This land was included in that claimed by the �Warwick Patentees�. In 1649, William Cheseborough of Seacunck (Rehoboth, MA) built a house in the section called Wequetequock, which he believed to be part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Ownership continued in dispute between Massachusetts and Connecticut for many years. In 1658, the Commissioners of the United Colonies ruled that the Pequot lands west of the Mystic River belonged to Connecticut and those east of the river (including present Stonington, North Stonington and part of Westerly) belonged to Massachusetts. The community was known as Mystic but the Court in Boston named he town Southertown. The town continued part of Massachusetts until 22 April 1622 when the Connecticut Charter set its eastern boundary at the Pawcatuck River, placing Southertown in CT. On 12 October 1665, the town of Southertown was renamed Mystic. In May 1666, the town was again renamed and given the name Stonington. Town vital records begin 1658. Barbour collection records cover 1658-1854.
Other City Names (2)
Name:
Mystic
Name:
Southertown, MA
Settled From (1)
Town Name:
Lands belonging
State:
to Massachusetts
Population (7)
Year:
1910
Population:
9154
Year:
1920
Population:
10236
Year:
1930
Population:
11025
Year:
1940
Population:
11002
Year:
1950
Population:
11775
Year:
1990
Population:
16919
Year:
2000
Population:
17906
Founding Families (26)
Surname:
Beebe
Surname:
Bell
Surname:
Bennett
Surname:
Cheesebrough
Surname:
Chesebrough
Surname:
Denison
Surname:
Fanning
Surname:
Fish
Surname:
Fleming
Surname:
Frink
Surname:
Gallup
Surname:
Holmes
Surname:
Main
Surname:
Mason
Surname:
Miner
Surname:
Noyes
Surname:
Palmer
Surname:
Reynolds
Surname:
Searls
Surname:
Shaw
Surname:
Stanton
Surname:
Sterry
Surname:
Stevens
Surname:
Wheeler
Surname:
Witter
Surname:
York
Cemeteries (61)
Name:
Babcock Cemetery
Location:
1 mile south of pawcatuck
Name:
Baker Cemetery
Location:
East Side of Quiambog Cove
Name:
Beebe-David Cemetery
Location:
1/2 mile north town farm
Name:
Bennett Cemetery
Location:
1 mile north of Hempstead Cemetery
Name:
Bennett Cemetery
Location:
2 Miles north of Old Mystic
Name:
Bentley Cemetery
Location:
1 mile northeast of John Wheeler Cemetery
Name:
Bread Cemetery
Location:
East of Merritt Hill
Name:
Brown of Cogswell Cemetery
Location:
Howard Perry's farm
Name:
Burdick-Culver Cemetery
Location:
Barren Island Road
Name:
Burdick-Frink Cemetery
Location:
North of Wheeler-Bentley Cemetery
Name:
Chesebrough Cemetery
Location:
East of Velvet Mill
Name:
Cranston Cemetery
Location:
1 1/2 miles southeast of Hempstead Cemetery
Name:
Davis Cemetery
Location:
Near Stanton Cemetery
Name:
Denison Cemetery
Location:
Boston Post Road
Name:
Elm Grove Cemetery
Location:
Old Mystic Road
Name:
Family Cemetery
Location:
1/2 mile on road, 1 mile east of Old Mystic
Name:
Frink or Williams Cemetery
Location:
Near Ralph Wheeler's property
Name:
Hallam Cemetery
Location:
Side of Railroad, Wamphassuc Neck
Name:
Helome Cemetery
Location:
West of (Old) St. Michael's Cemetery
Name:
Hempstead Cemetery
Location:
2 1/2 miles north of Old Mystic
Name:
Hillard Cemetery
Location:
Near Congregational Church Center of Stonington
Name:
Hinckley Hill Cemetery
Location:
Hinckley Hill
Name:
Industrial Cemetery
Location:
Boston Post Road
Name:
John Wheeler Cemetery
Location:
1 1/2 miles northeast of Whittlesey Cemetery
Name:
Jonathan Wheeler Cemetery
Location:
Near Town Farm
Name:
Joseph Denison Cemetery
Location:
1 mile north of Hillard Cemetery
Name:
Miner Cemetery
Location:
Stones and remains moved to Thomas Miner Cemetery
Name:
Miner Cemetery
Location:
North part of town near North Stonington Town Line
Name:
New St. Michael Cemetery
Location:
Stillmanville
Name:
Noyes Cemetery
Location:
1 mile west of Hinckley Hill
Name:
Old St. Michael Cemetery
Location:
Near St. Micheal's Church
Name:
Old Tangwank Cemetery
Location:
1 1/2 miles east of Town Farm
Name:
Old Wequetequock
Location:
Wequetequock
Name:
Oliver Denison Cemetery
Location:
Moved to Denison and Elm Grove Cemetery
Name:
Paul Wheeler Cemetery
Location:
1/2 mile south of Ralph Wheeler's property
Name:
Pendleton Cemetery
Location:
North of Robin-Cemetery
Name:
Quaker Cemetery
Location:
Next to Wheeler-Bentley Cemetery North Stonington Road
