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What happened to The Norwich Savings Society?
The Norwich Savings Society in Norwich, CT merged into People's Bank of Bridgeport, CT on Feb 24, 1998. After 1 more change of hands, what was The Norwich Savings Society is today part of Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (Buffalo, NY).
The chain, step by step
From the day it opened to the bank at the end of the chain today. Each step is one entry in the FDIC's record.
- 1824The Norwich Savings Society opens in Norwich, CT
- Feb 24, 1998MERGEDThe Norwich Savings Society merged into People's Bank of Bridgeport, CT.FDIC certificate 18249 ends; its business continues under certificate 27334.
- Apr 2, 2022MERGEDPeople's Bank (by then renamed People's United Bank, National Association) of Bridgeport, CT merged into Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company of Buffalo, NY.FDIC certificate 27334 ends; its business continues under certificate 588.
- TodayOPEN
Manufacturers and Traders Trust CompanyMain office Buffalo, NY · FDIC certificate 588 · 957 offices in 14 states on June 30, 2026Every Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.mtb.com
If you still have something from The Norwich Savings Society
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows The Norwich Savings Society as lienholder, start with Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company. In a merger the surviving bank takes over the other bank's loans, so it is the bank to ask for a recordable lien release; if the loan was sold along the way, it can tell you to whom.
The FDIC says it cannot process lien releases for banks that merged or were acquired without government assistance, which is what the record shows here.
Record the release with the same county office that recorded the original mortgage or deed of trust.
An old account, passbook or CD
Ask Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company to search for the account under the name The Norwich Savings Society. A passbook or certificate shows an account existed. It doesn't show the money is still there, and the OCC notes that federal rules require banks to keep most account records for five years.
Accounts nobody touches are eventually turned over to a state. The OCC puts the usual wait at three to five years with no activity, set by each state's law. Search the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records, and any other state they lived in. It is free to search and to claim through a state's own site, and MissingMoney.com, an official site of the state administrators' association, searches most states at once.
A safe deposit box
Ask Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company which branch now holds boxes from the The Norwich Savings Society office you used. The OCC says a box with no activity for three to five years (the period is set by state statute) is likely treated as dormant, and its contents may be turned over to the state's unclaimed-property program.
Box contents are not covered by FDIC insurance.
Not sure this is your bank?
Many banks shared a name. Match the city and the years above against your paperwork, or search again with the town.
Credit unions were never FDIC-insured and are not in this record; the NCUA credit union lookup covers those. Banks that closed before about 1970 are not in the FDIC's list either.
One caution: banks also sell single branches. If the office you used was sold to a different bank along the way, the account went with the branch, not with this chain. The office list below shows which bank each office reports under now.
This page is drawn from FDIC records and federal guidance. It is not legal advice, and BankBranches is not a bank or a government office. More detail: lien releases · old passbooks and CDs · safe deposit boxes · unclaimed money.
Where the guidance comes from ▾
Its offices in the FDIC deposit reports
18 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 4 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 624 W Main StNorwich, CT | OpenManufacturers and Traders Trust Company |
| 12 Roosevelt AveMystic, CT | OpenManufacturers and Traders Trust Company |
| 716 Broad Street ExtWaterford, CT | OpenManufacturers and Traders Trust Company |
| 461 Voluntown RdGriswold, CT | OpenCentreville Bank |
| 42 Town StNorwich, CT | No longer reported |
| 2020 Norwich New London TpkeUncasville, CT | No longer reported |
| 4 BroadwayNorwich, CT | No longer reported |
| 139 South Main StreetColchester, CT | No longer reported |
| 39 Kings HighwayGales Ferry, CT | No longer reported |
| 218 Route 12Groton, CT | No longer reported |
| 30 Norwich AvenueNorwich, CT | No longer reported |
| Whitehall Avenue and Route 27Mystic, CT | No longer reported |
| 15 Masonic StreetNew London, CT | No longer reported |
| 125 Boston Post RoadEast Lyme, CT | No longer reported |
| 119 Boston Post RoadWaterford, CT | No longer reported |
| 155 Storrs Road (Route 195)Mansfield, CT | No longer reported |
| 67 Lathrop RoadPlainfield, CT | No longer reported |
| 596 Hartford PikeDayville, CT | No longer reported |
Banks folded into The Norwich Savings Society
2 banks merged directly into this charter.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| The Bank of Southeastern ConnecticutWaterford, CT | Jan 2, 1996 |
| The Bank of MysticMystic, CT | Apr 1, 1995 |
Source: FDIC BankFind institution and history records, read Nov 15, 2026. The FDIC's list covers banks that ended in about 1970 or later. Look up certificate 18249 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.