Micah Mudge

Origins

Despite what the “Mudge Genealogy” states, it seems more likely Micah & Moses Mudge were Jarvis’ children by an earlier wife. Rebecca is described as an “aged woman” at her arrest in 1663.

Nathaniel Greensmith married Rebecca, the widow of Jarvis Mudge, abt 1654 in Hartford. The two of them were found guilty of familiarity with Satan and executed 25 Jan 1662/3. Court records show that their estate was to pay debts and "to dispose of the 2 daughters, wth advice of the Assistants in Hartford." These daughters were named in the inventory as Hannah and Sarah Elsen. The fact that the Mudge boys were not mentioned makes it clear that they were not biological children of Rebecca, that she and Mudge, and she and Greensmith, had no living children when they were executed.

Biography

From https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73606213/micah-mudge

After the death of his father, in 1653, his [step] mother removed from New London to Wcthersfield, Conn., where they lived, and where, probably, the mother died. The first record of him appears on the town books of Northampton, Mass., where he marries Mary Alexander, Sept. 23, 1670. Northampton was settled in 1654, and George Alexander, the father of Mary, was one of the original proprietors. Here Micah Mudge resided, and acted as surveyor, and appears to have been one of the original proprietors of Northfield, Mass., the settlement of which was attended with great difficulties, as the Indians burnt the village and drove off the settlers in 1675. He returned with others afterwards, as appears from an order from the General Court, dated Boston, May 24, 1682,* and became an actual settler.
He removed to Lebanon, Conn., and was one of the early settlers of that town prior to 1698,* where he also served as a surveyor, and assisted in laying out the town.
Micah Mudge was one of nine persons who organized the First Congregational Church in Lebanon, Nov. 27, 1700.
===Family===

From “Memorials: a genealogical [&c.] account of the name of Mudge in America.” By Alfred Mudge. Page 46. GoogleBooks

We now give the record of Micah's family as correctly as we are enabled to from the researches we have made, having personally examined the books of the towns of Northampton, Northfield, Lebanon and Hebron.

Micah Mudge m. Mary Alexander, Sept. 23, 1670. She was dau. of George and Susanna Alexander, of Northampton. She was b. Oct. 20, 1648; d. early in the year 1728, ae. upwards of 79 years.

THEIR CHILDREN WERE:

• 1. Mary, b. Aug. 8, 1671: m. Rust, at Northampton, and had children, one of whom is named in the will of Micah, to wit: "Grandson Rust twenty shillings." She d. in Northampton Nov. 3, 1706, se. 35 y. 2 m. 26 d.
• 2. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 10, 1673: m. Joseph Allyn. 4
• 3. Sarah, b. :m. John Palmer. 5
• 4. Moses, b. :m. Elizabeth . (6
• 5. Abigail, b. :m. William Phelps. . 7
• 6. Ebenezer, b. Feb. 26,1683: m. Abigail Skinner. 8
• 7. Thankful, b. 1685: m. William Nichols, of Lebanon, July 19, 1714. There is no record of his death, and it is presumed he died without issue, as Micah, her father, provides for her only in his will. She quitelaims her interest in her father's estate, and removed to Sharon with her brother Ebenezer, where she died April 30, 1741, a?. 56 years.
• 8. Susanna, b. :we find no record of her marriage, but she had dau. mentioned in her father's will.
• 9. Martha, b. :m. Isaac Tilden

More on Origins

Step - Grandchild of George Steele, of Hartford

From the 1663 will of George Steele:
*Alsoe I give unto my grandchild Martha Hanison my best chamber pott.

• Alsoe I give unto Moses and Micah Mudge ten shillings apeece.

References

• Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jul 26 2016, 18:38:40 UTC
• Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Nov 18 2017, 5:21:30 UTC