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.
Arrived in York
river, from Bristol, the Betsy, Captain Emms. The end of August last he spoke
with his Majestey’s ship Rainbow, Walter Stirling, Esq; commander, 100 leagues
to the westward of Scilly, all well on board.
