Third Elizabeth City Parish Church Marker

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Hampton, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Third Elizabeth City Parish Church

By Bernard Fisher, July 31, 2010

1. Third Elizabeth City Parish Church Marker

Inscription. Here is the site of "The New Church of Kecoughtan", built before 1667 on Pembroke Farm as the third church of Elizabeth City Parish, established in 1610. It was a frame building and its brick foundation and some early colonial tombstones remain. When the town of Hampton was founded in 1691, this church lay outside it, and in 1727 was ordered to be replaced by a fourth parish church within the town, the existing St. John's Church, Hampton.

Erected 1950 by Virginia Conservation Commission. (Marker Number WY 88.)

Location. 37° 1.707′ N, 76° 21.633′ W. Marker is in Hampton, Virginia. Marker is at the intersection of West Pembroke Avenue and Patterson Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West Pembroke Avenue. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Hampton VA 23669, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Third Church at Kecoughtan (within shouting distance of this marker); Hampton Confederate Monument (approx. 0.8 miles away); Virginia Laydon (approx. 0.8 miles away); Elizabeth City Parish (approx. 0.8 miles away); St. John's Church (approx. 0.8 miles away); St. John’s Church (approx. 0.8 miles away); Little England (approx. 0.8 miles away); The Courthouse (approx. 0.9 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Hampton.

W Pembroke Ave & Patterson Ave Photo, Click for full size

By Bernard Fisher, July 31, 2010

2. W Pembroke Ave & Patterson Ave

Also see . . . Brief History of St. John's Episcopal Church. (Submitted on August 1, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Mechanicsville, Virginia.)

Third Elizabeth City Parish Church Site Photo, Click for full size

By Bernard Fisher, July 31, 2010

3. Third Elizabeth City Parish Church Site

Credits. This page originally submitted on August 1, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Mechanicsville, Virginia. This page has been viewed 336 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 1, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Mechanicsville, Virginia.