Elizabeth River Parish, Virginia

United States   Virginia    Elizabeth River Parish

History
Elizabeth River Parish has served New Norfolk, Upper Norfolk, Lower Norfolk, and Norfolk counties. These jurisdictions are now extinct and the parish church, known as St. Paul's, is situated in the Independent City of Norfolk. St. Paul's Church in Norfolk was originally a chapel of ease in Elizabeth River Parish.

Founded

 * bef 1643

Cemetery
St. Paul's tombstones are transcribed and indexed in Dey's history.

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

The Bishop-Coadjutor of Southern Virginia's history of St. Paul's Church, Elizabeth River Parish, Norfolk, Virginia (1907) has been digitized by Google Books.

Dey's history includes a history of parish, description of the church, tombstone inscriptions, and a list of vestrymen:


 * Dey, Calvert R. St. Paul's Church 1832, Originally the Borough Church 1739, Elizabeth River Parish, Norfolk, Virginia. Norfolk, Va.: Altar Guild of St. Paul's Church, 1934.

James published a list of parish vestrymen dated 1779:


 * James, Edward W. "Vestrymen of Elizabeth River Parish," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 3 (Jan. 1893):162. ; digital version at JSTOR - free.

Parish Records
Most colonial parish registers have been lost, with the exception of a "register of Southern Branch from Octobr 1751 to Octobr 1752" discovered by James:


 * James, Edward W. "Births and Baptisms," The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 3 (Jan. 1893):160-162. Digital version at JSTOR - free.

Walter abstracted the vestry book:


 * Walter, Alice Granbery. Vestry Book of Elizabeth River Parish, 1749-1761. New York: A.G. Walter, c1969..

Websites

 * St. Paul's Church, 1739 Marker, The Historical Marker Database
 * Colonial Churches Blog: St. Paul's Church, Norfolk Virginia. Includes photographs and history