History of the town of Sunderland, Mass., which originally embraced within its limits the present fowns of Montague and Leverett . ng that it was an inn and that entertainmentand refreshment were provided for travellers. The old signis still in the possession of the Williams family. Landlord Williams came from Norwich, Ct., about 1770,1772 or 1773. He married Zeruiah Ballard, November 19,1775. According to the records he obtained his first licenseas an innholder in 1781. Wayside Inns. Soon after Israel Hubbard, the oldest son of Isaac Hub-bard, Jr., located at Plumtrees, he built the house sho
History of the town of Sunderland, Mass., which originally embraced within its limits the present fowns of Montague and Leverett . ng that it was an inn and that entertainmentand refreshment were provided for travellers. The old signis still in the possession of the Williams family. Landlord Williams came from Norwich, Ct., about 1770,1772 or 1773. He married Zeruiah Ballard, November 19,1775. According to the records he obtained his first licenseas an innholder in 1781. Wayside Inns. Soon after Israel Hubbard, the oldest son of Isaac Hub-bard, Jr., located at Plumtrees, he built the house shown onthe opposite page, which is still standing in good obtained his first license as an innholder and tavernerand to sell strong drink in 1755, which was renewed everyyear till 1783, when the license was procured in the name ofhis son Jonathan for one year only, after which it was con-tinued by his brother Caleb till he was succeeded by his son,Ashley Hubbard, who continued to keep the old stand as apublic house till about 1838 or 1839, when the house wasclosed to the public, but has been occupied as a dwelling. o CK HISTORY OF SUNDERLAND. 195 house by the descendants of Israel Hubbard, its first occu-pant, till the present time. The period of time when it was used as a Wayside Inn would be a little more than 80 years. Major Hubbards tavern was a favorite place of resortfor old people, who enjoyed the stories of the Major, whowas quite a story teller, and exceedingly social with every-body, and for young people in parties, who enjoyed havinga good time. He being a magistrate, a good many couples re-sorted to his house to have the knot tied. Having servedin the war of Revolution, he had many a story laying back to be brought out as occasion required. All of these acquire-ments made him very popular as a landlord. It was a tradi-tion that the Hubbard family had a trace of Indian blood intheir veins. Maj. Hubbard used to speak of it with muchseeming pleasure and joki
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