The
Spy House
Port Monmouth, New Jersey
Port Monmouth is situated on the Lower New York Bay.
During the
American
Revolution, a British Naval officer named the Whitlock
Seabrook-Wilson
Homestead, the Spy House . Because the British Navy asserted
that
the house
was being utilized to spy on their ships.
When in all actuality the spying was being accomplished
from Gerrett’s
Hill
by John Stillwell which was located a short distance away from
the
house. The
British in an endeavor to stop the spying attempted to burn
the
house down
but the attempt failed .
The house itself began from a one room cabin in 1648 and
was added
on to
throughout the years. Sometime in 1677 the middle
section
was added, which
was the widow Seabrooks home in 1703 . Daniel Seabrook
extended
his home to
his mother’s across the lawn after the death of Thomas
Whitlock.
The home
stayed in the Seabrook family for 250 years . The home
is
now the Spy House
Museum which presents the history and heritage of the Bay
shore.
But the Spy House has its shadowy side also. It is said to
be one
of the most
haunted places in America.
An alleged female apparition dressed in white come
down the
stairs from the
attic . She then walks into the rooms known as the Blue and
White
rooms,
located on the second floor. She than leans over a crib and
straighten
something in the crib, it is alleged to be a quilt
.
The apparition than turns away and fades into thin air. In
1975
as a group
was touring the house while in the same room, the sewing
machine
popped open
and the machine started to operate on its own without anyone
using
the foot
treadle . In the front vestibule on the first floor an
apparition
of a man in
a top hat with a full-beard has alleged to have made an
appearance
many times
over the years. The Spy House is located at 119 Port
Monmouth
Rd. Port
Monmouth, New Jersey
bernard@theshadowlands.net (Bernard W. Kelly
Sr.)
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