The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-07

"......................... l tons are emblazoned: Argent two bars 1 gules on a canton of the last a cinque foil or. The crest of this family, adopt l ed in this country as well, is: On ruined tower argent falcon yolant of the same, peaked, legged and belled i or. The motto accompanying this crest Is: "Si Dieu Neult," or "If God Wills"
 Answers to Correspondents 1 To Inquirer" who wants to know the European origin of the Straw bridges; l The Strawbridges, Strobridge and lStrowbridge families are all descended pre- l sumably from the same family in the north Of Ireland, where they had come 1 from England. There the family had been prominent for several generations and was known as Trowbridge, Strow- bridge, Strawbrldge, Trohridge, Throw bridge and Trobblebridge. They took 1 their name from the place where they had lived for generations in the parish of Creditor, Devonshire, England
 To P. C. NJ. who asks for information about the Mudges of this country
 Although it is hard to trace the geneal- ogy oi the immediate ancestors of the two members of the Nudge family who came to this country from England in 1898 and in 1857, it is known that they belonged
  first heard of toward the end of the four teenth century. The name was then spelled Mugg, or Mugge but as it was pronounced with soft co the spelling was later changed to it's present form. In the long line of Mudges that lived and prosrered in England between 14O0 and 163S several clergymen were noteworthy; and since the family has been in this country | there have also been several well-known cleigymen.
 l The earliest settlers here were Parvis and Thomas, probably brothers, from l England. Jarvis is first mentioned as a l resident of New England in 16SS and 1 Thomas about 20 years later
 l In 1640 Jarvis name is in the town l records of Hartford, Conn. At town meeting "it was agreed by the commit 1 tee, which had previously been appointed
 to look into the matter, that there shall l be sequestered to the use of Jarvis Nudge 1 six acres of that ground, if the town shah
 admit him as inhabtant." This ground" l was the land laid aside "to accommodate | several poor men, But either the town l did not admit him as an inhabitant or else the desire for change, which seems l to have been one of his strongest traits got the better of Jarvis; for in 1644 he is l heard or in Weathersfield. After 1649, when l he married the widow of Abraham Elsing
 he went to Pequot, now New London, 1 Conn.,, which had just been settled. 1 Thomas Nudge, supposed to be a broth 1 CT of Jarvis, the first settler, is heard of l with his wife in Maiden, in 1657 where l they were called as witnesses to an as- l sault; and the next year they are heard l of again in the same capacity The rec ords read Henry Sweneway, servant of John Bunker, is presented for abusing his l late master Peter Tufts, and his dame | in bose and words. Witness Thomas l Nudge and his wife and others" Then l follows: ''fhe sentimone of Marie Nudge 1 aged about thirtie afermeth that she be- 1 ing at Goodman Turfs of an errant Gudie | Torfe and she hereing the Dine in the 1 yard, we went out of the dore and his
 mar had got up a great stone and held it | up to thro at his Master, as I conserved, but when he SC me he threwe it downe
 I further Testifie that I herd him call his I master bas Rouge
 To William A., who asks for the coat-of- arms of the Atwood family:
 l The arms of the family, which are 1 carved over the door of the old manor house at Sanderstead, are: Gues a lion rampant argent between three acorns or | The crest is: An arm erect holding a l battle axe.