The Wise guide to historic places in Virginia, 1607-1907 . nt and curiousrecords still preserved in the Court House, at Hampton, isone which shows that in 1644 forty-six persons were finedso many pounds of tobacco for non-attendance at is presumed that these parties might have been unavoid-ably absent from church while attending the cock fights inaJjoining counties. hi 1812 Adniral Cockburn, Commander of the Britishfleet, attempted to land at Hampton Creek, but was repulsedby heavy fire from the shore. He finally effected a landingfurther up the stream (near LaSalle Ave. and Boulevar
The Wise guide to historic places in Virginia, 1607-1907 . nt and curiousrecords still preserved in the Court House, at Hampton, isone which shows that in 1644 forty-six persons were finedso many pounds of tobacco for non-attendance at is presumed that these parties might have been unavoid-ably absent from church while attending the cock fights inaJjoining counties. hi 1812 Adniral Cockburn, Commander of the Britishfleet, attempted to land at Hampton Creek, but was repulsedby heavy fire from the shore. He finally effected a landingfurther up the stream (near LaSalle Ave. and Boulevard,)burned the town and committed outrages which so arousedthe inhabitants that they arose enmasse and forced himto return to his ships. In 1610 two forts were built atthe mouth of the Kecough-tan (now Hampton Creek.) The forts were named FortH^nry and Fort Charles in honor of the two sons of KingJames, and the territory adjacent of the same namewas later changed by the House of Burgesses to Elizabeth,for the daughter of the King, the reason given for the. OYSTKi: SHELLS change was that they objected to so heathen a name asKecoughtan. This action shows that Shakespeares con-temporaries in the New World did not believe with him thatTheres nothing in a name. hi 1716 Hampton had the largest trade of any place inVirginia. The fust child born in the Jamestown colony was Vir-ginia Lay den, born in Hampton parish. It is noted that shewas christened Virginia, as was also Virginia Dare,the first babe born in the early colony at Roanoke, whichended so disastrously. 42 St. Johnss QT. JOHNS CHURCH, built 1657, Church burned 1778—oldest parish in America; parish organized 1610. Two churches were built by the early settlers in Hamp-ton parish before St. Johns was erected. The first churchwas located on East Hampton creek; the second on Pem-broke farm. These were the earliest places of Christianworship in Kecoughtan territory. The record shows thatin 1716 there were a hundred houses in the p
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