This Stone Marks the Site of Peter Hill
This stone marks the site of
Peter Hill
on which about the year 1638
Reverend Hugh Peter
Pastor of the church in Salem
preached the first sermon in
Wenham
Text from John III.23
"In enon near to Salim because there was much water there."
Thus early in the history of the town
was the gospel proclaimed.
Marker is on Main Street (State Highway 1A), on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
