Haddam, Connecticut, USA (Higganum) (Tylerville)
1819 - Haddam

Haddam is a post township, situated upon the west side of the Connecticut river, 8 miles from Middletown, and 23 from Hartford.

The tract of land between Middletown and Saybrook, embracing this township, was originally called the lands at Thirty mile Island, from the Island in Connecticut river of that name, (now Lord's Island,) north of the centre of the tract which was then thought to be 30 miles from its mouth, or the bar. These lands were owned and inhabited by the natives, of which there was a numerous, fierce and warlike tribe. In 1662, the Indian title to these lands was acquired by Matthew Allyn and Samuel Wyllys for thirty coats; not exceeding, probably, one hundred dollars in value. The same year, this purchase was disposed of to 28 persons, who immediately became actual settlers upon it. They were most, or all of them, from Hartford and its vicinity. The first settlement was made promiscuously in the town meadow; some families, however, located themselves on the plain below Mill creek, and were called the lower plantation. In October, 1668, six years only from the first settlement, the town was incorporated by the name of Haddam. At this time, this town belonged to the county of Hartford, and so continued until the formation of Middlesex county, in May 1785...

At the present time, the mean length of this township is 7 miles, and its mean breadth more than 6 miles, comprising an area of 43 square miles...

A Gazetteer of the States of Connecticut and Rhode-Island: Written with Care and Impartiality, from Original and Authentic Materials : Consisting of Two Parts ... with an Accurate and Improved Map of Each State Authors John Chauncey Pease, John Milton Niles Publisher W.S. Marsh, 1819

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