The third structure on the site, this is one of the oldest churches in Delaware. The first building was built in 1707 and the next in 1808. The current structure was consecrated in 1858.
The original oak frame church was able to hold services in 1724. The cornerstone was laid by Rt. Reverend Alfred Lee, D.D., the first bishop of Delaware. The steeple was added in 1870.
A church building was started before Feb. 14, 1707 and the Rev. William Black appointed to serve on April 18, 1707. He arrived in Lewes on July 26, 1708. He was a layman at meetings of the Society for the Propogation of the Gospel but in 1709 he moved to "Accomake, Va.", now known as Accomac, after Lewes was plundered by French ships.
The first full-time rector was Rev. William Beckett, M.A. He arrived in Lewes in 1721 and stayed there until his death on Aug. 20, 1743. His had been the longest rectorship in the church's history.
The cemetery has many older tombstones, including the oldest tomb in the yard, that of Margaret Huling, born in 1631 and died in 1707, and the tombs of the Rev. William Beckett, Capt. James Drew, the captain of the ill-fated HMS deBraak, and the famous stone of Elizabeth H. Cullen, inscribed "born February 30, 1760."
Other graves of note: