The oldest part of the house, this wing was built in the 18th century for Richard Stockton (1730-1781), a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and his wife, Annis (1736-1801), and it housed the kitchen and service quarters. During this period, enslaved men and women performed most domestic tasks and worked on the farm. Tax records indicate that between one and six enslaved men worked at Morven at any one time, while enslaved women and children also lived and labored there without being recorded. In 1804, New Jersey passed a gradual emancipation law, and by the time of the 1840 census, the Stocktons no longer enslaved people at Morven.