. History of Queens County, New York, with illustrations, portraits, & sketches of prominent families and individuals . cupied by professional duties he devotes to the studyof botany, geology, numismatics, etc., and he has madequite extensive collections in these branches. He isespecially fond of electricity and microscopy, and at anearly hour daily he may be found investigating the manyphenomena of electricity, or the wonders revealed bythe microscope. It is his custom every night, beforeretiring, to spend thirty minutes or more reviewing hisdaily work. His large library, to which he is const
. History of Queens County, New York, with illustrations, portraits, & sketches of prominent families and individuals . cupied by professional duties he devotes to the studyof botany, geology, numismatics, etc., and he has madequite extensive collections in these branches. He isespecially fond of electricity and microscopy, and at anearly hour daily he may be found investigating the manyphenomena of electricity, or the wonders revealed bythe microscope. It is his custom every night, beforeretiring, to spend thirty minutes or more reviewing hisdaily work. His large library, to which he is constantlyadding, contains some valuable medical works. WILLIAM MUDGE. The Mudge family of Long Island traces its ancestryback to 1637, when Jarvis Mudge came from Englandand settled in Boston, Mass. From there he removed toPequot (New London), where he died in 1653. His sonMoses, born in 1652, came to Oyster Bay and became theprogenitor of the present generation. He died in T729,leaving a son William, who subsequently settled at whatis now Glen Cove. Here he raised a prosperous family, 58 5^8 HISTORY OF QUEENS and at his death left the homestead to his son ColesMudge, who in turn left it to his son Jacob. Jacob Mudge married Hannah Titus, and their familyconsisted of one son and one daughter. The daughter,now deceased, was the wife of John Valentine, and theson, now occupying the same old homestead, is WilliamMudge whose portrait accompanies this sketch. He wasborn August 17th 1812. His wife, Martha T. Willets,a daughter of Richard Willets, was an estimable woman,whose death he was called to mourn January ist two sons, William J. and Henry W., are wellsituated in life. Henry W. was married in 1879 toJessie C. Jackson, and is now a practicing attorney inNew York city. His brother William J. is on the home-stead with his crippled father. Several generations of this family have been mem-bers of the Society of Friends, and the survivors stilllive in the faith and pr
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