History

Our cemetery records cover burials from the 1600s. Looking for the gravesite of an historic figure, an ancester or even a contemporary friend or relative? Click the PDF below for an alphabetical directory of our "Old Cemetery." We will be adding a directory soon of the newer cemetery sections as well as posting photos of some interesting gravesites. Our Historic Cemetery

A sermon for All Saints Sunday by the Reverend Randi Hicks Rowe. All Saints' Day, which we’re celebrating today, allows us to reflect on how, as holy people through our baptism and seal of the Holy Spirit, we live our Christian life in unity with God and others across time and in the present moment. As Christians, we seek to live with Christlike empathy toward those who lack the resources to buy food or shelter, or who grieve losses, or who fear tomorrow. We also seek to live

William White, America's 1st Presiding Bishop 1836 Christ Church Parish Rectors & Ministers Alexander Cooke 164?-1653 Thomas Sax 1653-1654 Samuel Cole 1657-1658 Unknown 1659-1664 Richard Morris 1664-1666 Vacant 1667-1668 John Sheppard 1668-1683 Michael Zyperus * (Supply) 1683 John Davis (Supply) 1683 Duell Pead 1683-1690 (Returned to England) Portrait of Duell Pead as a young chap and King's Scholar, London, at age 16. Thomas Marston (Supply) 1690 Mr. Booker (Supply) 1690 Sa

The Christ Church cemetery is a journey through America's earliest times. Hundreds of funeral services have been conducted at Christ Church since it was consecrated in 1666.   Many early burials were at outlying chapels or in private cemeteries at homes and plantations.  Only a few of the markers were durable enough to survive the ravages of time. Our separate article, Founders and Patriots , provides information on this important group of area colonials. These outstanding..

During the colonial period in Middlesex, the area known as Christchurch became the center of religious and social life in Middlesex County, and its prominence lasted for over 100 years. The Honorable Henry Corbin of Buckingham House established Lancaster Parish covering the area from central Middlesex to Laneview. Early districts within Middlesex were formed by the creation of two church parishes.  On May 27, 1657, the area from central Middlesex to Laneview was established b

By Mike Lyman -  Past Governor, Virginia Society Order of Founders and Patriots of America In the 50 years following the settlement at Jamestown, 18 families settled in what is now known as Middlesex County.  This plaque on the wall of our historic cemetery lists the Virginia founders and patriots buried in our Christ Church Parish churchyard. Sir Henry Chicheley's family coat of arms. The most prominent and influential was Sir Henry Chicheley from Rosegill Plantation.  Chris

A Brief Historical Overview of Christ Church Parish from the first Vestry Meeting on January 29, 1666 through the American Revolution, establishment of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the U.S.A., and the establishment of Christchurch School. By Gordon Eliot White January 29, 1666, a General Vestry meeting was held at Rosegill, the house of Sir Henry Chichley.   Records preserved in the The Vestry Book of Christ Church, 1663-1797 read: “We doe accord and agree