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     Rev. Benjamin Woodbridge was born on 15 June 1712 in West Springfield.¹ He was the son of Rev. John Woodbridge and Jemima Eliot.¹ Rev. Benjamin Woodbridge died on 24 December 1785 in Amity, Connecticut, at the age of 73.¹

     Benjamin Woodbridge Jr. was born in 1711.² He was the son of Benjamin Woodbridge and Sarah A. Gerrish.¹ Benjamin Woodbridge Jr. married Susanna Tappan, daughter of Rev. Christopher Toppan and Sarah Angier, on 12 April 1739 in Newbury, Massachusetts.³ Benjamin Woodbridge Jr. died in 1797.²

     Rev. Dudley Woodbridge was born in 1675 in Killingworth, Connecticut.¹ He was the son of Rev John Woodbridge of Killingworth and Abigail Leete.¹ Rev. Dudley Woodbridge died on 3 August 1710 in Simsbury, Connecticut.¹

     Elizabeth Woodbridge was the daughter of Rev. Benjamin Woodbridge.¹ Elizabeth Woodbridge died on 6 December 1729.¹

     Rev. Ephraim Woodbridge was born in June 1680 in Wethersfield, Connecticut.¹ He was the son of Rev John Woodbridge of Killingworth and Abigail Leete.¹ Rev. Ephraim Woodbridge died on 1 December 1725 in Grotn, Connecticut, at the age of 45.¹

     Rev. John Woodbridge was born in 1613 in Stanton.³ He was the son of Rev. John Woodbridge and Sarah Parker.² Rev. John Woodbridge immigrated in 1634 from Stanton, Wiltshire; in the company of his uncle, Rev. Thomas Parker.¹ He married Mercy Dudley, daughter of Govenor Thomas Dudley and Dorothy Yorke, in 1639.⁴ Rev. John Woodbridge died on 17 March 1695 in Newbury of strangury.⁵

     Rev. John Woodbridge was born in 1582.¹ He married Sarah Parker, daughter of Robert Parker and Dorothy Stephens.¹ Rev. John Woodbridge died in 1637.¹

     Rev. John Woodbridge was born on 10 June 1678 in Killingworth, Connecticut.¹ He was the son of Rev John Woodbridge of Killingworth and Abigail Leete.¹ Rev. John Woodbridge married Jemima Eliot.¹ Rev. John Woodbridge died on 10 June 1718 in West Springfield at the age of 40.¹

     Rev. John Woodbridge was born on 25 December 1702 in West Springfield.¹ He was the son of Rev. John Woodbridge and Jemima Eliot.¹ Rev. John Woodbridge died on 10 September 1783 in South Hadley at the age of 80.¹

     Rev John Woodbridge of Killingworth was born in 1644 in Andover.² He was the son of Rev. John Woodbridge and Mercy Dudley.¹ Rev John Woodbridge of Killingworth graduated in 1664 from Harvard. He married Abigail Leete, daughter of Governor William Leete and Anne Payne, on 26 October 1671 in Guilford, Connecticut.³ Rev John Woodbridge of Killingworth died in 1691 in Wethersfield, Connecticut.²

     Lucy Woodbridge married Rev. Simon Bradstreet, son of Governor Simon Bradstreet and Ann Dudley, on 2 October 1667.¹

     Mary Woodbridge was born in 1742.² She was the daughter of Benjamin Woodbridge Jr. and Susanna Tappan.¹ Mary Woodbridge married James Ayers Jr. in 1773.² Mary Woodbridge died in 1805.²

     Mary Woodbridge married Thomas Barnard.

     Thomas Woodbridge was the son of Thomas Woodbridge.¹ Thomas Woodbridge married Dorothy Titcomb, daughter of William Titcomb and Apphia Rolfe.¹

     Thomas Woodbridge was the son of Rev John Woodbridge of Killingworth.¹

     Thomas Woodbridge was born circa 1648.¹ He was the son of John Woodbridge.¹ Thomas Woodbridge married Mary Jones in 1671. Thomas Woodbridge died in 1681.¹

     Rev. Timothy Woodbridge was born in 1656 in Burford St. Martin's, Wiltshire.¹ He was the son of Rev. John Woodbridge and Mercy Dudley.¹ Rev. Timothy Woodbridge died on 30 April 1732 in Hartford, Connecticut.¹

     Anna Woodbury married Samuel Swett.¹

     John Woodbury was born in 1780.¹ He married Tabitha Poore, daughter of Stephen Poore and Hannah Dole, in 1808.¹ John Woodbury died in 1828.¹

     Governor Levi Woodbury was born on 22 December 1789 in Francistown. He was the son of Hon. Peter Woodbury. Levi entered Dartmouth College in October, 1805. After his graduation with honor in 1809, in September of that year he began the study of law at Litchfield, Conn., pursuing it at Boston, Exeter, and Francistown, and in September, 1812, commenced practice in his native village. He soon attained a high rank at the bar, with all, extensive business. His first public service was upon his election as clerk of the Senate of New Hampshire in June, 1816. In December of the same year he received the appointment of judge of the Supreme Court of the State, and in the discharge of the duties of this position were seen the inherent force of his abilities, aided by his constant and never-ceasing habits of application. Removing to Portsmouth soon after his marriage, except when absent on public duties resided in that city. In March, 1823, he was chosen governor of New Hampshire, and re-elected in 1824.

In 1825 he was chosen one of the representatives from Portsmouth in the Legislature, and elected speaker upon the assembling of the House of Representatives. This was his first seat in any deliberative assembly; but his knowledge of parliamentary law, aided by his dignity and urbanity of manner, served to enable him to fill the office in a commendable manner. At the same session he was elected a senator in the Congress of the United States. His senatorial term was completed in March, 1831, and in that month he was chosen state senator from his district, but before the Legislature assembled he was, in May, 1831, appointed secretary of the navy, and resigned the senatorship in June 4th of that year, and served till June 30, 1834, in the secretaryship. In July, 1834, Governor Woodbury was appointed secretary of the treasury, and served until the election of General Harrison to the presidency. He was again elected a senator in Congress for the term of six years, commencing March 4, 1841. He served until November, 1845. During that year President Polk had tendered Governor Woodbury the embassy to the Court of St. James, but the appointment, for domestic reasons, was declined. Upon the death of Mr. Justice Story, Mr. Woodbury was commissioned an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, and after subsequently entering upon the duties of this high office continued therein until his death. Governor Levi Woodbury married Elizabeth Wendell Clapp, daughter of Hon. Asa Godfry Clapp and Elizabeth Wendell Quincy, in June 1819.¹ Governor Levi Woodbury died on 4 September 1851 at the age of 61.

     Maria Woodbury was born in 1810.¹ She was the daughter of John Woodbury and Tabitha Poore.¹ Maria Woodbury married Joseph Babson in 1830.¹ Maria Woodbury died in 1872.¹

     Miriam Woodbury was born on 26 January 1769.¹ She married John Mitchell, son of John Mitchell and Lydia Sewall, on 10 January 1788.¹ Miriam Woodbury died on 1 May 1859 at the age of 90.¹

     (unknown) Woodcock was the daughter of Thomas Woodcock of Clitheroe. (unknown) Woodcock married James Dugdale of Clitheroe.

     (unknown) de Woodcote was the daughter of Robert de Woodcote II and Helen de Woodcote.¹ (unknown) de Woodcote married Michael de Morton.¹

     Avelina de Woodcote was the daughter of Richard de Woodcote.¹ Avelina de Woodcote married Adam de Doditon.¹

     Ellen de Woodcote was the daughter of Sir Robert de Woodcote I. Ellen de Woodcote married Edmund de Morton, son of Michael de Morton. In 1290 she grants to Simon, son of William Rondulf of Newport, a parcel of land land in the field of Wodecote, which she had by the gift of her brother Robert.²

     Helen de Woodcote was the daughter of Robert de Woodcote II.¹ Helen de Woodcote married Robert de Woodcote II, son of Sir Robert de Woodcote I and Milisent de Longford ?.²