smiths, Sommers, >> Sparks, Specht, Spurr, Stephens, Steptoes, Stoddert, Stone, >> Straham, Stribling, Stuart, Stuarts, Sturman, Stutt, Summers, >> Talbot, Taliaferro, Tayloes, Taylor, Tebbs, Terrett, Terretts, >> Theisz, Thomas, Thomases, Thompson, Thornton, Thorntons, Thrift, >> Tillett, Towners, Townsend, Trammel, Trammell, Triplett, Turley, >> Turner, Valandigam, Veal, Violet, Violett, Wade, Wagener, Wait, >> Waite, Walker, Wallis, Ward, Warden, Wardens, Warner, >> Washington, Washingtons, Watson, Waugh, Weems, West, Westmoreland, >> Weston, Wheeler, White, Whitford, Whittle, Wiley, Wilks, Williams, >> Willis, Windsor, Winsor, Withers, Wren, Wright, Wyatt, Wythe, Young >> >> >> >> >> **************************** >> Visit: http://www.dmkheritage.com >> To check on the latest County Histories and Parish Records on CDs >> Indexed and searchable >> >> >> >> >> ==== VAFAIRFA Mailing List ==== >> E-mail List Mom at mailto:daisysroots@yahoo.com >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~vafairfa/ >> >> ============================== >> Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >> New content added every business day. 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