11 Facts About Mystic Connecticut

Historically, Mystic was a significant Connecticut seaport with more than 600 ships built over 135 years starting in 1784.

The name "Mystic Connecticut" is derived from the Pequot term "missi-tuk" describing a large river whose waters are driven into waves by tides or wind.

Mystic Connecticut did not have a royal charter that separated it from the Massachusetts Bay Colony; the Mystic Connecticut General Court was formed by leaders of the settlements.

Mystic Connecticut received the island that now bears his name, though he never lived on the property.

Mystic Connecticut did not live on her land but hired other people to maintain it.

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Mystic Connecticut's daughter was married to John Gallup, while her sister was married to Massachusetts Bay Governor John Winthrop.

However, those families living on the east side of the Mystic Connecticut River were unable to make any use of the Pequot Trail.

The largest village was called Mystic Connecticut, known as the Head of the River because it lay where several creeks united into the Mystic Connecticut River estuary.

One was called Stonington and was considered to be Lower Mystic Connecticut, consisting of twelve houses by the early 19th century.

Mystic Connecticut Seaport is the nation's leading maritime museum and one of the premier maritime museums in the world, founded in 1929.

Town of Mystic Connecticut was referenced in the post-apocalyptic novel On The Beach by Nevil Shute as the hometown of the submarine commander Dwight Towers.