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Historic Cold Spring Village
720 Rt. 9 South
Cape May, NJ
08204
Phone:(609) 898-2300
Info@hcsv.org
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The Spicer Leaming House |
In the early days the farmhouse was the
home of the Jacob Spicer family and
later of his descendants, the Leamings.
It was originally built on a knoll near
a small creek known as Spicer's Creek
which is now a canal called Spicer's
Canal. The house was part of Spicer's
Plantation and was known as "neck"
farm, because it sat on a neck or
meander of the creek. This house is
reputedly the second oldest house in the
county. The builder, Col. Jacob Spicer,
was an early settler, arriving about
1691. In 1750, his son Jacob Spicer Esq.
along with Aaron Leaming, published the
"Concessions & Agreements," establishing
freedom of religion, freedom of speech,
trial by jury, elections and other
rights for New Jerseyians. His
granddaughter, Sarah Spicer, married
Christopher Leaming III, and the house
passed into the Leaming family.
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Copyright [2006] Historic Cold Spring Village. All
rights reserved
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