Persimmon Tree
Steve Gershem, of Walden Hill Woodworks, in Guilford and associate Peter Dickerson salvaged the persimmon logs from the wildflower- shade garden, earlier this month.…
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Cemetery Tour
Old Saybrook Historical Society Releases New Film Touring Cypress Cemetery: Old Saybrook’s ‘Ancient Burial Ground’ Saybrook’s “ancient burial ground” known as Cypress Cemetery has…
Garden Tour
This is a lovely video which shares a treasure in Old Saybrook: The Old Saybrook Historical Society Herb and Flower Garden. Not only can…
May 1: The Deadly Pequot War Begins
Today in 1637, Connecticut colonists formally declared war against the Pequots, the Native American tribe whose territory covered some 250 square miles in southeastern…
Commemorating Lafayette’s Visit to the U.S.
Old Saybrook residents may be interested in knowing that the Marquis de Lafayette traveled through 24 states of the United States in 1824-25, including…
It Truly Is A Small World!
by Donna DiBella Over the years, I have met so many interesting people through the Society and today would like to share a special…
Indenture of Elizabeth Standard
CH-1814.080 Indenture of Elizabeth Stannard to Stephen Chalker This Indenture Witnesseth, that I Elisha Sill of Saybrook in the County of Middlesex, in the…
“If I am Dead and Gon”
“If I am Dead and Gon”: Oliver Graham of Saybrook, Connecticut and Elizabethtown, Upper Canada (1758–1838) –Pamela Vittorio, Professional Genealogist, Brooklyn, NY The Old…
