The governance of the Town of Woodbridge from its inception is recounted in a “History of New Haven” published in 1892 as follows: “The first town meeting was held February 17th, 1784, when the following principal officers were chosen: Selectmen Captain Ezra Sperry, Jacob Hotchkiss, John Dibble, Esq., Captain Samuel Osborne; Clerk Amos Perkins; Collector Reuben Beecher; Listers Amos Thomas,…
Category: Prominent Citizens
Prominent Citizens
The following profiles of prominent men of Woodbridge were published in Chapter VI of the 1892 “History of New Haven” Barnabas Baldwin Ephraim Baldwin Ebenezer Beecher Ebenezer Beecher, Jr. Thomas Darling Treat Clark Isaac Johnson John Lines David Lines Ebenezer Peck Phineas Peck John Peck Edwin J. Peck Samuel Newton Josiah Sherman Daniel Smith, 2d Daniel Treat Smith Willis Smith David Smith…
Biographical Sketches
Daniel C. Augur Ira W. Baldwin John J. Baldwin John W. Barker Charles N. Beecher John J. Beecher Jacob Beiseigel Jacob Beiseigel, Jr. G. Halsted Bishop Thomas Darling Stephen P. Bradley Oliver Stoddard Chatfield John Currie David E. Currie Lauren Doolittle Willis Doolittle John W. Downs Frederick F. Finney Charles C. Hitchcock Lewis Hitchcock Alfred F. Key Jacob Kunz John…