History of Woodbridge, Connecticut, USA

WOODBRIDGE was incorporated as a town in 1784. It was original ly a parish by the name of Amity, which was formedfrom the towns of New Haven and Milford. It is bounded N. by Bethany, E. by Hamden, S. by New Haven and Orange, and W. by Derby. Its average length is about five miles, and its breadth about four. The soil is a hard gravelly loam, and affords good grazing; andiarge quantities of butter are made in this town for the New Haven market. The principal stream is the West river, which runs on the west side of the West Rock, a range of mountains on the eastern border of this town. The central part of the town is about six miles from New Haven.

Amity was constituted a parish in 1739. The town was named fron3 the Rev. Benjamin Woodbridge, the first cleryman who was ordained here in 1742 The house in which he lived is still standing, and is about 100 rods south east from the Congregational Church, now occu pied by the widow and children of Mr. Daniel T. Smith. Mr. Woodbridge...

Woodbridge, Ct.

New Haven co. The territory of this town belonged to the towns of New Haven and Milford, and was called the parish of "Amity," from 1739, until its incorporation in 1784. West river runs on the west side of West Rock, a range of mountains on the eastern border of the town. The surface of the town is hilly, but the soil is excellent for grazing, and much butter and cheese is annually taken to New Haven market, from which it lies 6 miles S.W. Population, in 1830, 844.

The regicides, Goffe and Whalley, had a number of places of concealment in the limits of Woodbridge, the most noted of which is Hatchet Harbor or the Lodge, near a beautiful spring, in a valley, about 7 miles from New Haven.

Woodbridge, a township in New Haven Co., Connecticut, 6 miles N. W. from New Haven. Population, 912.