. Historic Virginia homes and churches . attapony), and King and Queen, northof INIattajJony and bordering on still another series ofcomities, those along the Rappahannock. The tide of emigration entering York River at itsmouth flowed up each side of it and spread out along thebanks of both the Pamunkey and the jNIattapony. In1654, New Kent, which may be called one of the secondgeneration of Yirginia Counties, was formed. It then in-cluded the present King and Queen and King \N^illiamCounties. At a later period, as the settlements went inland,Hanover was formed from King William and King and 1
. Historic Virginia homes and churches . attapony), and King and Queen, northof INIattajJony and bordering on still another series ofcomities, those along the Rappahannock. The tide of emigration entering York River at itsmouth flowed up each side of it and spread out along thebanks of both the Pamunkey and the jNIattapony. In1654, New Kent, which may be called one of the secondgeneration of Yirginia Counties, was formed. It then in-cluded the present King and Queen and King \N^illiamCounties. At a later period, as the settlements went inland,Hanover was formed from King William and King and 17 258 VIRGINIA HOMES AND CHURCHES Qiiet-II. and the stream of emigration coming up from YorkRiver mingled, above tide-water, with that which hadascended the James. The most notable building now to be seen in New KentCounty is old St. Peters within whose walls tra-dition long persisted General Washington and MarthaCustis were married. It is now believed that this interest-ing wedding was a home affair, taking place at the Custis. ST. PETERS CHURCH, NEW KENT COUNTY homestead, the White House, not far away; and is often spoken of as the church in which Wash-ington was not married. The church, all but its steeple, which was added later,was built in 1703, at a cost of one hundred and forty-six * The Parish Register of Saint Peters, New Kent Comity, Va.,and The Vestry Book of Saint Peter s. New Kent, were publishedin Richniond, Virginia, in 1904 and 1905 respectively, by theNational Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Stateof Virginia. THE YORK RIVER COUNTRY 259 thousand weight of tohatro. The parish, Iiowcn cr, had l)eenin existciict some years before. One of its earhest min-isters was tlie Reverend Xieholas Moreau, a Huguenot,Avho seems to have been a man of deep piety, and so weresome others, but the ])arish was not always so fortunate. ^linisters and hiynien expressed themselves foreefullyin those days. Pious Parson Moreau wished to have abishop in
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