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Subject: Re: [NJMON] Re: NJMONMOU-D Digest V01 #190
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 15:48:40 EDT
In a message dated 6/28/01 12:01:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
writes:
> Now that you mention the wooden bridge, I recall crossing it.... didn't
> look so old!!
>
> wrote:
> >
> > In a message dated 6/27/01 3:54:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>
> >
> > > . Came in my
> > > Harpoon Willie's which then was owned by Osborns.
> >
>
All this talk about Harpoon Willie's when my friend came over this afternoon
to go to lunch there was only one place to go, Harpoon Willie 's I glanced
around to see if there were any remnants of the old bridge to be seen but it
was to hot to really go investigating.
This is what was on the cover of the menu."This old farm house which is
located on the Manasquan River is estimated to have been built about the year
1792. In 1851, it was a tavern on the post road that led to the old bridge
that crossed the Manasquan River on the stage coach road route to the village
of Toms River. The wood in the house came from the barn of the Allgor
Barkalow museum. Much of this wood came from salvage from wrecked sailing
ships off our coast.
Joshua Huddy, a close friend of Captain Samuel Allen was captured by
Captain Tigh in Toms River and marched toward Sandy Hook. Captain Sam formed
a rescue party and trailed Tigh to the Highlands where he found Huddy's body
hanging from a tree. Swearing revenge Capt. Sam caught up with Tight and six
Tories near Allenwood. He was judge and jury of a Kangaroo court which
reached a swift verdict. Death by hanging.
There is a bronze marker on Rt. 70 commemorating the memory of Capt.
Samuel Allen organizer and leader of volunteer minute men of the NJ coast
during the Revolutionary War. It is believed that this is the spot where
Allen executed six Tories and their chief. He is reported to have been
buried under the barn in back of the old Robert's Inn (Now Harpoon Willy's)"
There are a couple of things in here that don't make sense.
1) "The wood in the house came from the barn of the Allgor Barkalow museum.
Much of this wood came from salvage from wrecked sailing ships off our
coast." That barn blew down in a storm in the last 25 years. I even have a
piece of it in my garage. I suspect they meant the wood for decorating inside
was from the barn.
2) He is reported to have been buried under the barn in back of the old
Robert's Inn (Now Harpoon Willy's)" Unless the barn was older than the
house this can't be because the house was built in about 1792, long after
Tigh was hung.
Had a wonderful seafood combo and am wondering how to tell my husband I'm not
cooking tonight. (LOL)
Joyce at the Jersey Shore.
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