Rev John WOODBRIDGE

Male 1613 - 1691  (78 years)


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  • Name John WOODBRIDGE  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Prefix Rev 
    Birth 1612/13  Stanton, co. Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Immigration Between 1633 and 1634  To Boston Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Death 1691  [4
    Death Between 17 Mar 1694 and 1695  Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Occupation Reverand  [2
    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.
    Person ID I62559  Main Tree
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2018 

    Father John WOODBRIDGE   d. 1637 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Sarah PARKER 
    Relationship Birth 
    Family ID F07770  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mercy DUDLEY,   b. 27 Sep 1621, Yardley-Hastings Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 01 Jul 1691, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1639  [2, 6
    Married 20 May 1639  Andover, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Children 
     1. Sarah WOODBRIDGE,   b. 07 Jun 1640, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1690 and 1691, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)  [Birth]
     2. Lucy WOODBRIDGE,   b. 13 Mar 1641/2, Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jun 1710, Medford, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)  [Birth]
     3. Rev. John WOODBRIDGE,   b. 1644, Andover, Essex Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Nov 1691, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)  [Birth]
     4. Rev. Benjamin WOODBRIDGE,   b. 1645, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jan 1710, Medford, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)  [Birth]
     5. Capt. Thomas WOODBRIDGE,   b. 1648, Andover, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 02 Mar 1681, Newbury, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years)  [Birth]
     6. Dorothy WOODBRIDGE,   b. Abt 1650, Andover, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Apr 1723, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)  [Birth]
     7. Anne WOODBRIDGE,   b. Abt 1654, Barford St. Martin's co. Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Feb 1700/1, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)  [Birth]
     8. Rev Timothy WOODBRIDGE,   b. Jan 1655/6, Barford St. Martin's co. Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Apr 1732, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)  [Birth]
     9. Joseph WOODBRIDGE,   b. Abt 1657, Barford St. Martin's co. Wiltshire,England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Sep 1727, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)  [Birth]
     10. Martha WOODBRIDGE,   b. 15 Jun 1658, Barford St. Martin's co. Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 03 Jul 1738, Billerica Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)  [Birth]
     11. Mary WOODBRIDGE,   b. 1662, Barford St. Martin's co. Wiltshire,England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 09 Jun 1712, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F06641  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2018 

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  • Sources 
    1. [S02736] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 1856, Vol. 10.

    2. [S02871] Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury Massachusetts, Vol. 1.

    3. [S01653] A Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England 1620-1675 by John Farmer.

    4. [S01676] Ancestral Records and Portraits Vol 1.

    5. [S03455] Benjamin W.Dwight, The History of the Descendants of John Dwight of Dedham, Massachusetts, (Name: Name: A Heritage Classic - Heritage Books;;).

    6. [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700.

    7. [S9214] Richard Anson Wheeler, History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut.

    8. [S5008] David Faris, "Plantagenet Ancestry of Seventeenth-Century Colonists", (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.).

    9. [S03310] Royal Families Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry: Vol. I Governor Thomas Dudley and Desc. through 5 Generations by Marston Watson.