ACNA NJ Chapter Rainbow Hill Drive Info

then went on to the back-roads of New Jersey into Pennsylvania then back to Hillsborough, NJ and the Chamberlin House. You missed a really fun drive.

I suppose the low driver count feel pray to the weather also but it still was a good day to be on the road.

Continental Breakfast at the Quattro Café and welcome by John the Audi Brand Specialist.

The tour of the facility and Chat with the service manager Ralph who gave a tour of the state of the art and well maintained service area.

For most the run along the river was just magnificent. I am looking forward to getting comments from the attendees.

William Chamberlin was born on September 26, 1736. In his lifetime, Chamberlain was married four times and fathered 23 children. He purchased the house and a mill on the Neshanic River on Rainbow Hill Road in 1761 from John Garrison, one year after it was built.

At the age of forty, Chamberlain left his family and farm for the dreams of glory when he was elected an officer of the second regiment, Hunterdon County Militia, in 1776. His outfit was not sent into battle at Long Island, but he incurred the wrath of the British anyway.

In early December 1776, the British arrived in Trenton after their long march across New Jersey. They began sending out search parties to determine militia activities. While doing so, the often plundered local farms and mills for their much-needed provisions. Not long after, a forging party burned Chamberlain's mill to the ground.

The following year, he and his regiment saw action at the battle of Germantown, For his service there, on the recommendation of Governor Livingston, Chamberlain was commissioned a Lieutenant Colonel of the militia and Lieutenant Colonel in the New Jersey Line Continental Army. Chamberlain did not join George Washington at Valley Forge, but did fight in the Battle of Monmouth in 1776 and the battles of Elizabethtown and Springfield in 1780 before returning to his farm.

In 1780, his property was listed as 114 acres, six horses, eight horned cattle, one pig, a gristmill, a sawmill, two slaves and a riding chair. He remained there until 1792, when he sold his property and moved to Union County, Pennsylvania.

It is said that the Chamberlain House was later on the path of the Underground Railroad prior to the Civil War, Providing a means for slaves to escape to the north.

Today, William Chamberlain's center-hall colonial is an unspoiled architectural gem surrounded by preserved farmland on a quiet, country road. The house has five bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, original woodwork and moldings, four fireplaces (2 are Jersey Adams fireplaces), wide-planked floors, open beam ceilings, original glass windows, 2 sunrooms, a tree-shaded lawn that sweeps down to the Neshanic River.





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Flemington Audi
213 Highway 202, Flemington NJ 08822
Phone: 800-410-2191

Drive you car to Flemington, see a class act Dealership (Really!), Meet and chat with other Audi owners then get in you car and take a ride and see the country side! At the end of the drive have lunch at a house that is a part of American History. You know George Washington slept here kind of thing. When you know the history you better understand the present and the future.

This is not a race nor about seeing how you can roll on two wheels. More like a wagon train of Audi's rolling around in the country.

Flemington, NJ - Liberty Village Outlets, Frenchtown, NJ, Lumberville, PA, Center Bridge, PA, New Hope, PA, Lambertville, NJ,

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