| Birth: | 1645 in Andover, Essex Co., MA 4 |
| Death: | 15 JAN 1709/10 in Medford, Middlesex, MA 3 |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | Rev John Woodbridge Jr. b. 1613 in Stanton, Wiltshire, England |
| Mother: | Mercy Dudley b. 27 SEP 1621 in Oakley, Northamptonshire, England |
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Aliases:
Reverend Benjamin WOODBRIDGE 1
Title: The Rev. 4
Text:
In 1670 John Tucker willed a legacy to "Thomas Wells, Minister of the town of Kittery." (He was miniter at Kittery 1688-1689.) Wells remained but one year and left through the influence of Mr. Francis Hooke. He was son of John and Sarah (Littlefield) Wells, was ordained at Amesbury, Mass., in 1672, and died 10 July 1734. The town was without a minister till about 1772, when one Isaac Wells preached a few times and seems to have satisfied all except Mr. Hooke. The inhabitants petitioned that Mr. Wells might be settled at Kittery, but the Governor's Council thought he was "not the best able to Discern between sound & unsound doctrine" and so prohibited his preaching any more in Kittery, promising ere long to commend "an orthodox & pious preacher." The promise seems to have been unfulfilled, for, 6 July 1675, the Selectmen of Kittery were presented at Court "for not taking care that their children and youth be taught the catechism," and 2 July 1679 the lower end of Kittery was indicted for not getting a minister. The next minister we read of in Kittery was Benjamin Woodbridge in 1688-89. He was son of Rev. John Woodbridge of Andover, Mass., born about 1647, and died in Medford, Mass., 15 Jan. 1710. (Old Kittery and Her Families)This individual was found on GenCircles at: http://www.gencircles.com/users/haruspex/1/data/5730
- Title: New England Historic and Genealogical Society Register Volume XXXII - 1878
Author: NEHGS
Publisher: NEHGS
Page: July 1878, Page 292
Genealogy of the Woodbridge Family
Confidence: 2
- Title: Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England
Author: John Farmer
Publisher: Reprint Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore. 1998
Media Type: Book
Page: p. 328
- Title: New England Historic and Genealogical Society Register Volume XXXII - 1878
Author: NEHGS
Publisher: NEHGS
Page: July 1878, Page 293
Genealogy of the Woodbridge Family
Confidence: 2
- Title: GenCircles.com file "Ancestors of David Banister Robinson"
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