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

St. Martin's Church is an Episcopal Church founded in 1699 in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located at 22 Church Street, only 500 feet from the Delaware River. It is one of the earliest and last riverfront churches in Pennsylvania. The cemetery at St. Martin's Church contains a memorial commemorating war veterans from the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Civil War and the Spanish–American War who are buried in the cemetery.

St. Martin's Church was founded in 1699 by Walter Martin of Upper Chichester, Pennsylvania as an alternative place of worship and burial for non-Quakers. Martin was a Quaker, however he became embittered against the church. 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. In the deed, he included the restriction that "Quakers and reputed Quakers only excepted". The church was originally named the Chapel at Chichester.

In 1702, a rude frame building that was previously used as a blacksmith shop was purchased for 5 pounds, moved to the church property and church services began.

St. Martin's Church was originally part of the parish of St. Paul's in Chester, Pennsylvania along with St. John's Church in Concord, Pennsylvania.. In 1704, Reverend Henry Nichols was sent by The Society of the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts to preach in all three churches.

Missionaries were sent from Philadelphia to preach to the congregation, however problems arose due to the distance the preachers had to travel and the church began to have ministers from the Swedish Church in Wilmington, Delaware preside over the congregation.

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