VIRGINIA: RETURN OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS, 1712; Wm. and Mary Qrtly., Vol. 19, No. 2 Transcribed by Kathy Merrill for the USGenWeb Archives Special Collections Project ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, 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. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** VIRGINIA: RETURN OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS, 1712. PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON. STATE PAPERS C. O. 5, 1316. O. 140 Communicated by LOTHROP WITHINGTON. VIRGINIA, FEBRUARY 11TH, 1712. "The list of Births and Burials herewith sent is not complete; sundry Parishes having failed to make Returns; for tis a t hing so new to the People that neither they care to Register their Births and Burials, nor are the Parish clerks yet brought into a regular method of transmitting them; but I shall endeavor to send your Lords a more exact account for the next half year". Page 114. A General List of the Births and Burals in the Colony of Virginia from the first of April 1712 to the first of October Following. BIRTHS BURIALS Males Females Males Females HENRICO COUNTY - Verina 16 11 5 7 Bristoll, 26 14 - - PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY - Westopher, 7 2 3 1 CHARLES CITY COUNTY - Weyanoake, 6 3 - 3 ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY - Newport 7 9 3 2 NANSEMOND COUNTY - Upper Parish 22 22 3 2 Lower Parish, 3 3 3 4 NORFOLK COUNTY - Elizabeth Parish 23 23 3 3 PRINCESS ANNE COUNTY - Lindhaven 21 23 6 - ELIZABETH CITY COUNTY - Elizabeth City, 7 11 2 - WARWICH? WARWICK COUNTY - Denbigh, 5 2 2 - Mulberry Island, 7 3 4 4 YORK COUNTY - Charles Parish, 6 7 3 2 York Hampton, 1 2 4 - Bruton, 5 7 6 4 JAMES CITY COUNTY - Merchants hundred, 2 1 1 3 James City, 2 3 1 1 Wilmington, 7 12 2 3 Wallingford, 4 3 2 1 Page 115. NEW KENT COUNTY - Blissland (?15), 5 5 4 3 St. Peters, 11 11 - 4 St. Pauls, 30 25 2 2 KING WILLIAM COUNTY - St. Johns, 23 17 5 - KING AND QUEEN COUNTY - Stratton major, 21 8 3 6 ESSEX COUNTY - St. Marys, 8 6 1 3 South Farnham, 5 9 4 3 MIDDLESEX COUNTY - Christ Church 17 10 2 3 GLOUCESTER COUNTY - Petsworth, 11 11 2 1 Abingdon, 8 8 3 1 Kingston, 6 17 2 1 STAFFORD COUNTY - Over Worton 4 1 6 1 ACCOMACK COUNTY - Accomack, 26 19 3 1 NORTHAMPTON COUNTY - Hungers, 12 10 3 5 ___ ___ __ __ 364 322 93 75 Endorsed. Rferr'd to in Col. Spotswoods Lt. of the 11 february 1712/13. Recd. 22 April 1713; Read 17 July 1713. O. 140.