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
By Bernard W. Kelly Sr.
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