*http://www.uncpress.unc.edu/browse/book_detail?title_id=790
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A Blessed Company<http://www.uncpress.unc.edu/browse/book_detail?title_id=790>

Parishes, Parsons, and Parishioners in Anglican Virginia, 1690-1776

By John K. Nelson <http://www.uncpress.unc.edu/browse/search?person_id=761>
Nelson is Emeritus, UNC Chapel Hill Department of History. If anyone would
know, it is he.
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On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 4:47 PM, Ian Welch <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I can't claim any expertise but it is my impression that the church tithe
> was paid by all free Virginians regardless of their religious affiliation.
>
>
> I will be delighted to hear more about the questions asked by Craig Kilby.
>
>
> Ian Welch, Cnberra
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Craig Kilby <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Monday, September 7, 2009 22:51
> Subject: [VA-HIST] Colonial Tithes and Anglican Church
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> > Fellow List Members:
> >
> > A question has arisen on another forum that needs some expert
> > answers. I'll try to be as concise as possible:
> >
> > 1.  Were German Protetesants ever required to attend
> > services at the established Church of England? Some are saying
> > that since this compulsory, I am of the opinion that they were
> > not, since they had their own ministers and paid for their
> > minister and churchs.
> >
> > 2. Were German Protestants required to pay parish levies after
> > the expiration (in this case Spotsylvania County) of their
> > exemptions from "publick" levies.
> >
> > 3. It is my understanding that there were three types of levies
> > (not including port fees and clerk's fees, and the like:
> >
> > a) "publick levies" to fund the colonial government
> >
> > b) county levies to pay for the local county government
> >
> > c) parish levies to pay for the church and its sundry duties to
> > the community.
> >
> > I realize that the enabling legislation creating Spotsylvania
> > County was quite vague on this point, and even more vague on the
> > question of whether the Germans (in this case First Colony who
> > removed to Germantown in Fauquier County) were exempt from
> > paying their parish levies or not.  This and many other
> > vagueries in the enabling legislation led to no end of troubles
> > for Alexander Spotswood. (But he had only himself to blame, as
> > he was the primary author of the legislation.)
> >
> > I am not seeking a rehash of Hening's Statutes at Large, but a
> > deeper and broader understanding of the items above. Other than
> > having to attend just one communion service, and various oaths
> > of loyalty, in order to become Naturalized, I cannot imagine any
> > circumstances under which the German Protestants would have been
> > required to attend Anglican Services.
> >
> > To gives this a broader scope, who else (if anyone) was also
> > exempt from compulsory church attendance? Quakers,
> > Presbyterians? Or even broader, a discussion on all taxaton
> > policies of colonial Virginia.
> >
> > If there is an article that has been written on this topic in
> > more detail than that provided by the LVA Research Note on this
> > topic, I would be happy to learn of it.
> >
> > We are looking at the time frame from 1720 to the Revolution. I
> > realize laws MAY have changed. The primary question here is the
> > issue of paying parish levies even if one was not a member of
> > the Anglican Church.
> >
> > All help greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Craig Kilby
> > Lancaster, VA
> >
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> (Dr) Ian Welch, Australian National University, Canberra
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Nancy Gray Schoonmaker
Ph.D. candidate
Department of History
University of North Carolina
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