The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-05-20
THE MEMORIALS IN
Old BRuT0h CHURCH
Distinguished Statesman Of Co.
lonial and Revolutionary
Period Honorcd.
(speclal 10 The rl,nes-DIspatch.)

Especial TO The Tlnes-Dlspatch) 4
WILLIAMSBURG, VA, May ia
pamphlet has Just been issued By TN.
vestry Of Br,ltonf Church, setting forth
the memorials 10 be placed in Briton
Parish Church to. some Of the tlistin-
guished statesmen and parish vestryflcn
Of the colonial ma Revolutionary pef!ch''
Quite q number Of tho memorials have
already been provided for. The foilow-
Ing is a list OF the memorials to be
placed In tho church,
chaplain Of the colony. 1907; silver aims
basin to be given By the Association
for the Preservation Of Virginia Altl1ui-
ties; sponsor, MrE. Lyon G. Tyler,
Memorial to the Virginia House OF
Burgcsscs, the restoration OF the old
4 clock, formerly IN the old cnpitoi. given
by the Society of Virginia Colonial
DANES.
Pew No. ~. memorial to colonial gov
errors and members Of the council. The
name OF Governor Alexander Spotswool
will appear in1let.ers OF gold around the
canopy Of this pew, az II was when the
church was first built. Sponsor Asso-
citation for the Preservation OF Virginia
Antiquities. The pew will cost 800
Memorial to the colonial clergy OF
Bruton Church, the restoration OF the
old pulpit and clerks desk.
Pew No. 46. choir. in memory OF tho
presidents OF William and Mary College.
Pew No. SO, memorial to Colonel John
Page; contributed By Mrs. Lucy Page
Whitehead. OF Washington.
Pew No. 10. memorial to the surveyors
general
Pew No, A. memorial TO REV. Com
missary James Blair. y. D.; sponsor, Or.
j. B. Spencer.
Pew No. %, memorial to George Wash
ington; sponsor. Rev. b. y. Tucker, Nor
folk
Pew No. SO. memorial to Thomas JET
ferson; contributed by the Society OF
Colonial Wars, OF Pennsylvania.
Pew No. Al, memorial to George Wythe.
Pew No. 43. memorial to Thomas Nell
son.
Pew No. IS. memori< to Benjamin
Harrison: sponsor Mrs. Randolph Har-
rison.
Pew No. IS. memorial to Carter Brax-
ton. 5 tr1Ff1,f,
Pew No. AZ, memorial to Richard Henry
Lee and Francis Lightfoot Lee; sponsor,
Miss Virginia Miller, Washington.f2 =
Pew No. 40. memorial to William Cabell
and Joseph Cabell; sponsor. MFR. j. A..
Cabell Richmond.
Pew No. IS. memorial to Dudley Digges
and Andrew Lewis.
- Pew No. 81. memorial 10 ramona rem
dleton; contributed by Mrs. Sarah Pen
dleton Van Rensaeler.
Pew No. 30. memorial to Patrick Henry;
sponsor, Miss Mamie Davis. This will
be placed. II possible. through co-opera-
ton OF the public school children Of
Williamsburg.
Pew No. 81. memorial to Archibald
Cory and Dabney Carr.
Pew No. IS, memorial to Robert Car
{ ter. Nicholas and Paul Darlington.
Pew No. 81, memorial 10 the Speakers
Of the House OF BurEesses.
Pew No. 80, memorial to Richard
Bland.
Pew No 81. memorial to Peyton Ran
delphi contributed BY Mr.. Lancaster
Williams, OF Richmond.
The pews in the transects are to be
made memorial to the members OF the
House of Burgesses OF tho Revolutionary
period. This part Of the church was
4 built. paid for and used by the House
OF Burgesses.
The old church is undergoing thor
ough reconstruction inside, but the archi-
lecture is not being changed. 1t stands
to-day practically the same as it did
IN colonial days. The fittings UP inside
will also be partially in the colonial
style. so that the church, which is the
oldest Episcopal church In America now
in use, will form an interesting sight
to visitors from the jamestown EXPOSE
& ton in 1907.