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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: HENRlCO PARlSH. ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, RlCHMOND, VlRGlNlA BY REV. B. A. GOODWIN, HECTOR. pENRICO Parish was formed in A. D. 1611, only four years after the settlement of Jamestown. Sir Thomas Dale in that year founded Henricopolis, on the Peninsula, in James River, now insulated by Dutch Gap canal. Here he built a church before he laid the foundation of his own residence. Not long after a more handsome brick church was built. It stood near the line of the present Dutch Gap canal. The parish at first included what are now the counties of Chesterfield and Powhatan, on the south of James River, and Goochland and Henrico, on the north of the river. Rev. Alexander Whittaker, called the Apostle of Virginia, was the first rector of Henrico Parish. He was the son of Dr. William Whit- taker, master of St. John's College, Cambridge. Alexander Whittaker was a graduate of Cambridge. For some years he served a church in the north of England, beloved and well supported by his people. He had a handsome heritage from his parents. He came to Virginia under the influence of the highest missionary spirit. His friends opposed his coming. A contemporary says of him: He did voluntarily leave his warme nest; and to the wonder of his kindred and amazement of them that knew him, undertook this hard, but, in my judgment, heroicall resolution to go to Virginia, and helpe to beare the name of God unto the Gentiles. He is spoken of as the purest of men, truly pious, and most zealous in missionary work, especially among the Indians, to which he had devoted himself. He and Dale were co-workers for the conversion of Pocahontas. He baptized her under the name of Rebecca. It is highly probable that he married her to John Rolfe. Rolfe owned a plantation at Henricopolis, and here they live...


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  • ISBN-13: 9780217817042
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 124
  • Spine Width: 7 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0217817041
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 236 gr


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