Mary (Muggleston) Birge (1734 - 1786)

Born 23 Dec 1734 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Elisha Birge — married 1756 in Connecticut

Descendants

Died 9 Dec 1786 at age 51 in Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Daughter of Thomas & Sarah (Bliss) Muggleston (also spelled Mudestone/Muckleston/Mugleston)

She married as his second wife, Elisha Birge, about 1756 at Litchfield, Litchfield, CT - parents of Tryphena, James, Benjamin, Sarah & Joseph Birge

She perished in a snow storm, Dec. 9, 1786, about 25 rods southwest from her house.

Sources

• Benson, Jr., Ronald E., Which Sarah Bliss was the wife of Jonathan Kilbourn of Litchfield, Connecticut?, Connecticut Nutmegger (Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Glastonbury, Conn., Sept. 2013) Vol. 46, No. 2, Page 113.
• Marriages and Deaths, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1850) Vol. 4, Page 197. See "Birge, James, Esq."