The John Abbott II House Museum is open Saturdays and Sundays from 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM, March through the second weekend of December, and is closed on holiday weekends.
Year Constructed/Founded: 1730-1840
THE BRITISH WERE ADVANCING ON TRENTON IN NOVEMBER1776.SAMUEL TUCKER,TREASURER OF THE COLONY OF New Jersey,ASKED HIS FRIEND ,JOHN ABBOTTII,TO HIDE THE GOVERNMENT FUNDS IN HIS HOUSE, TO SAVE THEM FROM SEIZURE BY THE BRITISH.THE BRITISH WERE INFORMED OF THIS PLAN BY MARY POINTING,A LOYALIST,WHO LED A DETACHMENT OF REDCOATS TO THE ABBOTT HOUSE.A THOROUGH SEARCH WAS CONDUCTED.TUCKER’S TRUNK,WITH STATE PAPERS Read more...