Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge
Colonel in the Massachusetts militia
Died when: 80 years 3 days (960 months)Star Sign: Pisces
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Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge (March 5, 1739 – March 8, 1819) was an American physician, lawyer, farmer, and military officer who served as a colonel in the Massachusetts militia during the American Revolutionary War.
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.
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