Part of Early Stony Brook.

Worth’s Mill was the first business in Stony Brook. Before its construction, the closest mill was a ten-mile trek away in Trenton. In 1712, Thomas Potts, a miller from Bucks County, PA, secured the right to dig a raceway and acquired the mill pond from Susannah Stockton (see The Barracks and Mansgrove). Then, in 1714, Potts purchased 6.25 adjoining acres of land from Joseph Worth’s farm, where he built the mill. By 1715, the mill was up and running, a new commercial and social center for the community of Stony Brook. In 1721, the entire mill was back in the hands of Joseph Worth, and it stayed in the family for the next 133 years. During the Battle of Princeton, American soldiers destroyed the Stony Brook Bridge beside it to slow the British pursuit. The mill, however, survived the battle.

Later Name: Bruere’s Farm, after Joseph Bruere. Bruere was the Worths’ nephew, and was raised by Hannah and Josiah Worth after his mother died. He inherited the property in 1854.

Original Sections: west wall, all that remains standing

Present Use: ruins