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Henry Woodbridge

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Birthplace: Groton, New London, Connecticut Colony
Death: September 06, 1781 (30)
Fort Griswold, Groton Heights, New London County, Connecticut, United States (Killed in defense of Fort Griswold)
Place of Burial: Groton, New London County, Connecticut, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Oliver Woodbridge and Susannah Woodbridge
Husband of Michal Woodbridge
Father of Hannah Woodbridge and David Woodbridge
Brother of Lucy Woodbridge; Christopher Woodbridge; Mary Woodbridge and Oliver Woodbridge

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About Henry Woodbridge

Killed in defense of Fort Griswold, September 6, 1781

THE GROTON AVERY CLAN, Vol. I, by Elroy McKendree Avery and Catherine Hitchcock (Tilden) Avery, Cleveland, 1912. p 221

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Inscription found in the Starr Burial Ground, Groton:

"In Memory of Mr Henery Woodbridge who was slain in Fort Grifwould Sep 6th 1781 in the 33d year of his Age

Will not a day of reckoning come does not my blood for vengeance cry how will those wretches bear their doom who hast me slain most Murderously"

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Henry Woodbridge's Timeline

1750
October 25, 1750
Groton, New London, Connecticut Colony
1774
1774
1777
1777
1781
September 6, 1781
Age 30
Fort Griswold, Groton Heights, New London County, Connecticut, United States
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Starr Burying Ground Cemetery, Groton, New London County, Connecticut, United States