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I grew up in what was known as the John Boylan house in Pluckemin, New Jersey (in Somerset County). I lived there from 1961 to 1976 and still have the history of the house that was passed on from previous owners. Captain John Boylan (supposedly pronounced "Bullion") had four stores, in Pluckemin, Liberty Corner, at Vealtown(now Bernardsville) and Nanderveers Mills) several stores, The Boylan's store in Pluckemin began as a store in this house, which later became just his residence. He also owned 150 acres to the north of Pluckemin vilage and in 1777 became a lay judge of the Somerset County Courts. He married Eleanor Eoff, the daughter of Jacob Eoff, a prominent innkeeper. John Boylan and his wife entertained George Washington and Mrs. Washington. The Revolutionary army artillery headed by General Knox, camped in the fields in back of the house with 1607 men and 60 cannons. Nearby at Camp Middlebrook, ten thousand soldiers camped. In Pluckemin, the north lawn of the Boylan house was the site of the temporary ballroom for the Grand Allliance Ball, held in 1779 in Pluckemin to celebrate the first anniversary of the alliance with France, which ended in victory for the allies at Yorktown. Mrs. Boylan danced with George Washington and it was said (in the 1914 notes) that the wite satin slippers and square silver buckles Mrs. Boylan (Mrs. Eleanor Eoff Boylan) wore when she danced with George Washington are still prseved somewhere in the family. John Boylan died on March 4, 1793, and was buried in a cemetary in Basking Ridge, NJ. His widow, Mrs. Eleanor Boylan of Wake County, N.C. died in 1864, and left the house to a sister, Mrs. Sarah B. Parker.
In 1989, the house was purchased by a real estate firm which renovated it, and built a duplicate on the north lawn. The house and the duplicate were then converted to offices and stores. The red clapbooard house stands today on Route 202-206 in Pluckemin, diagonaly across the street from a large white church.
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