History of Suffield, Connecticut, USA

Suffield is a post town, delightfully situated upon the west side of Connecticut river, 17 miles north from Hartford, and 10 south from Springfield; bounded on the north by Massachusetts, on the east by Connecticut river, which separates it from Enfield, on the south by Windsor and Granby and Southwick in Massachusetts. The average length of the township, from east to west, is about eight miles, and it is five in breadth, comprising about forty square miles...

Suffield, Connecticut
Hartford county. Suffield lies on the west side of Connecticut river, and is bounded N. by Massachusetts, to which state it was attached until 1752. This territory, 8 by 5 miles, was purchased about the year 1670, of two Indian Chiefs, for one hundred dollars. The surface on the banks of the river, are elevated, and although the town is without much alluvial meadow, the soil being a strong deep loam, is very fertile, and productive. Suffield contains some of the best farms in the state. It lies 16 miles N. from Hartford and 10 S. from Springfield. Population, 1830, 2,690.

The principal village is pleasantly located on rising ground; it contains many handsome buildings; it is the site of the "Connecticut Literary Institution," and commands delightful views of the river and circumjacent country.

Gideon Granger, post master general of the United States from 1801 to 1814, was born in Suffield in 1767. He died at Canandaigua, N.Y., in 1822.

Oliver Phelps,...

Suffield, a post-village in Hartford co., Connecticut, 16 miles N. from Hartford, near the W. side of the Connecticut river, contains 2 or 3 churches, and the Connecticut Literary Institution, founded by the Baptists. Population of the township, 2962.

Always a conservative town was Suffield, and is now for that matter. So much so that its people actually bought the land it occupies of the Indians; and as a result not a person was killed within its limits during all the Indian wars that brought so much misery to the first settlers of New England. To be sure the price was not very large, being only thirty pounds; but as few if any of the Indians lived here, only using it for hunting ground, they were pleased with their bargain.

At first this territory, included in Springfield, was supposed to be within the Connecticut Colony, and Deputies were sent to its General Court. Later the people of Springfield concluded they were in Massachusetts, and applied to its General Court for protection. And still later, after Southfield (Suffield) had become separated from Springfield, its people petitioned for admission to the Connecticut Colony, which was granted in 1749.

The boundary between the Colonies was a subject of continued and bitter ...

Suffield, a banking post-village in Suffield township (town), Hartford co., Conn., on the New York, New Haven and Hartford R., 16 miles N. of Hartford. It has manufactures of tobacco and cigars. Pop. of the town in 1900, 3521; of the village, about 900.