Exhibit 23.1

                       SHATSWELL, MacLEOD & COMPANY, P.C.
                          CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements
on Form S-8 (Nos. 333-135035 and 333-136875) of New England Bancshares, Inc., of
our report dated June 11, 2009, on the consolidated balance sheets of New
England Bancshares, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of March 31, 2009 and 2008, and the
related consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders' equity and
cash flows for the years then ended, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K
for New England Bancshares, Inc. for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009.


                                         /s/ SHATSWELL, MacLEOD & COMPANY, P.C.
                                         SHATSWELL, MacLEOD & COMPANY, P.C.

West Peabody, Massachusetts
June 26, 2009


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