First Presbyterian Church of Woodbridge, NJ

Rev, Dr, Nathaniel Whitaker, Minister No. 8 (1755-1760)
During his ministry the congregation applied for and was granted a Royal Charter from King George II of England in 1756. This gave the Trustees of the church legal possession of the land which had been granted them by the Lords Proprietors.

Born: Circa 1732, Huntingtom, LI Died: January 21, 1795, Hamption, VA

Education: College of New Jersey (Princeton) 1752; Princeton Seminary, 1755 St. Andrews, Scotland, 1767, DD Dartmouth, 1780, DD

Ordination: December 10, 1755 by New York Presbytery

Family: Wife, Sarah Smith, eight children

Pastor: First Presbyterian Church, Woodbridge 1755-60 Norwich, Connecticutt 1760-69

In 1761, Rev. Whitaker went to Great Britain with Rev. Sampson Occum, a Christian Mohecan Indian. They were sent by Rev. Eleazar Wheelock to raise funds for his charity school of Indians in Lebanon, NH, later to become Dartmouth College. They were very successful, raising over 12,000 Pounds Sterling. Rev. Whitaker led a most interesting and colorful life. During Rev. Whitaker's tenure at Woodbridge the congregation applied for and was granted a Royal Charter from George II of England in 1756. This gave the Trustees of the church legal possession of the land which had been granted them by the Lords Proprietors. Some two centuries later this land and document were the keystone in a battle among the towns which had resulted from the original Land Grant of 1669.

	Born: Circa 1732, Huntingtom, LI Died: January 21, 1795, Hamption, VA
	Education: College of New Jersey (Princeton) 1752; Princeton Seminary, 1755 St. Andrews, Scotland, 1767, DD Dartmouth, 1780, DD
	Ordination: December 10, 1755 by New York Presbytery
	Family: Wife, Sarah Smith, eight children
	Pastor: First Presbyterian Church, Woodbridge 1755-60 Norwich, Connecticutt 1760-69
	In 1761, Rev. Whitaker went to Great Britain with Rev. Sampson Occum, a Christian Mohecan Indian. They were sent by Rev. Eleazar Wheelock to raise funds for his charity school of Indians in Lebanon, NH, later to become Dartmouth College. They were very successful, raising over 12,000 Pounds Sterling. Rev. Whitaker led a most interesting and colorful life. During Rev. Whitaker's tenure at Woodbridge the congregation applied for and was granted a Royal Charter from George II of England in 1756. This gave the Trustees of the church legal possession of the land which had been granted them by the Lords Proprietors. Some two centuries later this land and document were the keystone in a battle among the towns which had resulted from the original Land Grant of 1669.