Somers Mansion

Somers Mansion
1000 Shore Rd.
Map / Directions to Somers Mansion
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For visiting hours and information call (609) 927-2212
or Belleplain State Forest at (609) 861-2404.

Somers Mansion was built circa 1720-1726, and is the oldest house in Atlantic County. It was the home of Richard and Judith Somers, who raised ten children here. One of their sons, also named Richard, was born here on November 24, 1737. He would go on to serve as a Colonel in the Revolutionary War, in command of the 3rd Battalion of the Gloucester County Militia.[1] (Although Somers Point is now in Atlantic County, this area was then part of Gloucester County; Atlantic County was not created until 1837, fifty-four years after the end of the Revolutionary War. [2] )

The house where Colonel Somers lived as an adult, and his gravesite are also located in Somers Point. They are described in the entries below.

A monument to the men who served in Colonel Somers Battalion stands in Battle of Chestnut Neck Monument Park in Port Republic.