Thomas Warrington was ordained by the Church of England in 1747 and came to Colonial Virginia from England the same year. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1965. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1976. He was a minister at the Charles Parish in York, Virginia. With him were his wife, Elizabeth, and son Francis Spencer Warrington, who was born January 20, 1749, and baptized at the Charles Parish on Feb. 11, 1749. He was then the minister of the St. John's Episcopal Church of Hampton from 1756 to 1770. Thomas was recommended for the position by Governor William Gooch. The reverend was described as "a fearless, upright man" like "his brave and patriotic grandson, Commodore Louis [Lewis] Warrington."
