Joseph WOODBRIDGE

Other Events and Attributes:

• Immigration: 27 Jul 1663, To Boston

Joseph married Martha ROGERS on 20 May 1686 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. Martha (daughter of Ezekiel ROGERS and Mary HUBBARD) was born about 1665 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA; died in Feb 1735/6 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Joseph WOODBRIDGE was born on 07 May 1687; died in young.
2. John WOODBRIDGE was born on 13 Feb 1688/9; died on 31 Dec 1689 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.
3. Dorothy WOODBRIDGE was born about 1692; died on 05 Apr 1718 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA.
4. Capt Nathaniel WOODBRIDGE was born on 28 Jan 1695/6 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts; died on 30 Dec 1731 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts.
5. Margaret WOODBRIDGE was born on 11 Aug 1698.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Reverand
• Immigration: Between 1633 and 1634, To Boston
• Death: Between 17 Mar 1694 and 1695, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Notes:

Excerpt from"Early New England People": Rev. John Woodbridge was a distinguished non-conformist minister, who came to New England from Stanton, Wiltshire, England, in company with his uncle the Rev. Thomas Parker, in 1634. He was of the fourth generation from Rev. John Woodbridge, a follower of Wycliffe, born in 1493. It is said that in eachgeneration there was a Rev. John Woodbridge. Rev. John W. Woodbridge of Andover was the sixth Rev. John, in the regular line of descent."

Excerpt from "Ancestral Records and Portraits Vol l": Rev. John was elected Deputy from Newbury to the General Court of Massachusetts 1637, 1638, 1640, 1641; Associate Magistrate, County Court of Essex, 1678 to 1679. He was Chaplain to the Parliamentary Commission treating with King Charles I at Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight, 1647.

Excerpt from " A Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England 1620-1675": John, the first minister of Andover. He came to New England in 1634, and settled at Newbury as a planter, and was the town clerk, but becoming a preacher, he was ordained at Andover in Oct. 1645. Wend to England in 1647; returned in July, 1663, and took up his residence at Newbury; was elected an assistant in 1683 and 1684, and acted as a magistrate till his death, 17 March, 1695.

Excerpt from Royal Families Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry, Vol. 1, Thomas Dudley: He matriculated at Oxford university, but left the university because he would not sign the oath of uniformity. He immigrated in 1633-1634 to Boston and settled in Newbouy where he was the town clerk. He was ordained 24 October 1645 at Andover, Mass. He returned to England in 1647 where he was the minister at Andover, co. Hampshire, and Barford St. Martin's co. Wiltshire, from which parish he was ejected at the REstoration. He returned to New England, where he arrived in Boston 27 July 1663. He became an assistant of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1683-1684.

John married Mercy DUDLEY about 1639. Mercy (daughter of Gov. Thomas DUDLEY and Dorothy YORKE) was born on 27 Sep 1621 in Yardley-Hastings; died on 01 Jul 1691 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 27 Sep 1621
• Birth: 27 Sep 1621, Oakley, Northamptonshire, England
• Immigration: 12 Jun 1630, To Plymouth on the ship "Arbella" with Gov. Winthrop