Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge
Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge was born on March 5, 1739. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge
Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge (March 5, 1739 – March 8, 1819) was an American medical doctor, 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.