Old Saybrook, Connecticut, USA
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Where is Old Saybrook, Connecticut, USA? Old Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
The Saybrook Colony was established in late 1635 at the mouth of the Connecticut River, in what is today Old Saybrook and environs. John Winthrop, the Younger, son of the Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, was designated Governor by the group that claimed possession of the land via a deed of conveyance from the Earl of Warwick.
Winthrop was aided by Colonel George Fenwick and Captain Lion Gardiner. As the principals of the group who had planned to settle the colony were supporters of Oliver Cromwell and remained in England during the English Civil War, the colony struggled. In 1644, Fenwick agreed to merge the colony with the more vibrant Connecticut Colony a few miles up river, which purchased the land and fort from him.
The design of the Flag of Connecticut comes from the seal of Saybrook Colony. The seal was brought from England by Colonel George Fenwick, and depicted 15 grapevines and a hand in the upper left corner with a scroll reading "Sustinet qui transtulit".
In 1659, settlers from Saybrook purchased land from Chief Uncas, leader of the Mohegan Native American tribe, to found Norwich, Connecticut.
On October 9, 1701 the Collegiate School of Connecticut was chartered in Old Saybrook. It moved to New Haven in 1716, and was later renamed Yale University.
The Turtle - the first American submarine - was invented in Westbrook Connecticut in 1775 by David Bushnell; a replica is housed at the Old Saybrook High School.wikipedia
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St. John's Roman Catholic Church, Old Saybrook, Conn.
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1635 - Fort erected at Saybrook by Lion Gardiner.
Founded by a group of high-falutin' Englishment of Puritan descent, Saybrook Colony was first...Read MORE...
Founded by a group of high-falutin' Englishment of Puritan descent, Saybrook Colony was first...Read MORE...
1819 - Saybrook
Saybrook is an extensive maritime post township, situated at the mouth of Connecticut river, upon...Read MORE...
Saybrook is an extensive maritime post township, situated at the mouth of Connecticut river, upon...Read MORE...
1839 Description of Saybrook, Connecticut
Saybrook, Ct.
Middlesex co. This is one of the most ancient towns in the state. Lord Say...Read MORE...
Saybrook, Ct.
Middlesex co. This is one of the most ancient towns in the state. Lord Say...Read MORE...
1896 - Invasion of CrabsThe other morning the beach for a mile or more near Old Saybrook, Conn., was covered in spots with...Read MORE...
1906
Old Saybrook, a township (town) of Middlesex co., Conn. It contains Fenwick borough. Pop. in 1900,...Read MORE...
Old Saybrook, a township (town) of Middlesex co., Conn. It contains Fenwick borough. Pop. in 1900,...Read MORE...
1914 - Broke Through Gates - Auto Smashed Protection at Essex Road Crossing.Old Saybrook, March 6.
An automobile from Essex road, owner not known, as Gateman M. J. Mooney...Read MORE...
1917 - Connecticut Hotel Destroyed by FireSAYBROOK POINT, Conn., May 19.- Fenwick Hall, for forty years a noted Summer hotel on the Long...Read MORE...
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