Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Saybrook” in entry mason-john of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
...made major-general of the Connecticut forces, a post he held until his death in Norwich, Conn., in 1672.
He was a magistrate from 1642 until 1668, and deputygovernor from 1660 to 1670.
He went to Saybrook after the Pequod War at the request of the settlers, and in 1659 removed to Norwich.
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