The Gloucester Fox Hunting Club at Gloucester Town

The most famous inn & tavern in Gloucester Town was Hugg's Tavern which beside hosting court business, was rendezvous point for the member of the Gloucester Fox Hunting Club from 1766 until 1818.

The hounds for the fox hunt club were kept at Gloucester Town.  The Gloucester Fox Hunt Club members were some of the most prominent members of Philadelphia society along with number of Gloucester County residents.   

Many members of the Gloucester Fox Hunting Club would become members of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry and served during the American Revolution having been "first organized in defense of the colonies" and for the State of Pennsylvania. 

Hugg's Tavern was located on the Delaware River also was a the location of the Gloucester and Greenwich Point Ferry landing which afforded the members of the club an convenient crossing from Philadelphia to New Jersey.

Read more on the club and it's members can be found in this 1830 account: 

Memoirs of the Gloucester Fox Hunting Club by William Milnor, Jr.