He and his older brother, Woodbury Langdon, rejected the opportunity to join in their father's successful agricultural pursuits, and went to sea instead, apprenticed themselves to local naval merchants.

Woodbury Langdon, Luther Puffer ( law student ), and John Simonds were some of the first graduates to go on to college.

Woodbury Langdon ( 1739 – January 13, 1805 ) was a merchant, statesman and justice from Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

He is described as a large, handsome man — indeed, a contemporary recalled that the three handsomest men of that era were George Washington, Lord Whitworth and Woodbury Langdon.

* May 11 – Albion Woodbury Small, American sociologist ( d. 1926 )

* Woodbury Kane ( 1859 – 1905 ), American yachtsman, bon vivant and soldier

* Austin Woodbury ( 1899 – 1979 ), Australian Catholic philosopher

* Charles Herbert Woodbury ( 1864 – 1942 ), American painter

* Charles Johnson Woodbury ( 1844 – 1927 ), American lecturer on poetry and literature

* Cliff Woodbury ( 1894 – 1984 ), American racecar driver

* Daniel Phineas Woodbury ( 1812 – 1864 ), American soldier and engineer

* Egburt E. Woodbury ( c. 1860 – 1920 ), New York State Attorney General 1915 – 1917

* Eri D. Woodbury ( 1837 – 1928 ), Union Army officer during the American Civil War

* Frank B. Woodbury ( 1867 – 1962 ), American leader The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

* Gordon Woodbury ( 1863 – 1924 ), United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy from 1920 to 1921

* Isaac B. Woodbury ( 1819 – 1858 ), American composer and publisher of church music

* Joan Woodbury ( 1915 – 1989 ), American actress

* Levi Woodbury ( 1789 – 1851 ), American justice on the United States Supreme Court

* Peter Woodbury ( 1899 – 1970 ), American judge

* Urban A. Woodbury ( 1838 – 1915 ), American politician

* Walter B. Woodbury ( 1834 – 1885 ), British inventor and pioneering photographer

* Wendall Woodbury ( 1942 – 2010 ), American television journalist and news anchor

* Claude C. Bloch – Admiral who commanded the local Naval District at Pearl Harbor at the time of the Japanese attack during World War II ( born in Woodbury )

Henry Shelton Sanford ( 1823 – 1891 ), was born in Woodbury.

He was followed in 1795 – 1796 by Benjamin Webber from Bedford, Jacob Stevens from Rowley, Andrew Woodbury and Micah Trull from Tewksbury, and Peter Holden from Malden.

* David Ogden Watkins ( 1862 – 1938 ), the acting Governor of New Jersey from 1898 to 1899 and former mayor of Woodbury from 1886 to 1890.

* John M. Whitall ( 1800 – 1877 ), sea captain, businessman and philanthropist, was born in Woodbury.

The hymn writer Sarah Flower Adams ( 1805 – 1848 ) lived with her husband William Bridges Adams ( 1797 – 1872 ) at a house called ' Sunnybank ', demolished in 1888 and replaced by No. 9 Woodbury Hill.

* Woodbury ( Leetown, West Virginia ), historic house listed on the National Register of Historic Places

Woodbury ( born 1959 ), Canadian actor and comedian

* Bruce L. Woodbury ( born 1944 ), American politician and lawyer

* Richard Woodbury ( born 1961 ), American politician and economist

* Tory Woodbury ( born 1978 ), American football player

* Woody Woodbury ( born 1924 ), American comedian, actor and television personality

In Woodbury ( even then the main town ) was located the county courthouse, the county jail, a Quaker meeting house ( still in existence ), and an inn ( on the current location of Woodbury Crossings ).

* Fort Woodbury, a fortification on the Arlington Line during the American Civil War

* Max A. Woodbury, American mathematician

On March 25, 1783, a meeting of ten Episcopal clergy in Woodbury, Connecticut, elected Samuel Seabury ( 1729 % E2 % 80 % 931796 ) the first American Episcopal bishop, the second Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, USA, and the first Bishop of Connecticut.

During the American Revolution, the area was shown on maps as Woodbury Clove.

On June 24, 1833, the staff and dignitaries including Vice President Martin Van Buren, Secretary of War Lewis Cass, Secretary of the Navy Levi Woodbury, and many Massachusetts officials, witnessed " one of the great events of American naval history ": the United States frigate Constitution was inaugurating the first naval drydock in New England designed by prominent civil engineer Loammi Baldwin, Jr .. On March 14, 1975, the historic ship floated out of the dock — the last commissioned vessel to use the facility.

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