‘Bridge-town’ was a high-profile Patriot village and a lively post-Revolutionary West Jersey junction In 1791, when a gentleman farmer from Back Neck named David Sheppard thought it an ideal place for an American patriarch to raise a family. So he and his wife Phebe (Ludlam) chose a choice little homesite for their imposing, many-storied Federal-style mansion, exactly where Commerce Street crosses Cohansey “Creek,” and right up against the high bluff that looks out over the

This is a blog of personal memories by Jeanette Stephens-El (Jan. 2026), which happens only to have been posted by me (FA) . I hope she will add more! I grew up in what I referred to as a charming 2-bedroom, 1 bath, 2-story colonial, fenced in duplex corner home where the side street is a short quiet avenue of well-kept homes, one block from the scenic Cohansey River. Before selling this--my childhood home, a realtor’s narrative was: “Discover a piece of history with this del

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