John Woodbridge

Cotton Mather said of him: The town of Andover then first peeping into the world, he was, by the hands of Mr. Wilson and Mr. Worcester, ordained the teacher of a Congregation there.There he continued with good reputation, discharging the duties of the ministry until, upon the invitation of friends, he returned once more to England.[2]In 1647, Woodbridge returned to England and was made chaplain to the commissioners for the Treaty of Newport, in the Isle of Wight.[5] The publication was though unauthorized and reportedly, on the publication of Anne Bradstreet's The Tenth Muse (1650), he wrote: I feare the displeasure of no person in the publishing of these Poems but the Author's, without whose knowledge, and contrary to her expectation, I have presumed to bring to publick view what she resolved should never in such as manner see the Sun.[6]Woodbridge settled in New England in 1663 and became teacher and assistant pastor to his uncle Reverend Thomas Parker, M.A.
John Woodbridge VJohn D. WoodbridgeMinisternonconformistNew EnglandStantonHighworthJohn WycliffeUniversity of OxfordNewbury, MassachusettsAndoverAndover, HampshireCotton MatherTreaty of NewportIsle of WightAnne BradstreetThe Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up into America, by a Gentlewoman in such PartsPuritanThomas DudleySimon BradstreetThomas ParkerWilliam LeeteWoodbridge, ConnecticutBenjamin WoodbridgeDictionary of National Biographypublic domain