Complex sentence: The church was built in 1684 by Deacon John Hinckley on the site of an earlier Indian meetinghouse built in 1670, and the church was used by the Wampanoag Native Americans as a Christian church.
Split into simpler sentences: The church was built in 1684 by Deacon John Hinckley on the site of an earlier Indian meetinghouse built in 1670. It was used by the Wampanoag Native Americans as a Christian church.