Part of Early Stony Brook.

The earliest European settlers of Princeton had notably humble lifestyles. With their simple, function-oriented home design, sustenance farms, and modest occupations, the first generation of Stony Brook residents tended to live unpretentiously. Joseph Worth, a cooper (meaning his profession was in making barrels), purchased 220 acres of land from his brother-in-law Benjamin Clarke in 1697 and with his wife Sarah established a farmstead in 1709. The farm was owned and run by members of the Worth family until 1778, when Jonathan Worth sold it to a John Little. Little was a slaveowner; it is known that he kept seven enslaved people at the time of his death in 1794. After Little, the farm was owned by a succession of Oldens who, like the Worths, were among the first Quaker families in Stony Brook.

Original Sections: two-story stone farmhouse, underneath newer siding and the Federal-style side-hall addition

Present Use: private residence