First Church at Kecoughtan
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N 37° 00.294 W 076° 21.549
18S E 379072 N 4096279
Erected 1950 by Virginia Conservation Commission. (Marker Number WY 90.)
Waymark Code: WMGEFG
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 02/22/2013
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Near here on the church creek stood the first church at Kecoughtan (later Hampton). Built on the Parish Glebe Farm about 1616, as the first church of the oldest continuous settlement of English origin in America, William Mease was the first known minister of the parish, from 1613 until about 1620.
Marker Number: WY 90
Marker Title: First Church at Kecoughtan
Marker Location: Hampton, Virginia
County or Independent City: Hampton County
Web Site: Not listed
Marker Program Sponsor: Not listed
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