The Jamestown church also became the meeting place of the first New World legislative assembly on July 30, 1619, but was ultimately burned down (with most of the city) in Bacon's Rebellion.

[8] On Sunday June 24, 2007, Katharine Jefferts Schori, presiding bishop of ECUSA led the 400th anniversary celebration of the first Anglican service of Holy Communion in the New World at Jamestown.

[9] Williamsburg's historic church, Bruton Parish, located on Duke of Gloucester Street, remains active today.

As the colonial era ended, when the House of Burgesses gathered for sessions in Williamsburg, American patriots George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Patrick Henry, among others, worshipped at Bruton Parish.

[10] The Diocese also includes St. John's Episcopal Church, Elizabeth City Parish, in Hampton, Virginia.