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 Golden
Ball Tavern (1768)
662 Boston Post Road
Weston, MA 02493
Isaac Jones
On a cold, rainy, night in March, 1774, Mary Jones
was lying in bed with her baby when men disguised in face paint and masks
burst into her chamber at the Golden Ball, smashing windows, and demanding
to see that “damned Tory”, her husband, Isaac. But he had
gone to Uxbridge. Frustrated, the mob stormed downstairs, shoving in partitions,
breaking dishes, and making off with liquor, half a cask of raisins, and
about 100 lemons.
Isaac’s crime was serving tea. But it wasn’t English tea,
he insisted. He had bought it from the Dutch. Unimpressed, his enemies
continued their harassment—shunning the Joneses, confiscating a
shipment of rum, and threatening to shut down the tavern. Isaac held his
ground. He had always treated everyone fairly, he insisted. He wouldn’t
be bullied now.
Hours: Open to the public by apointment. Please call
781-894-1751 at least a week in advance to arrange a tour and to obtain
information about our September Antiques Show and the annual Harvest Festival
in November.
Driving Directions: From Rt. 128 to Exit 26/Rt. 20. Take
Rt. 20 west 2 miles. Just past the Weston police station on your left,
turn right on Golden Ball Road and right again on the Old Post Road. The
Golden Ball Tavern Museum is the second building on the right.
Photo above: The Golden Ball Tavern in the 1860s.
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