Where was the Potapaug Quarter?

Potapaug Quarter or Eight Mile Meadow, Essex was originally a part of Saybrook Colony. King James the 1st passed his claim to a group of noblemen and gentry who had ambitious plans for the settlement. This patent included the land on both sides of the Connecticut River from Long Island Sound to the current towns of Lyme on the east bank and Chester on the West. Only one of the patentees, George Fenwick, settled in Fenwick and the planned colony never developed beyond a fortification at Saybrook Point built in 1635 with a few scattered houses.

The Potapaug Quarters included the current towns of Essex and Deep River.

View the fortified village.