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Old Saybrook

History

Simon Willard has been chronicled as a founding father of Old Saybrook, Connecticut. Willard, then a Sergeant, and Lieutenant Edward Gibbons, were sent by John Winthrop (1606–1676) — son of John Winthrop (1587–1649), Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony — to occupy the mouth of what is now the Connecticut River (Long Island Sound) with 20 carpenters and workmen. On November 24, 1635, the group landed on the west bank at the mouth of the Connecticut River. They located the Dutch coat of arms and replaced it with a shield that had a grinning face painted on it. The group established a small fort with a cannon. When the Dutch returned to the mouth of the river, they spotted the English fort and withdrew. The fort was one of the first military establishments in the Connecticut Colony.

See also

• Saybrook Colony

Bibliography

References linked to notes

• Trumbull, Benjamin, D.D. (1818) [1797]. A Complete History of Connecticut. Vol. Vol 1 (of 2). New Haven: Maltby, Goldsmith & Co. and Samuel Wadsworth. Retrieved July 22, 2021 – via Google Books {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: postscript (link) LCCN a31001201 (1797 ed.); LCCN rc01-3194 (1818 ed.); OCLC 4769225 (all editions).

Vol. 1. pp. 61, 346, and 497

• Wick, Steven B. (born 1951) (n.d.). "1635–Saybrook". Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut. Retrieved February 5, 2010.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

• In the Land of the Patentees, Saybrook in Connecticut. The Action Library and the Saybrook Tercentenary Committee. 1935 (2nd ed.; enlarged) (seal of Lion Gardiner on cover).{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) LCCN 36-4811; OCLC 19795702 (all editions).

• Whittemore, Henry Warren (1833–1910) (1884). History of Middlesex County, Connecticut. J.B. Beers & Co. → James Botsford Beers (1811–1901). p. 443. Retrieved July 22, 2021 – via Internet Archive.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) LCCN 06-13954; OCLC 472464373 (all editions).

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• Winthrop, John (1587–1649) (1825). Savage, James (1784–1873) (ed.). The History of New England from 1630 to 1649. Vol. Vol. 1. Boston: Phelps and Farnham – via Google Books. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) LCCN 01-12051; OCLC 312030996 (all editions).

• Winthrop, John (1587–1649) (1826). Savage, James (1784–1873) (ed.). The History of New England from 1630 to 1649. Vol. Vol. 2 – via Google Books. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) → James Savage's 1825–26 edition of Winthrop's journal.

• Winthrop, John (1587–1649) (1908). Hosmer, James Kendall (1834–1927) (ed.). Winthrop's journal, "History of New England": 1630–1649. Vol. Vol. 1. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons – via Internet Archive. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

• Winthrop, John (1587–1649) (1908). Hosmer, James Kendall (1834–1927) (ed.). Winthrop's journal, "History of New England": 1630–1649. Vol. Vol. 2. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons – via Internet Archive. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

• Winthrop, John (1587–1649) (1853). Savage, James (1784–1873) (ed.). The History of New England From 1630 to 1649. Vol. Vol. 1 (New ed.). Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Retrieved July 22, 2021 – via Google Books. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) LCCN 01-12052; OCLC 970998857 (all editions).