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- Haddam, in Middlesex County, is located in south-central Connecticut in the lower Connecticut River Valley. It is also home to Cockaponset State Forest. Incorporated in October of 1668, Haddam is the only town in Connecticut divided by the Connecticut River.
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Haddam is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region. The population was 8,452 at the time of the 2020 census.
- Plantation at Thirty Mile Island
- The Revolutionary War
- Churches
- Schools
- The Civil War
- Haddam Center
- Sources For Haddam History
In 1660 the Connecticut Colonial Legislature sent Matthew Allyn and Samuel Willys down the Connecticut River from Hartford to purchase land from the Wangunk Indian Tribe at the place the English called 'Land of Thirty Mile Island'. There are two schools of thought on how "Thirty Mile(s) Island got its name. Early historians write that the earliest ...
During the Revolutionary War Haddam men served in the local militia and many citizens participated in privateering, the state sanctioned practice of capturing enemy ships. Privateering gave United States ships permission to capture British ships to cut off their supply lines and furnish our Navy with needed vessels and supplies. Once a ship was cap...
For the first hundred years the Congregational Church was the only organized church in town and the first meetinghouse was erected in 1673-74. Haddam Neck residents joined with Middle Haddam residents to form their own ecclesiastical society in 1740 and the Higganum Congregational Church was formed in 1844. In 1791 the Methodists began to meet in t...
The first record of schools was in 1750 when Nathaniel Spencer, John Ventres and Thomas Brooks were tapped to sit on the school board. Residents paid the schoolmaster for teaching all the male children between 5 and 12 and females between 5 and 7 whether they attended school or not. Early lessons were held in private homes and by 1728 a school was ...
During the Civil War Haddam sent 90 men of service age to join Connecticut Regiments and 23 perished. Most local men served with Company D of the 20th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry and Company A of the 24th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. General Alexander Shailer, a Union general who lead his regiment in all the battles of the Army of the Potomac...
In 1785 Middlesex County was created from towns from Hartford and New London counties and Haddam and Middletown were selected to share the county seat, an arrangement that lasted over 100 years. As a half-shire town Haddam Village grew as the commercial and institutional center of town. Haddam became a regional center with a county courthouse locat...
Bayles, Richard M. "Town of Haddam." InHistory of Middlesex County, Connecticut, edited by J. B. Beers. New York: J. B. Beers and Company, 1884. Beers, J. H.Commemorative Biographical Record of Middlesex County, Chicago: J.H. Beers, 1903 Brainerd, Eveline Warner. "Haddam Since the Revolution."Connecticut Magazine, December 1899, pp.591-604 ________...
Oct 9, 2023 · Haddam, in Middlesex County, is located in south-central Connecticut in the lower Connecticut River Valley. It is also home to Cockaponset State Forest. Incorporated in October 1668 as Hadham, It was later renamed Haddam due to people saying Hadham too fast.
Jul 29, 2024 · 1600s-1870 Connecticut, U.S., Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) at Ancestry - index & images ($); some towns maybe missing. 1662-1911 Records of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1662-1911 (*); Haddam Registrar of Vital Statistics at FamilySearch Library Catalog — images.
Haddam, in Middlesex County, is located in south-central Connecticut in the lower Connecticut River Valley. It is also home to Cockaponset State Forest. Incorporated in October of 1668, Haddam is the only town in Connecticut divided by the Connecticut River.
From A Brief History of Haddam. Plantation at Thirty Mile Island. In 1660 the Connecticut Colonial Legislature sent Matthew Allyn and Samuel Willys down the Connecticut River from Hartford to purchase land from the Wangunk Indian Tribe at the place the English called 'Land of Thirty Mile Island'.
The Connecticut River was a major source of income and transportation for the first 200 years of the town existence. In 1685 a group of residents moved across the river to settle East Haddam including the Gates, Ackley and Bates families.
