Saybrook Colony

E15601

English colonial settlement former colony

Saybrook Colony was an early 17th-century English settlement in what is now Connecticut, later absorbed into the Connecticut Colony and notable for its role in regional conflicts with Native American tribes.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Saybrook Colony canonical	15
Saybrook	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English colonial settlement ⓘ former colony ⓘ
absorbedBy	Connecticut Colony ⓘ surface form: Connecticut Colony government at Hartford
borderedBy	territories of other Southern New England tribes ⓘ territories of the Pequot people ⓘ
capital	Saybrook Colony self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Saybrook
charteredBy	Council for New England ⓘ Kingdom of England ⓘ surface form: English Crown
conflict	Pequot War ⓘ attacks by Pequot warriors on Saybrook fort and settlers ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
currentLocation	Old Saybrook, Connecticut, United States ⓘ surface form: Old Saybrook, Connecticut
dissolved	1644 ⓘ
economy	agriculture ⓘ fishing ⓘ trade ⓘ
establishedBy	English Puritan leaders ⓘ Lords and Gentlemen Proprietors ⓘ
founded	1635 ⓘ
governmentType	colonial government ⓘ
hadFortification	Saybrook Fort ⓘ
hasLegacy	influence on later Connecticut political and religious development ⓘ name preserved in Old Saybrook, Connecticut ⓘ
hasTerritorialExtent	Long Island Sound ⓘ surface form: Long Island Sound shoreline in present-day Old Saybrook, Connecticut mouth of the Connecticut River ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	proprietary colony ⓘ
locatedIn	Connecticut ⓘ New England ⓘ North America ⓘ Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
mergedInto	Connecticut Colony ⓘ
namedAfter	Robert Greville, 2nd Baron Brooke ⓘ Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick (Lord Saye and Sele) ⓘ William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele (Lord Saye) ⓘ
notableFor	participation in the Pequot War ⓘ role in regional conflicts with Native American tribes ⓘ strategic control of the mouth of the Connecticut River ⓘ
partOf	English colonial expansion in North America ⓘ New England Confederation ⓘ
predecessor	Plymouth Council for New England land grants in the Connecticut River area ⓘ
religion	Puritanism ⓘ
successor	Connecticut Colony ⓘ
timePeriod	early 17th century ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pequot War → hasMainBelligerent → Saybrook Colony ⓘ

Connecticut Colony → predecessor → Saybrook Colony ⓘ

Yale University → foundingLocation → Saybrook Colony ⓘ

Saybrook Colony → capital → Saybrook Colony self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saybrook

Old Saybrook, Connecticut, United States → foundedAs → Saybrook Colony ⓘ

subject surface form: Old Saybrook, Connecticut

Old Saybrook, Connecticut, United States → namedAfter → Saybrook Colony ⓘ

subject surface form: Old Saybrook, Connecticut

Saybrook College → namedAfter → Saybrook Colony ⓘ

Lords and Gentlemen Proprietors → organized → Saybrook Colony ⓘ

Lords and Gentlemen Proprietors → financed → Saybrook Colony ⓘ

Lords and Gentlemen Proprietors → foundedColony → Saybrook Colony ⓘ

Lords and Gentlemen Proprietors → grantedCharterFor → Saybrook Colony ⓘ

Plymouth Council for New England land grants in the Connecticut River area → relatedTo → Saybrook Colony ⓘ

Saybrook Fort → builder → Saybrook Colony ⓘ

Saybrook Fort → partOf → Saybrook Colony ⓘ

Saybrook Fort → namedAfter → Saybrook Colony ⓘ

Fort Saybrook Monument Park → commemorates → Saybrook Colony ⓘ