The first two pictures are from circa 1907 postcards of Sycamore Avenue. The Dennis family owned land along this street. According to page 380 of "First Settlers of Newton Township New Jersey", the residence of Samuel Dennis (1650-1723) stood three fourths of a mile east of the town of Shrewsbury. Old deeds refer to the "Anthony Dennis Plantation" as being on the south side of "The road from Black Point to the Falls". (Rumson to Tinton Falls) Anthony Dennis' (1730-1813) sons Woodward, Jacob, Jesse and Joshua inherited the property , and the 1851 Lightfoot Monmouth County map shows Woodward Dennis' house along this road near where the Little Silver train station is now located.
Elizabeth Dennis (wife of Edwin Hobbs) and family owned a house on the same spot from about 1912 thru the 1930's. The house has recently been converted into professional offices and is located just east of Sunnybank Drive. Elizabeth Dennis was the 4G Grandaughter of Samuel Dennis.
The third picture, from a an early postcard inscribed "This house still standing (1897)", is the Jacob Dennis house. Jacob Dennis was the son of Samuel Dennis, and the father of Anthony Dennis. I am not certain where this house stood, but it seems likely that it was also along this street. According to a 1798 deed, Anthony's brother Jacob owned an adjacent piece of property, and he could also be the Jacob Dennis that owned this house. .
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