News and advertisements about Colonial Gloucester County including Kingston Parish (present-day Mathews County) from the pages of the Virginia Gazette, 1736-1780
Compiled by Sara E. Lewis From an index to the Virginia Gazette, produced in 1950 by Lester J. Cappon and Stella F. Duff of the Institute of Early American History and Culture (Omohundro Institute) with additional Gloucester material not captured by the indexers. Kingston Parish (Mathews) was part of Gloucester County when the Virginia Gazette was published in Williamsburg. Occasional posts about world and local events that captured the bloggers fancy are included to put local listings in context. Please review primary source material before citing.
The Dutchess of Queensbury, Dixon; on her Passage Home, receiv’d much Damage; and having four Feet Water in her Hold, was oblig’d to put into Portsmouth, and there unload.
The Gloucester, Whiting, was likewise much damag’d, and put into Cowes.
