Month: May 2013

Samuel Johnson Jr.

Marker Number: 327 Name: Johnson, Samuel Death: 12/30/1789 Military Service: Revolutionary War Veteran Other: Age 73 Samuel Johnson Jr. was a son of Samuel Johnson and Anna Hotchkiss Johnson, born approximately 1715. His uncle Captain Isaac Johnson was the first Deacon of the church in the early days of Woodbridge settlement. Samuel Jr. married Mabel Perkins, a daughter of Peter…

Ensign Nathaniel Sperry

Marker Number: 321 Name: Sperry, Nathaniel Death: 09/08/1751 Military Service: Veteran (probably French and Indian War) Other: Age 56 Ensign Nathaniel Sperry a the son of Nathaniel Sperry and Sarah Dickerman and a grandson of Richard and Dennis Sperry, original settlers of Woodbridge in the early 1640s. He is among the first people known to be buried in a Woodbridge cemetery…