Concord in Merrimack County, New Hampshire — The American Northeast (New England)

On The Interval Below This Spot

Photographed by Douglas Finney, February 9, 2019

1. On the Interval Below This Spot Marker

Inscription. On the interval below this spot a committee of the General Court of Massachusetts Bay, their surveyors and attendants there present to locate and survey the Plantation of Penny Cook, conducted the first religious service ever held in the central part of New Hampshire, on Sunday, May 15, 1726. Rev. Enoch Coffin, Preacher.

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Erected by the Congregational Societies of Concord, October, 1899.

Erected 1899 by Congregational Societies of Concord.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical date for this entry is May 15, 1726.

Location. 43° 13.538′ N, 71° 30.492′ W. Marker is in Concord, New Hampshire, in Merrimack County. It is on East Side Drive (New Hampshire Route 132), on the right when traveling south. Approximately 100 feet south of West Sugar Ball Road. The marker sets back roughly 75 to 100 feet from the street. The marker sits on a wooded plot approximately an acre in size which was originally known as Memorial park. The land is owned by First Congregational Church. Touch for map. Marker

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is in this post office area: Concord NH 03301, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Northeast

and in New England.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Pennacook (approx. one mile away); Concord's Civil War Mustering Camps (approx. one mile away); This Field (approx. 1.4 miles away); Eastman (approx. 1½ miles away); Site of First Ferry (approx. 1½ miles away); End Of The First N. H. Turnpike (approx. 1½ miles away); Site of Rumford Garrison No. 2 (approx. 1½ miles away); Bridges House Governor's Residence (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Concord.

Regarding On The Interval Below This Spot. The original inscription did not include Rev. Enoch Coffin, Preacher, but was added sometime later.
Footnote from the periodical The Granite Monthly: The last line, "Rev. Enoch Coffin, Preacher,"

Photographed by Douglas Finney, February 9, 2019

2. On the Interval Below this Spot Marker

has been cut upon the monument, in justice to the facts, since the photograph was taken for the half-tone illustration.
Thorne, John C. "Reverend Enoch Coffin." The Granite Monthly vol XXXII pp. 25.

Also see . . . The Granite Monthly - A NH Magazine. (Submitted on February 9, 2019, by Douglas Finney of Concord, New Hampshire, USA.)

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