Lady Fenwick's Grave
| Lady Fenwick(Lady Alice) was married to George Fenwick. She was called Lady Fenwick because before she married George she was married to a lord. When she was buried she got buried in the center of the Saybrook fort. Later in 1905 the town was building a train track and had to take her out. When it was time to take her out two men a grave digger and Mr. Clark (the first selectmen of the town.) It was getting dark and they realized that they had not dug the hole that they were going to put her in so they decided to put her in Mr. Clark's barn for the night. Then the grave digger went to a dance hall and told everybody about Lady Fenwick. They all wanted to see her so they all piled out and to Mr. Clark's house. When they asked to see her he said "O.K. I will put her on the dining room table and you can come in single filed and circle her and then go out the front door." But when he said that he had not noticed three teenage girls had scissors. When they were looking they took a snip of her hair. When they went to put her back in her coffin they noticed the joint of her right pinkie was missing and to this day no one on earth has found it. |
| -- Ben Wormser |
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| Fort Saybrook By: Roger Epply |
| For most of the walk we learned about Lady Fenwick and the cutting of her hair (at least that's what we remember the most!). We learned a lot about the fort and how the railroad tracks got put in 1870. We saw Lion Gardiner's statue, Lady Fenwick's grave, and the grave site of the Hart family. Lion Gardiner was the first commander of the fort. His statue looked weird. He had all of his armor on. I guess it was weird because you don't see that kind of armor anymore. |
| -- Ben Wormser |
