Saybrook Colony was established in 1635 where the Connecticut River meets Long Island Sound. The parent of the present towns of Old Saybrook, Lyme, Chester, Essex, Deep River and Westbrook, it claims several “firsts”.
First Birth, Book and Name
Saybrook was the birthplace of the first white child born in Connecticut, David Gardiner, son of Lion and Mary Gardiner. It is also the oldest named Connecticut town if one considers that Windsor, Wethersfield and Hartford—settled between 1633 and 1635—were first under rule of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
The first book printed in Connecticut—with a cover formed from oak boards—was titled The Saybrook Platform. Drawn up in 1708 by 12 ministers and four laymen, it was an instrument of ecclesiastical government which influenced the Congregational Church for dozens of decades. It was also the basis of the now outdated Connecticut “Blue Laws” governing conduct on the Sabbath.
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