Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge | |
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| Born | March 5, 1739 South Hadley, Massachusetts |
| Died | March 8, 1819 (aged 80) |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Service | Continental Army, Massachusetts militia |
| Years of service | 1775–1783 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Commands | Woodbridge's (25th) Regiment |
| Battles / wars | Revolutionary War: • Battle of Bunker Hill • Siege of Boston |
| Relations | Theodore Strong (nephew) |
| Other work | Farmer, doctor, lawyer, legislator |
Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge (March 5, 1739 – March 8, 1819)[1] was an American physician, lawyer, farmer, and military officer who served as a colonel in the Massachusetts militia during the American Revolutionary War.[2] Woodbridge was a commander at the Battle of Bunker Hill, and also owned a rum still, a wood lot, a grazing meadow, and a mill, and came to be the wealthiest man in South Hadley, Massachusetts. Colonel Woodbridge was also a member of the Massachusetts legislature for many years.[1][3][4]
- ^ a b Dwight, Benjamin W.: History of the Descendants of John Dwight, Vol II, John F. Trow, New York (1874) pp. 1077–78.
- ^ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, Vol 17, online database, The Generations Network Inc., Provo, Utah (1998); original data from the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, Vol. 17, Wright and Potter Printing Co., Boston (1896), pp. 798–800.
- ^ Blais, Ashley: "Open house for 'The Sycamores'", Daily Hampshire Gazette newspaper, Northampton, Massachusetts (May 5, 2006).
- ^ Lyman, Joseph: A Sermon Delivered at the Interment of Ruggles Woodbridge, Thomas W. Shepard and Co., Northampton, Massachusetts (1819) pp. 14–15.