Hugg's Tavern was erected in Gloucester County in 1720-21 by Joseph Hugg. Joseph apparently profitted from the proximity of the county jail by feeding, on at least one occasion, prisoners and those who came to watch a hanging.

When Joseph Hugg died in 1731, and it appears his ex-wife Ann Wheeldon (Wolden) ran the tavern for ten years.

In 1741, Joseph's son William took over the Tavern. During William's tenure, the Tavern was refered to, apparently very briefly, as "The Sign of the Ship." The Gloucester Fox Hunting Club, organized by a group prominent Philadelphia men, gathered there for their hunts.

In 1775, William Hugg dies, leaving the Tavern to his son, William, Jr. 

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Somewhere near this transition is when Betsy Griscom married John Ross at the Tavern (these details are in a seperate document and will be posted later.)

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When the nearby Court House was destroyed by fire in 1786, meetings were held at the Tavern until the new Court House was completed the following year.

In later days, the Tavern was known as the "Old Brick Tavern" and as the "Surf House."

The Tavern was torn down in 1927 by the Camden County Park Commission, "despite the protests of several historical societies and many prominent citizens."
 
 

Old Inns and Taverns in West Jersey, Charles S. Boyer, Camden County Historical Society, Camden, New Jersey, 1962. Pages 108-111, 152-G. Source can be seen at the University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware as of May, 2000.