Hemlock Hideaway and its 18 acres was originally part of a larger 100-acre plot that was surveyed and settled in the late 1700's by Gideon Granger of the Connecticut Land Company.  Granger sold it to one Jehoikim Burget in 1815 for the whopping price of $400.  The resident house was built in 1816 by Burget and then passed down to family members over the next 5 generations, until we bought it in 2003, marking the first time the house and remaining property were ever officially sold.  In the mid 1800's, a grist mill was put up across the river from the cabin, and our creek was the main road in and out of that operation.  There is a gravestone belonging to the wife of Jehoikim's son, she being half Native American and therefore couldn't be buried in the local white cemetery.  We also own the original hand-written deed from 1815 detailing the sale of the original 100 acres to Jehoikim Burget.