By Trip Wiggins
Rev. James Marye, Sr.
7 June 1692/Parish of Bertreville, Saint Ouen, France – abt. Jan 1768/Spotsylvania County, Va.
Fourth St. George’s Rector
At St George’s: Oct. 1735 – abt. Jan 1768*
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Rev. Rodham Kenner
28 Sep 1707/Northumberland Co., VA – 1734/1735
Second St. George’s Rector
At St George’s: Mar 1729 – Oct 1730 (continued as “supply” or temporary until 1733)
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Rev. Theodosius Staige
1696/London, England – 26 Dec 1747/Charles Parish, York Co., Va
First St. George’s Rector
At St George’s: late 1725 – about Nov. 1728
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Rev. Patrick Henry
Abt 1705/Aberdeen, Scotland – March/Apr 1777/Hanover Co., Va
Third St. George’s Rector
At St George’s: Jan 1733-April 1734
By Trip Wiggins Rev. James Stevenson Abt. 1745/Va? – 9 Jun 1809/Culpeper County., Va. Eighth Rector Rector: April 1794 – July 1805 A somewhat odd occurrence happened in late 1793/early 1794 – two priests (one the father-in-law of the other) “swapped” their positions as rectors of St. George’s Parish and St. Mark’s Parish! Out … Read more
By Trip Wiggins
Rev. John Woodville
11 Mar 1763/White Haven, Cumberland Co., ENGL – 11 Jan 1834/Culpeper Co., Va.
Seventh St. George’s Rector
Rector: Jan. 1792 – Dec. 1793
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Rev. Thomas Thornton
Abt. 1717 – 25 March 1792, Dumfries, Va.
Sixth St. George’s Parish Rector
At St. Georges: Jan. 1788 – abt. Aug. 1791
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Rev. James Marye, Jr.
Born 8 Sept 1731, at Manakin Town, Goochland Co., Va. – abt. Oct 1780, at Fredericksburg, Va.
Fifth St. George’s Rector
At St. George’s: Jan. 26, 1768 – Abt. Oct, 1780*
*Died while rector
Washington was connected to St. George’s not through membership. His home was not in Fredericksburg but Stafford. However, he was connected to St. George’s through his family and some documented visits to the Church. Among its 18th century vestrymen were Charles Washington, Fielding Lewis, Charles Lewis, Lewis Willis, George Thornton, Francis Thornton, and John Lewis, … Read more
This article is from the Oct. 1950 issue of the The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 58, No. 4 (Oct., 1950), pp. 442-472. Thanks to Barbara Willis for bringing the article to our attention.