First Congregational Church

Purpose:

Historic

Location: (Street, Park, GPS)

N 42°56.252' W070°50.015'

127 Winnacunnet Road

Date Installed:

October 14, 1978

Date or Era Referenced:

1638, early settlement, colonial

Description:

A small rock sitting atop a flat horizontal rock base standing in front of the church with a plaque affixed to it. The top of plaque has the emblem of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Wording:

On October 14, 1638 Rev. Stephen Bachiler and fifty-five settlers from Massachusetts laid out Winnacunnet Plantation and organized what is now the oldest Congregational society in New Hampshire and the second oldest continuous church fellowship in the United States. Presented by New Hampshire Society Daughters of the American Revolution October 14, 1978

Affiliations:

New Hampshire Society Daughters of the American Revolution

Summary:

• First Congregational Church, Hampton, NH http://www.firsthamptonchurch.org/
• In the town’s 350th anniversary souvenir book, the church is listed as the oldest continuous congregation in the United States. http://www.hampton.lib.nh.us/hampton/history/1988/congregationalchurch.htm