Editing Haddon Township, New Jersey (section)

== History ==
The township's first European settlers settled in the area of Newton Creek in 1681. In 1701, [[Elizabeth Haddon|Elizabeth Haddon Estaugh]], the daughter of John Haddon, arrived in the American colonies to oversee his large landholdings, which included areas that are now Collingswood, Haddon Township, and Haddonfield. Contemporary Newton Township included land that later became part of [[Audubon, New Jersey|Audubon]], [[Audubon Park, New Jersey|Audubon Park]], [[Camden, New Jersey|Camden]], [[Collingswood, New Jersey|Collingswood]], [[Gloucester City, New Jersey|Gloucester City]], [[Haddon Heights, New Jersey|Haddon Heights]], [[Haddonfield, New Jersey|Haddonfield]], [[Oaklyn, New Jersey|Oaklyn]], and [[Woodlynne, New Jersey|Woodlynne]].<ref>[https://www.haddontwp.com/government/history/ History], Haddon Township. Accessed March 31, 2020.</ref>

=== Saddlertown ===
In the late 1830s, a runaway enslaved man, who had taken the surname Saddler to avoid detection by his former master, came to [[New Jersey]] from a [[Maryland]] plantation with his wife and two daughters. Saddler worked for Cy Evans, a local [[Quakers|Quaker]] farmer, from whom he bought five [[acre]]s to farm.<ref name=Saddlertown>[http://www.saddlerswoods.org/35807.html History], Saddler's Woods Conservation Association. Accessed October 17, 2007. Saddler willed the property to his wife and nine surviving children.</ref>  The area where Saddler settled became a predominantly black community known as Saddlertown, a stop on the [[Underground Railroad]]. Today, Saddlertown is racially diverse.<ref name=Saddlertown/>