Newbury, Massachusetts - Genealogy Wise2024-03-29T12:59:35Zhttp://www.genealogywise.com/forum/topics/newbury-massachusetts?groupUrl=newburyberkshireengland&commentId=3463583%3AComment%3A70225&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThomas Parker was master of t…tag:www.genealogywise.com,2009-07-18:3463583:Comment:702252009-07-18T14:49:09.361ZPhil Woodhttp://www.genealogywise.com/profile/PhilWood
Thomas Parker was master of the grammar school in Newbury before leaving for Massachussetts, probably also acting as curate to Newbury's most eminent churchman, William Twisse (later Prolocutor of the Assembly of Westminster Divines). John Woodbridge's brother Benjamin also went out to Massachussetts and went to the new Harvard University - becoming the first graduate of that great institution. He returned to England and became Rector of Newbury c1648. He was ejected from the living after the…
Thomas Parker was master of the grammar school in Newbury before leaving for Massachussetts, probably also acting as curate to Newbury's most eminent churchman, William Twisse (later Prolocutor of the Assembly of Westminster Divines). John Woodbridge's brother Benjamin also went out to Massachussetts and went to the new Harvard University - becoming the first graduate of that great institution. He returned to England and became Rector of Newbury c1648. He was ejected from the living after the restoration and is now viewed as the founder of both the Prebysterian and Independent churches in Newbury (not sure how he could subscribe to both sets of beliefs?).