Lenoir County, NC - Churches File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Rose Parks 201ramp@dishmail.net Confirmations at St. Mary's Church in Kinston, NC Confirmations by Bp IVES: Page 274 William LOVICK William WEST Catherine DESMOND Lucy FOLKER Sarah Ann CROOM Winnifred B. CROOM Ann B. BELLAMY Markland WOODHOUSE Susan PHILLIPS Confirmed February 28 1833 Presented by Thomas L.W. MOTT, Missionary at Kinston. William M. HERRITAGE Richard FONVILLE John GREEN Mary PEARCE Sally GREEN Ann C. GREEN _____HERRITAGE Confirmed at St. Thomas Chapel, Craven Co. March 16 1834 Presented by W.N. HANKS Eliza G. JOHNSON Mary BROOKS Elisabeth KILPATRICK Penelope KILPATRICK Confirmed at Fellows Meetinghouse Pitt Co. May 8, 1845 Presented by N. Collin HUGHES Lewis B. PUGH Rachel SCOTT Ann H, LOVICK Confirmed at Kinston May 13 1845 Presented by N. Collin HUGHES Elisabeth CHURCHILL Elisabeth BLOUNT Confirmed at Waynesboro May 13 1845 Presented by N. Collin HUGHES and/or Thomas WOODLEY Kinston NC 1844 Susan A. GRISWOLD Confirmed at Waynesboro March 10, 1846 Presented by N. Collin HUGHES (Next two lines are crossed out) ____ Blount confirmed at Waynesboro May 18, 18__ Presented by N.C. HUGHES Confirmations by Bishop ATKINSON April 1857 page 275 Mrs. Louise H. WASHINGTON wife of Geog. WASHINGTON Lydia PUGH wife of Wm. A. PUGH confirmed April 1857 ______MEWBORN confirmed Jan. 1858 Levi MEWBORN confirmed on March 3 1859 Mrs. India KINSEY wife of Justice KINSEY, Esq. confirmed June 1861 Amanda STUBBS Elizabeth STUBBS Susan WADSWORTH Sarah PARKER Susan MEWBORN Susan KILPATRICK Madeline TILLMAN Caroline PULLEY Elizabeth NU___ Francis HEGE Frances WOODLEY Confirmed May 4, 1864 Miss Nannie BROCK Mrs. A. Elizabeth GREEN Mr. R.F. GREEN Mr. E.R. PAGE Mrs. H.L. WILLIAMS Mrs. Nate TILLING Mrs. Sarah A. WEST Mrs. Lizzie COLEMAN Mrs. Sydney CAMERON Mrs. Sallie STRONG Confirmed by Bishop ATKINSON and presented by Rev. Jno. B. WILLIAMS Deacon in charge March 15, 1870 Miss Olive Branch BECTON Miss Roberta F. PAGE Miss Mary Simpson BRYAN Miss Olivia Elizabeth PAGE Miss Mary Ann WADSWORTH Miss Susan C. Wadsworth Mr. Augustus C. WADSWORTH Confirmed by Bishop ATKINSON and Presented by W.B.GORDON Rector of the Parish April 20, 1871 Confirmations By Bishop Atkinson Page 276 The Bishop of the Diocese (ATKINSON) visited St. Mary's Church at Kinston on Good Friday April 11th 1873 and confirmed Miss Joanna WOOTEN daughter of Elizabeth and Robert WOOTEN. The following persons were confirmed by the Right Rev. Thos. ATKINSON D.D., L.S.D. at his visitation to St. Mary's Church March 22 A.D. 1876. R.A. Simpson Minister in Charge Samuel Hurd ABBOTT Thomas Christian WOOTEN Henry Rowland STRORY Zebulon Vance PEEBLES John Armstrong BRYAN George Lafayette WADSWORTH Miss Mary Eliza WADSWORTH Miss Ella Elizabeth MILLER Miss Lucy Davis KINSEY May 23 A.D. 1876 John Cobb WASHINGTON Mrs. Martha Ann Alexina(?) TAYLOR Miss Anna Medona MILLER? April 2 1876 the following persons were confirmed by the Rt. Rev. T. ATKINS D.D. in St. Mary's Church William T. TAYLOR Fannie D. WOOTEN Kate D. MILLER Page 277 Bishop L.B. LAYMAN The following persons were confirmed by Bishop L.B. LAYMAN, presented by J. C. ATKINSON Minister in Charge George E. KORNEGAY Herbert Windfield CUMMINGS Wm. G. HYMAN the third Sunday in Lent March 16, 1879 Confirmation by Bishop LAYMAN March 27 1879, J. G. ATKINSON Minister in charge Charles B. WOODLEY Sarah Temperance HERRING Charles Wm. CRAVINE Confirmations by Rt. Rev. Theodore B. LYMAN D.D. June 29, 1881 Mrs. Mary MOORE presented by Israel HARDING, Minister. Bishop LYMAN Sunday July 2 1882 Mr. Jno P. HASKETT Mr. Geo. L. PATRICK Mr. Albert D.L. PARROTT Mr. James Daniel MILLER Mr. William MEWBORN Miss Julia WHITE Miss Laura BRYAN Mr. John W.D. KORNEGAY Presented by Israel HARDING Minister By Rt. Rev. T. B. LYMAN D.D. Wednesday March 14 1883, A.M. Fredrick C. LOOPS Sarah Eliza MILLER Laura Ann WHITE Annie ROBASON Richard Francis MOSELEY (white) At night in the church Henry Theodore RANDOLPH Patsy Walton, both colored people Page 278 Confirmation by Rt. Rev. T.B. LYMAN D.D. Thursday March 15 1883 10 A.M. Dr. James Pettigrew BRYAN Mr. William Henry BROCK Mr. William HUNTER Mrs. Alice HUNTER By Rt. Rev. Alfred Augustin WATSON, D.D. Sunday Oct. 26, 1884 Mr. James Prescott TUCKER Mrs. Pattie Baker TUCKER By Rt. Rev. Alfred Augustin WATSON, D.D. Sunday after Ascension May 17, 1885 Miss Lidia LOOPS Miss Lillie Leary RASBERN Miss Leone Olivia HARDY Miss Della HICKS, is at ____in Washington Co Miss Mary Elizabeth TUCKER Mr. Robert Leo EUBANKS Mr. Dal Floyd WOOTEN Mr. Thomas Latham WILLIAMSON Mr. William Chalmers MAYO Mr. Thomas Callender COLEMAN Mr. Henry Darrell GRIFFIN By Rt. Rev. Alfred Augustus WATSON, D.D. Thursday the 31st of March 1887 Mr. Edward Jones BROOKS Mrs. Martha Eleanor BROOKS At the forenoon service living near Bethel At the night service Mrs. Susan HARTSFIELD Miss Helen BRYAN Miss Gertrude RASBERRY Mr. Charles Bruton PHILLIPS Page 279 By the Rt. Rev A.A. WATSON D.D. Tuesday Night, April 10, 1888 Mrs. Mary Wootten HERRING (of La Grange, NC) Miss Major Van Kluck HANCOCK (of Washington, NC) Miss Annie Thorne HENDERSON (of Lenoir County) 1889, June 30th 2nd Sunday night of Trinity Mr. John Oliver HAWKINS Miss Ida Iola PRITCHETT, both of Kinston 1890, February 9th Sexagesima Sunday at 3 1/2 P.M. (Note: Sexagesima means "This is the 2nd Sunday of pre-Lent - usually 60 days before Easter.") Mrs. Eliza Bryan GREEN Mrs. Sarah Elisabeth COLLINS Miss Penelope Bruton TAYLOR Miss Carrie Elisabeth WILLIAMS Miss Vienna COLEMAN Miss Katharine Cora HASKITT Miss Annie Louise JOYNER All of Kinston and vicinity 1893 Oct. 10 Tuesday Miss Sidonia WEYHER age 18 Miss Emerette Schenck COBB age 16 Miss Sue May COBB age 16 Miss Gertrude Eliza MOORE age 16 Mrs. Annie HAWKINS age 40 All of Kinston, NC 1894 Nov. 16 Mr. John Lewis ALBERTSON Mrs. Nancy Louisa ALBERTSON Miss Victoria ALBERTSON Mrs. Bittie CULLUM Miss Lula Vann FIELDS Miss Martha Elizabeth PRITCHETT Miss Mary Katherine PRITCHETT Mr. Samuel Martin HARRELL All of Kinston, NC Page 280 Confirmed by Rt Rev Alfred Augustin WATSON D.D. Tuesday Evening Dec. 3rd 1895 Mark MEWBORN William Frank PARKER Harrold Dallas STANLY Dec 4 Maggie Emma Palmer All of Kinston, NC December 6, 1896 by Rt Rev A.A. WATSON D.D. Effie Estell MOORE Gray Graham MOORE Mari Edward BROOKS Elinor White COBB Macine WOODARD All of Kinston, NC Peter GREEN, colored of Kinston April 5 1898 there was confirmed in St. Marys's Church by Rt Rev Alfred Augustin WATSON, DD Bishop of the Diocese of East Carolina the following persons Vida BARRUSS Aileen BARRUS Sallie FIELDS Virginia Dare MOYE Ora HAWKINS Presented by Rev. Albert GREAVN Nov. 27th 1898 There was confirmed in St Marys Church By Rev Alfred A Watson, D.D. __ of the Diocese of East Carolina The following persons John William FRENNAIE FREEMAN ? Blanche SAUSEY Elizabeth Wadsworth COBB Maise Florence WEYHER Rev. Francis JOYNER Presentor Page 281 May 28 1899 Bishop A.A. WATSON, Rector Jno. H. GRIFFITH, Jr. Miss Nannie MOYE Miss Delia HYATT Nov. 12, 1899 (by same officials) Wayne Aldolphus MITCHELL Lunsford ABBOTT Helen LaRoque MOORE Nov. 15, 1899 (by same officials) Mary PALMER Bertha JOHNSON Nov. 12th 1899 (By same officials) Owen Walter PARROTT Hermione Constaulia PARROTT Wm J. PIERCE Mary E. PIERCE (above noted Vis et exor) Amos JONES, Jr. Wm. TEAL Edith RUTHORFORD Anna Lamar RUTHORFORD Clara GREEN Myrtle TANNER All above colored, and transferred tp St. Augustine Colored Mission after organization of same by Bishop of Diocese May 21st 1900 Wait T. HINES by Rt. Rev A.A. WATSON, Jno. H. GRIFFITH, JR August 6, 1901 Sybil Miller HYATT (Mrs. H.O.) HARGRAVE (Mrs. L.L.) do Jno. H. Griffith, JR Dec. 25th, 1902 Arthur CHERRY Bf WILSON Jno. H. GRIFFIN, JR. Feby 17th 1904 BF Bishop J.B. CHESHIRE Jno. H. GRIFFITH, JR Mrs. Annie BEAMAN Miss Mary Lee BEAMAN Page 282 March 2nd 1902 Mrs. Alice R. KING, Bishop WATSON and Jno. H. GRIFFITH, Jr. March 6, 1902 Elizabeth SUGG, Bishop WATSON and Jno. H. GRIFFITH, Jr. Dec. 18th 1902 Mrs. Donald Wood HASKINS, by Bishop Robert STRANGE, D.D. and Jno. H. GRIFFITH, Jr. Mrs. Frances W. ADAMS Meta MEWBORN Carlotta Lee MEWBORN Harriett S. HARTSFIELD May 15, 1905, Bishop STRANGE, Jno. H. GRIFFETH, Jr. Courtenay Towne GREENOUGH Alice Leigh HINES March 11, 1906, Bishop STRANGE, Jno. H. Griffith, Jr. Lena CAUSEY May 18, 1907 James Fredrick TILGHMAN, Bishop STRANGE, Jno. H. GRIFFETH, Jr. Martha Jane G. TILGHMAN May 19, 1907 by Bishop STRANGE and Jno. H. GRIFFITH. Jr. (Noted this is the largest class in history of this parish to date) Virginia Lee TURRENTINE Wilmer Maitland SITTERSON George E. HASKITT John Isaac BROWN Winnifred KOONCE Annie Lucille KOONCE Martha Stanton HINES Helen Bruce SWIFT Louise FAULKNER Lucy Laura Davis HASKITT Louise CHENEY Bertie Estelle CULLOM Gertrude Elizabeth BEAMAN Mary Harriett GATLING Damon Carlyle SITTERSON Page 283 February 1908 Bishop STRANGE and Jno. H. GRIFFITH, Jr. Marian Bryan KOONCE Mabel Clare SWIFT May 3, 1908 Hattie Coleman ELLIS Margaret Regina WEYHER Ann Hyman HARVEY Mary Katherine WOOTEN Charlotte Marie PARROTT John HARVEY, Jr. Robert David PARROTT Jan. 17th, 1909 the 2nd Sunday after Epiphany Robert STRANGE, Bishop of East Carolina, Jno. H. GRIFFITH. Jr., Rector Courtney MITCHELL William Best HARVEY Florina MOORE Helen HARRELL Paul WOOTEN Sadie Harrison MITCHELL Floyd SWIFT Js. SAWEDEAS John Paquenette HASKITT, Jr. 1909 Oct. 9 Confirmed in St. James Ayden NC for St. Mary's by Bishop Strange and Jno. H. GRIFFITH Rectors James L. VAUGHN Feb. 13th 1910 Mrs. Geo. V. COWPER Mrs. S.R. CLARY Miss Isabella R. MOSELEY Page 284 April 16th, 1911 by Bishop STRANGE, Jno. H. GRIFFITH, Rector Miss Lillie Biddle COBB Miss Mary Olive RICE Miss Virginia Belle BRASWELL Ronald E. MEWBORN Feb. 11, 1912 Iris Lavenia MITCHELL Hazel MITCHELL Mrs. F. TITTS O. G. RUCKER April 26th 1912 Mrs. S.C. SITTERSON Mary Anna STANLEY March 30th, 1913 Mrs. Eva Mae SETCHWORTH John C. HALL Dr. Thos. Graham FAULKNER Caroline Seary BROCK Corny Green TYNDELL Ella Catherine HASKITT Kate Wadsworth COBB July 26th,1914 Junius M. HORWER, Bishop of Ashville and Jno. H. GRIFFITH, Rector, Confirmation at St. Mary's Church John Wesley CONWAY (36) Margaret Spencer MARSTON 16 Mellie Eugenia GRIFFITH Elizabeth Charles WOODLEY Corinne Howard BARRUSS E. Bainbridge TOPPIN Stella BUCK Walter Council PHILLIPS July 26,1914 at Christ Church (same officials) Mrs. Ella TAYLOR Reitha Belle TAYLOR Mrs. Smithy A. FREEMAN Maggie May FREEMAN Mrs. Ada AUTWINE Pge 285 April 25th, 1915 at St. Mary's with Thomas Campbell DARST, Bishop of East Carolina and Jno. H. GRIFFITH, Rector Charles Warren McDROITT Mrs. Charles W. McDROITT Miss Myra OUTLAW Miss Pauline JOYNER In Christ Church, same day, same officials Norman TAYLOR John O. GRAY Mrs. John O. GRAY Robert TURNER Mrs. Robert TURNER Ira David LEE Mrs. Ira David LEE Mrs. Albert MILLS Mrs. Lennie FREEMAN Miss Lula S. RICHARDS Miss Eula E. RICHARDS Miss Minnie Belle JONES Miss Julia May CARAWAY Miss Mamie E. CROSS Branch HILL April 28, 1915 Harry Fredrick WEYHER 29 Sarah Becton STANLEY 15 James Leslie JOHNSON 24 June 25th, 1916 Helen La Grande BARRUS 77 Clara Hines GREEN 23 Christine Ridley WILLIAMS 17 Maude A. MARTIN 18 Marguerite Walker HINES 24 Riley HINES 14 Roland Kerr FREEMAN 28 Page 286 Sept. 30th, 1917 by Bishop T.C. DARST and Jno. H. GRIFFITH. Rector Mrs. Dal F. (Laura PUGH) WOOTEN Lena Sallie HUFFMAN 19 Gladys Teft HARTSFIELD 21 Thomas Hyman HARVEY 27 Leone Hardy HINES 13 Mary E. HARVEY 20 Chester A. WALSH 36 June 16th, 1918 Hilda Grace TURRENTINE 16 Jane McBurney GRIFFITH 15 Mary Alice HARDY 14 Benjamin Edward STANLEY 17 Martha Stanton HARDY 13 Hilda Davie HASKITT 20 Mary Stella HARTSFIELD 19 Mrs. Della L. BEACH 32 Jno. Hammond GRIFFITH, Jr.17 May 25, 1919 Bishop T.C. DARST and J.E. WARREN, Priest in Charge John COX 42 Thomas MEWBORN 15 Matilda HARRELL 15 Helen MITCHELL 14 Lois BROWN 14 Frances POLLOCK 14 (Noted 2 males and 4 females) Page 287 May 20 1920 Bishop T.C. DARST St. Mary's Church presented by F.J.H. COFFIN, Rector Mrs. Courtney MITCHELL Miss Frances DUNN Miss Elizabeth DUNN Miss Laura MOSELEY Mr. W.J. NICHOLSON Persis NICHOLSON Clarence JEFFRIES John HARVEY William FAULKNER Nelson BROGDEN See new record books for further confirmations. ============================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. The electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ==============================================================