History On November 5, 1740, the early settlers of Hollis, numbering 30 families, voted "that the first meeting house should be erected on Abraham Taylor's land, about sixty roads southerly from said Taylor's Dwelling House, on the highest knoll of land thereabouts, and that the burying place for the perish be adjoining the place now known for ye Meeting House." It was 22 feet by 20 feet with 9...