Blog series
The Church Sites
The parish’s earlier church sites, and the digs that found them.
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Archaeological Dig at the Second Church Site, 2023
The quest to determine the location of the first site (church) has long been a matter of great interest as well as conjecture.
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Digging Up the Past: Our Second Site
Based on this research Alain considers it is possible that the location of our first church may be on, or in the vicinity of, our second church site.
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Cemetery Stories: Colonel Thomas Tabb and Family (1835–1902)
On 18 March 1910, Heffelfinger discovered and excavated the second location of St. John’s Church in an area known as the “Old Graveyard Thickett” on the farm of the late Colonel Thomas Tabb.
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Cemetery Stories: Jacob Heffelfinger (1840–1915)
Jacob Heffelfinger was a symbol of reconciliation after the Civil War.
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Our Church in the 20s — the 1620s!
As we enter a new decade of worship at St. John’s it is interesting to look back through the centuries at the history of our parish.
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Jacob Heffelfinger and St. John’s Church
He searched for the site of the second church, on the east side of the Hampton River, which had been lost for well over a century when he rediscovered it in 1910.
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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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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.