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Bruton Parish Church in Early Colonial Days
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- Church work was established here about 1632. The name, Bruton, dates from 1674, at which time the Rev. Rowland Jones, ancestor of Mrs. Washington, was minister. In 1683 the first brick church was built. Williamsburg became the capital in 1699, and the old church was torn down and present cruciform structure erected in 1710-1715.
- The Bell in the Steeple, made in England in 1761, was the first in America to proclaim Civil Independence. The lectern was presented by President Roosevelt and the bibles by King Edward VII, and President Wilson.
- In this building worshipped seven Royal Governors, and the Revolutionary Fathers and early statesmen of Virginia, including Washington, Jefferson, Monroe, Tyler, Henry, Marshall, and many others.
- Court Church of Colonial Virginia
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