1642	A surveying error in 1642 resulted in the Suffield region being part of Massachusetts colony
1670	Originally called Southfield, the area was settled as a township of Massachusetts, after Major John Pynchon, a fur merchant from Springfield, paid the Natives Americans thirty pounds for a six-mile tract of land known as Stony Brooke Plantation.
1675	Three dozen families had settled in Suffield, but they were forced to flee to Springfield during King Philip's War.
1679	Returning and rebuilding after the settlement was burned, they were ready to retain their first minister.

The Chandler and Thaxter Survey of 1713 from The Boundary Disputes of Connecticut by Clarence Winthrop Bowen

1700	The first iron work was set up. Cains pond near the intersection of South Street and Remington Street proved to be useful for harnessing Stoney Brooke for a saw mill and a grist mill.
1710	The town allowed Samuel Copley to set up a fulling-mill.
1721	The second iron work was set up, and the third followed a year later. All three were in operation until about 1770.
1749	Suffield was later found to lie within the boundaries of the Connecticut Charter and was subsequently annexed.
1795	A cotton-mill, which made cotton yarn, was set up. It's believed to be the first in Connecticut and possibly the third successful cotton-mill in the country.

Suffield history
through the years

Suffield historythrough the years