Blog
2021
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Let Christmas THRIVE: Gift Cards for 400 Children
St. John’s was also one of the sites used to distribute these gift cards to families on Sunday afternoon, November 21.
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Cemetery Stories: The Reverend William B. Taylor and Family
The second pastor of First Baptist Church was the Reverend William Taylor. Taylor served from 1868 until his death in 1873.
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Cemetery Stories: Christopher Ethelbert Cheyne (1867–1943)
If you are a Hampton native of a certain age, you are probably familiar with the Cheynes—father and son—who provided photography services to the citizens of Hampton from 1894 through the 1960s.
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Cemetery Stories: Captain Henry Mowatt (1734–1798)
A rectangular stone tablet along the walkway from the south door of the church to Queensway identifies the burial site of Captain Henry Mowatt—a British naval officer.
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Heritage Committee Addresses Students, Teachers
William Tucker, the first documented African baby born in English-speaking North America, was actually born in Elizabeth City Parish.
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St. Anne’s Guild: Team Up 2 Clean Up and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation
In about two hours, 12 of us gathered a total of 11 bags of trash, all of which were picked up that afternoon by Hampton Clean City Commission.
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Cemetery Stories: Mary Pretty Hair and St. John’s Ministry at Hampton Institute
Between 1879 and 1890, our clergy officiated at thirteen burials of Native Americans at the Hampton University cemetery.
