Scituate in Plymouth County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)

First Meeting House

Photographed by Roger W. Sinnott, May 11, 2010

1. First Meeting House Marker

This plaque is on the stone's front.

Inscription.
Front: “Erected on this Lott
Aug. Ye 2d & 3d dayes, 1636.
Exercised in Novemb. 10 & 11, 1636.”

Top: To the Memory of
The First
Ministers of Scituate
Giles Saxton — Nathaniel Pitcher
John Lothrop — Shearjashub Bourn
Charles Chauncy — Ebenezer Grosvenor
Henry Dunster — Ebenezer Dawes
Nicholas Baker — Nehemiah Thomas
Jeremiah Cushing — Edmund O. Sewall

Erected 1912 by Chief Justice Cushing Chapter, D. A. R. of Scituate.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Colonial Era • Notable Places • Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1636.

Location. 42° 11.314′ N, 70° 43.786′ W. Marker is in Scituate, Massachusetts, in Plymouth County. It is on Meetinghouse Lane, on the left when traveling west. Marker is the middle of three. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Scituate MA 02066, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on the South Shore.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in New England.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

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: Site of the First Church (here, next to this marker); Men of Kent Cemetery (a few

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steps from this marker); First Training Field (approx. 0.2 miles away); Mann Historical Museum (approx. ¼ mile away); Satuit Brook (approx. 0.4 miles away); Williams-Barker House (approx. one mile away); Third Cliff (approx. 1.2 miles away); Site of Stockbridge Mansion (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Scituate.

Regarding First Meeting House. Also called the First Church, it apparently stood at the west end of the Men of Kent Cemetery.

Top of First Meeting House Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Roger W. Sinnott, May 11, 2010

2. Top of First Meeting House Marker

Wider View, Looking West image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Roger W. Sinnott, May 11, 2010

3. Wider View, Looking West

Credits. This page was last revised on April 8, 2022. It was originally submitted on May 11, 2010, by Roger W. Sinnott of Norwell, Massachusetts. This page has been viewed 1,524 times since then and 47 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 11, 2010, by Roger W. Sinnott of Norwell, Massachusetts. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.