Individual Details

Notes for Benjamin Woodbridge:was graduated at Oxford in 1638, came to New England in 1639, and, entering Harvard, was the first graduate of that university. After his return to England with his brother in 1647 he became minister at Newbury, Berks, but was ejected in 1662. Being a favorite of the king, he was permitted to preach privately. He was a member of the Savoy conference and for a time was chaplain to Charles II. He received episcopal ordination after the Restoration, but subsequently became a non-conformist. He was called "the first fruits of the college of New England," and left the reputation of being a "universally accomplished person, of a clear and strong reason, and of an exact and profound judgment." Hepublished several sermons, including "Justification by Faith" (London, 1652); "The Method of Grace in the Justification of Sinners" (1656); and "Church Members set in Joynt" (1656).

Birth	1622	Stanton, Wiltshire, England
Death	1 Nov 1684	Inglefield, Berkshire, England

Father	Rev. John Woodbridge V (1582 - 1637)
Mother	Sarah Parker (1583 - 1637)
Sibling	Rev. John Woodbridge VI (1618 - 1695)