St. Martin's Church (Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania)

On December 18, 1699, Martin donated one and half acres of land to the town and inhabitants of Marcus Hook for a church and burial place.

The school remained open until 1860 when a new brick schoolhouse was built elsewhere and the old frame church building was demolished.

[8] In 1760, the church name was changed from Chapel at Chichester to St. Martin's in honor of the founder Walter Martin at the suggestion of Emmanuel Grubb, son of John Grubb, a two-term member of the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly and one of the original settlers of the Brandywine Hundred which became Claymont, Delaware.

[4] In 1985, the church and cemetery were obtained by The Marcus Hook Community Development Corporation and renovated to be historically accurate.

At the center of the walk is a white eagle statue and bronze plaque that reads: "Dedicated to the men buried at St. Martin's Church Cemetery (1699) who served their country in the following wars.

"May your names not just lie on dusty pages in history books and on worn gravestones, but be engraved deep in our hearts for all eternity.