Harry and Mary and All -- Harry Walden wrote: > > Hi Mary, > Saybrook and Old Saybrook are not really the same, although I think that a > lot of people do consider them as being the same. Officially, I don't > believe that Saybrook exist today. Saybrook Colony originally consisted of a > number of towns, Chester, Essex, Deep River to name a few. The town of > Saybrook existed until 1947 when it's name was changed to Deep River. I > think that you can find more details on the USGenWeb Middlesex County page. Old Saybrook is at the mouth of the Conn. River, on the West Bank. It in in the part of the Earl of Warwick's vast land patent that was owned by two Puritan peers, Lord Brooke and Lord Say and Sele -- whence the name. It lasted as an independent colony only for nine years, and was then "sold" in 1644 to the Connecticut Colony. The seven modern towns within the original colony's boundaries are Chester, Deep River, Essex, Lyme, Old Lyme, Westbrook and of course Old Saybrook. Deep River was separated from Saybrook in 1852 but the name wasn't changed until 1947 -- also when the "Old" was officially added to Saybrook's name. Must haave been confusing to the Post Office. Amazing the things you can learn on the 'Net. :-) BTW: Old Saybrook Genealogy: http://w3.nai.net/~sanner/hartlibrary.htm HTH, Warren  Warren Wetmore  Hazel Crest, Illinois  USA  Researching BONNELL/BUNNELL/BUNNILL, DWIGHT,  HALL, HAVILAND, STOW(E), TAIT, WETMORE,  WHITMORE in New England and Atlantic Canada . . . and from time to time helping connect other Wetmores back to 17th C. Middletown, Connecticut Colony.