Saybrook Colony

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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.

Aliases (1)

Saybrook ×1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English colonial settlement → former colony →
absorbedBy	Connecticut Colony government at Hartford →
borderedBy	territories of other Southern New England tribes → territories of the Pequot people →
capital	Saybrook →
charteredBy	Council for New England → English Crown →
conflict	Pequot War → attacks by Pequot warriors on Saybrook fort and settlers →
country	Kingdom of England →
currentLocation	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 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 (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Old Saybrook, Connecticut → Saybrook College →	namedAfter
Saybrook Colony ("Saybrook") →	capital
Old Saybrook, Connecticut →	foundedAs
Yale University →	foundingLocation
Pequot War →	hasMainBelligerent
Connecticut Colony →	predecessor