Blisland Parish, Virginia

United States   Virginia    Blisland Parish

History
Blisland Parish has served James City, York, and New Kent counties. There were two churches in colonial times.

The lower church in Blisland Parish is known as Hickory Neck Church (see picture).

The upper church, aka Brick Church, was known as Warranigh, Warrany, or Warrenay church.

Founded

 * abt 1653

Variant Spellings

 * Blissland

Cemetery
Few tombstones could be found at the site of Warrany Church in the early 1900s.

Ministers

 * Evans, David. "Price Davies, Rector of Blisland Parish Two Letters, 1763, 1765," The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 79, No. 2 (Apr., 1971), pp. 153-161. ; digital version at JSTOR ($).

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

Parish Records
Colonial parish registers have been lost.

Vestry Books
The original records are stored at the Library of Virginia. Copies:

These records have been abstracted:


 * Chamberlayne, C.G. The Vestry Book of Blisland (Blissland) Parish, New Kent and James City Counties, Virginia, 1721-1786. Richmond: The Library Board, 1935. Original edition: ; 1979 reprint:

Websites

 * Hickory Neck Episcopal Church, Toano, Virginia (official site)
 * Hickory Neck Church, The Historical Marker Database