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'Morven' is a historic house in Princeton, New Jersey.
It was originally part of a tract purchased from William Penn by Richard Stockton in 1701. In 1754, his grandson, Richard Stockton (1730-1781), signer of the Declaration of Independence, acquired of this land and built the house. His wife, Annis Boudinot, was a poet and named their house "Morven" after a mythical Gaelic kingdom in a poem by Ossian. Commodore Robert Stockton (1795-1869) lived in the house. Robert Wood Johnson II, Chairman of Johnson and Johnson, was the first non Stockton to reside at Morven (1928-1944). He was followed by five New Jersey governors when Morven served as the state’s first Governor’s Mansion (1945-1981). In 1982, the New Jersey Governor’s Mansion was relocated to nearby Drumthwacket and Morven became a museum.

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Owners

★ Richard Stockton I from 1701 till 1707

★ John Stockton from 1707

★ Richard Stockton (1730-1781)

★ Robert Stockton (1795-1869)

★ Robert Wood Johnson I from 1928 to 1944

★ Governor’s Mansion from 1945 to 1981

★ Museum 1982 to now

References

1. National Register Information System

External links

★ Website

See Also

★ Westland Mansion, patterned after Morven