Grave of Reverend Samuel Dudley
In the 2nd oldest Exeter burying yard located on small hill at corner of Green Street and Water St. and 1/10 mile from corner of Main and Water Streets opposite the elderly housing at 277 Water St. It was later called the Gas House Cemetery as the Gas Company building. was based near this site.

Memorial Tablet on the above ground tomb placed by Exeter Chapter DAR 1908-10 and 1959-62.

Inscription:
Rev. Samuel Dudley
Son of
Gov. Thomas Dudley
Seacoast Region
Born in England 1610
Pastor First Church 1650-1683
Died in Exeter, Feb. 10, 1683

[A small bronze tablet, just below large one {missing in 2002}]
This tablet was restored by Exeter Chapter DAR 1909.
While Reverend Samuel Dudley is often called “the first settled minister” in Exeter, his pastorate was preceded by that of Reverend John Wheelwright, the founder of the town, who preached here from 1638 to 1643. When the English Civil War began in 1642, New Hampshire towns, left with no aid from English proprietors, asked to be governed by Massachusetts. Still under banishment, Reverend Wheelwright chose to move on into Maine. King Charles II was restored to the throne in 1660 and by 1679 New Hampshire was again recognized as a separate colony, this time a royal colony.

Home of Reverend Samuel Dudley
Reverend Samuel Dudley was the second minister of the Church in Exeter. Memorial placed in Exeter, NH on east side of Newfields Rd. (Rte 85), between No.15 and No.17 Newfields Rd. Leaving Exeter on Water Street the marker is c. 1.1 mile north from the corner of Water and Main Streets. A memorial boulder from the Dudley farm with bronze marker thereon was placed during the Tercentenary Celebration of 1938 in Exeter on Town land. Boulder taken from the original wall of the “great pasture.” That original memorial was replaced in 1960.

Inscription:
Across the road stood
the home of Rev. Samuel Dudley
Town Minister of Exeter
1650 - 1683

Erected by
Exeter Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution
March 7, 1960
This Memorial is the Replacement of one
Unveiled June 30, 1938.