Susaco New England —The first New England was not in New England but in Russia on the northeast coast of the Black Sea. Saxon nobles fleeing William the Conqueror and his Normans fled to Constantinople in mass in the 11th century. The provided valuable assistance in a battle for the Byzantines. This gained them the good graces of Emperor Alexius I Comnenus who gave them the territory which included the present Russian city of Novorossiysk. They appeared to have named that part after the Kingdom of Sussex which devolved into Susaco which held for centuries.
New England William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 8-21-20
