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 Middletown Historical Marker - Middletown, CT Posted by:  neoc1
N 41° 33.415 W 072° 38.861
18T E 696165 N 4603255
The Middletown Historical Marker is located on the east end of Union Green at the intersection of Main Street and Pleasant Street in Middletown, CT
Waymark Code: WM16F3M
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 07/18/2022
Views: 1
A two sided historical marker gives the history of Middletown, CT.
The marker is inscribed:
{Seal of the State of Connecticut}
STATE OF CONNECTICUT
Middletown
The area known as Mattabesett, home of
the Wangunk Indian tribe, was settled by English
colonists from Hartford and Wethersfield in
1650. Situated at the big bend in the
Connecticut River, it was named Middletown
because it lay halfway between Saybrook and
Windsor. Its location on the “Great Tidal
River” led to a prosperous shipping economy
during the eighteenth and early nineteenth
centuries. From Middletown, ships sailed to
ports along the East Coast and in the West
Indies. Crafts and trades such as pewter-
making and shipbuilding flourished, as did
agriculture in the surrounding countryside.
During the Revolutionary War, Middletown
became a center of resistance to the British
Crown. Many of its citizens, including such men
as Jabez Hamlin; Nehemiah and Elijah
Hubbard; Titus Hosmer, Esquire; General
Comfort Sage; Colonel Return Jonathan Meigs;
and Colonel John Sumner, played important
roles in the struggle for American independence.
(Continued on other side)
{Seal of the State of Connecticut}
STATE OF CONNECTICUT
(Continued from other side)
Middletown
The town was incorporated as a city in 1784,
one of the first five in Connecticut.
Commodore Thomas Macdonough, an outstanding
naval officer in the War of 1812 against
Great Britain, made his home in Middletown
and was buried here in Riverside Cemetery.
Long the seat of the Court of Middlesex
County, Middletown became the site of
Wesleyan University in 1831.
General Joseph K. F. Mansfield, killed in
action at the Battle of Antietam in 1862, and
numerous other Middletown men served bravely
in the 1861-1865 war to preserve the Union
of the North American States.
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries, immigrants arrived from Ireland,
Sweden, Germany, Poland, and Italy, but most
notably from the Sicilian town of Melilli.
These later arrivals helped to enrich the
fabric of the community and, together with
others who followed, gave to the City the
diverse and cosmopolitan quality it has today.
Erected by The City of Middletown
The Middlesex County Historical Society
The Connecticut Historical Commission
1981
Marker Name: Middletown
Marker Type: Urban
Date Dedicated / Placed: 1981
Additional Information: Not listed
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