In 1657, Rev. Thomas Mayhew Jr., son of Gov. Mayhew, first pastor of the Church of Christ on Martha’s Vineyard and the first missionary to the Indians of New England, solemnly and affectionately took leave of the Indians who had followed him in large numbers from the western part of the island in his last worship and interview with them before embarking for England, from which he never returned and from whose ship no tidings ever came of it or its passengers. In loving remembrance of him, those Indians raised a pile of stones.