"Rev. John, b. June 10, 1678. d. June 10, 1718. m. Jemima Eliot (b. Nov. 14, 1679), Nov. 14, 1699. His wife was a daughter of the Rev. Jos. Eliot of Guilford, and a granddaughter of the 'Apostle Eliot.' In 1718, 100 acres of land were granted by the Genl. Court to Jemima, widow of John Woodbridge of West Springfield. 'She petitions (1720) for it to be laid out near Voluntown or Killingly.' She outlived her husband and passed the latter years of her life with her sons Timo. and Jos. at Stockbridge, Mass.
Rev. John was settled in West Springfield, Mass. He graduated from Harv. Col. in 1694, and was ordained in June, 1698. Twenty years after, he died, killed by a falling tree. He is credited in Josiah Cotton's Diary with the authorship (jointly with Rev. Messrs. Colman and Bradstreet), of the Gospel Order Revived—for account of which, vid. N. E. Gen. Reg., July, 1849.
I copy from the graveyard in West Springfield, the following inscription: 'Rev. Jno. Woodbridge, first minister of West Springfield, after serving his generation faithfully, fell asleep June 10, 1718.' 'The Righteous shall be had in Everlasting remembrance.' 'Erected by Descendants of his Parishioners in 1852.'"