Old churches, ministers and families of Virginia . t appear fromthe vestry-book, though it is believed that there was. But soon afterthis, in the year 1764, Fairfax parish is established, and measurestaken for the promotion of the Church in this place. The vestry-book commences in 1765. At that time there were two churchesin the new parish of Fairfax,—one at the Falls, called, as the pre-sent one is, Little Falls Church; the position of the other—theLower Church—is not known. It may have been an old one atAlexandria. Among the first acts of the vestry was the repairing of the twoold churches i
Old churches, ministers and families of Virginia . t appear fromthe vestry-book, though it is believed that there was. But soon afterthis, in the year 1764, Fairfax parish is established, and measurestaken for the promotion of the Church in this place. The vestry-book commences in 1765. At that time there were two churchesin the new parish of Fairfax,—one at the Falls, called, as the pre-sent one is, Little Falls Church; the position of the other—theLower Church—is not known. It may have been an old one atAlexandria. Among the first acts of the vestry was the repairing of the twoold churches in the parish, at a cost of more than thirty-two thou-sand pounds of tobacco. In the year 1766, it is determined tobuild two new churches,—one at the Little Falls, very near the oldone, and one in Alexandria, to contain twenty-four hundred squarefeet, and to be high-pitched so as to admit of galleries. Mr. JamesWrenn agrees to build the former, and Mr. James Parsons the other,for about six hundred pounds each. A most particular contract is. FAMILIES OF VIRGINIA. 257 made for them. The mortiiv is to have two-thirds of lime and one ofBand,—the very reverse of the proportion at this day, and which ac-counts for the greater durability of ancient walls. The shingles wereto be of the best cypress or juniper, and three-quarters of an inch thick,instead of our present half-inch ones. Mr. Parsons was allowed to addten feet to the upper part of the church on his own account, and to payhimself by their sale, on certain conditions. lie commenced hiswork, but was unable to finish it. It lingered for some years, until,in 1772, Mr. John Carlisle undertakes it, and completes it in ten pews are now sold, and General Washington, though havingjust been engaged in the erection of Mount Vernon Church, whichwas finished the same year, and liaving a pew therein, gives thehighest price for one in Christ Church, which was occupied by himand his faniil}^ during his life, and has been b
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