Chuckatuck Church
Chuckatuck Church, renamed, St. Johns, appears to have been where the O’Sheal family worshipped. It was founded in 1643 and has undergone several renovations.
George Carrington Mason (1945) described this colonial church:
“The new church ordered in 1737 is the present Glebe Church, which stands on the north side of U. S. Route 460, the old highway from Portsmouth, a short distance east of the present village of Drivers. The church is situated on high ground at the head of the west fork of Bennett’s Creek…In colonial times, the building was known as Bennett’s Creek Church…It is apparent the new building erected in 1737-8 was regarded as the parish church” (Colonial Churches of Tidewater Virginia, pps. 176-178).
Researched, Compiled, and Written by Connie Chumley Stringer
Copyright 2006