Pane-Joyce Genealogy

4085. Rev. John Woodbridge. Born ca 1613 in Stanton, Wiltshire. John died in Newbury, MA on 17 Mar 1695.

"Was brought by his uncle, Rev. Thomas Parker, whose living was at Newbury." He attended Oxford University. he came to New England in 1634, settling in Newbury, MA as a planter. (Farmer, p. 328) He served as Town Clerk of Newbury from 1634 to 1638. Minister. He was at first a husbandman or farmer. About 1642, Thomas Dudley, his father-in-law, advised him to become a teacher, or minister, which advice he followed. He was a Deputy to the General Court, 1639-40-41. In 1643 he kept school in Boston; he was ordained over the church in Andover, 24 October 1645. (Mather says 16 September 1644.) (Farmer, p. 328)

He returned with his family to England in 1647, where, among other situations, he became a minister at Andover, Haunts. and Bedford, St. Martins, Wiltshire, from which place he was ejected at the Restoration. In 1662 he was driven from a school in Newbury, England by the Bartholomew Act, and in 1663 he returned to New England. He was Assistant of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1683-1684.

He became assistant to his uncle Parker, whose sister Sarah his father had married, but was dismissed 21 November 1670, because of church dissensions. He died in Newbury, Massachusetts 18 March 1694, aged 84. (From BiblioDesiderata, 1871, page 25.)

On 20 May 1639 John married Mercy Dudley (3499) , daughter of Gov. Thomas Dudley (1398) (ca 1576-31 Jul 1653) & Dorothy Yorke (ca 1582-27 Dec 1643), in Andover, MA.152 Born on 27 Sep 1621 in Oakley, Northamptonshire. Mercy died in Newbury, MA, on 1 Jul 1691; she was 69.152

Their children include:

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Sarah Woodbridge (7 Jun 1640-1691)

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Lucy Woodbridge (13 Mar 1641/2-18 Jun 1710)

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Rev. John Woodbridge (ca 1644-13 Nov 1691)

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Rev. Benjamin Woodbridge (1645-15 Jan 1709/10)

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Thomas Woodbridge (ca 1648-20 Mar 1680/1)

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Dorothy Woodbridge (ca 1650-Apr 1723)

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Anne Woodbridge (Died unmarried) (ca 1653-28 Feb 1700/1)

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Rev. Timothy Woodbridge (ca Jan 1655/6-30 Apr 1732)

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Joseph Woodbridge (ca 1657-17 Sep 1727)

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Martha Woodbridge (15 Jun 1658-3 Jul 1738)

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Mary Woodbridge (ca 1662-9 Jun 1712)

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(infant) Woodbridge (Died soon) (ca 1664-)

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