Editing Chester, Connecticut (section)

==History==
The area was home to a [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] (possibly [[Hammonasset people|Hammonasset]]) village named Pattaquonk.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 14, 2021 |title=Indigenous Communities of Connecticut - TeachIt {{!}} Connecticut History In The Classroom |url=https://teachitct.org/lessons/indigenous-communities-of-connecticut/ |access-date=December 18, 2023 |website=TeachIt {{!}} Connecticut History In The Classroom - |language=en}}</ref> Pattaquonk was also the name and approximate location of a 30-acre [[Wangunk]] reservation established in 1662 as part of the English acquisition of the land encompassing [[Haddam, Connecticut|Haddam]] and [[East Haddam, Connecticut|East Haddam]], which was home to three Wangunk villages.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Field |first=David Dudley |title=A History of the Towns of Haddam and East-Haddam |publisher=Loomis and Richards |year=1814 |isbn=9781016139618 |pages=3–8}}</ref> English settlement of the area began in 1692. The town was formed from the northern quarter of [[Deep River, Connecticut|Saybrook]] and incorporated in 1836.

In 1769, Jonathan Warner was granted permission to operate a ferry across the Connecticut River that became the Chester-Hadlyme Ferry, the second-oldest continuously operating ferry service in Connecticut. Its location is currently a state historical landmark.