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From Our History
Stories from more than four centuries of St. John’s and Elizabeth City Parish.
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The St. John’s Heritage Committee: Its History and Work
The Heritage Committee of St. John’s Church strives through stewardship to preserve the historic integrity of its colonial church, built in 1728, and its oldest English-speaking parish in the Americas, founded in 1610.
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Did You Know? The Second and Third Sites of St. John’s Church
Both sites were lost for over a hundred years, were discovered, and are maintained today as a part of your historic heritage.
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A Window on the Past: The Virginia Laydon Memorial Restored
Your Heritage Working Group invites you to view the restored memorial of Virginia Laydon, the first child born, in 1609, in the colony of Virginia in the new English-speaking world.
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How Firm a Foundation: Jim Tormey’s History of St. John’s
The book tells the story of St. John’s Episcopal Church from its beginnings when the English established Protestantism in America. The story extends from the village of Kecoughtan, where William Mays was rector in 1610,…
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Mollie Darling, Who Taught a Bible Class on the Parish House Stage for Forty Years
Known to generations of Hamptonians, she taught a Bible Class on the stage of the parish house for over forty years.
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Fascinating Finds: The Fire Department’s Silver Pitcher for St. Agnes Guild
The engraved silver pitcher presented to St. Agnes Guild by the Hampton Fire Department was purchased from Barclay and Sons Jewelers in 1922 for around $27.
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“The Parish Register”: A Poem for the Sioux Students of St. John’s
Pat writes that she read through the Parish Register one day…and the poem emerged. The names in the poem are from the very early period and came from South and North Dakota or Niobrara.
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Jacob Heffelfinger Honored
He first saw St. John’s Church as a young Union soldier convalescing from wounds when he walked over the Queen Street Bridge from the hospital in search of men from his unit.
