In Episode 5 of the Stockton Chronicles, Robert F. Stockton is influenced by two childhood heroes, his Father, the Duke of Morven, and Lord Horatio Nelson, the greatest naval hero of the period

The Stockton Chronicles Chapter 4 Annis Boudinot Stockton was Robert Field Stockton’s paternal grandmother. She was an accomplished poet and one of the first women published in the United States. This is a profile of the Dutchess of Morven

In Episode 3 of the Stockton Chronicles Richard Stockton the Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Grandfather of Robert Stockton is torn between his duty to the King and his patriotism. He would risk his wealth and his life

The Stockton and Field families, descendants of Commodore Robert Field Stockton enshrined the concept of religious tolerance into the American experience in the mid 1600s New Amsterdam.

Sir John Stockton was an ancestor of Commodore Stockton founder of Sea Girt. As the Lord Mayor of London, he helped to save the city from assault in 1471

Can you guess the name of this commonly used device? A little history of foot measurement

Arthur A. Zimmerman “Zimmie” was the best sprint bicyclist in the world in the 1890s. He was American Champion three times, and the first World Champion in 1893. Called the “Jersey Skeeter”, he was born in Camden, and raised in Freehold, and moved to Manasquan after he started riding penny farthing bikes.

Margaret Oglesby was left alone in her large mansion in Sea Girt after her husband’s death in 1888. She stayed in the community and was the catalyst for the building of St. Uriel the Archangel in Sea Girt.

Mary Morris Vaux, a cousin of Marriott Morris visited Sea Girt before she became a noted glaciologist and floral painter.

Along Spring Lake there is a beautiful bent cedar. Here is its tale.