A little History about Chatham and Bridgetown
Chatham Vineyards at Church Creek is located in Northampton County at 9232 Chatham Road, Machipongo, VA in the area once known as Bridgetown. “Set at the head of Hungars Creek, Bridgetown, near the Northampton County town of Machipongo, is one of the oldest inhabited settlements in America, with people living here continuously since the early 1600s — around the time English settlers established Jamestown, ” according to The Bridgetown Files.
From the Chatham Vineyards website we learn, “The land at Chatham, which overlooks Church Creek, was patented in 1640. The Federal-period brick house, Chatham, was built in 1818 by Major Scarborough Pitts and named for William Pitt, the Earl of Chatham and friend of the American Revolution. The historic outbuildings, barns and two early 1900s homes on the property have been renovated in recent years. Chatham Farm has been a working farm for four centuries.”
The vineyard sits on land between Church Creek and Hungars Creek. Both creeks get their name from Hungars Church, one of the oldest churches on the Eastern Shore, located north of Eastville on Bayside Road. Hungars Church makes a good landmark for visitors seeking the winery on Church Neck Rd.
The historically and culturally important work, Ye Kingdome of Accawmacke, Or, The Eastern Shore of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century by Jennings Cropper Wise describes Hungars Church as, “Surrounded and concealed by a body of sweet-scented pines, in the midst of a picturesque grove of Sycamores, about seven miles north of Eastville stands this ancient house of worship, near the site of its rustic predecessor. This church as it now exists at the head of navigation on Hungar’s Creek near Bridgetown, is one of the oldest churches in Virginia.” 
In 1741 a silver communion set was given to Hungars Church by John Custis of Williamsburg and Arlington (father-in-law of Martha Dandridge Custis, she later married George Washington)."