Nickolas Munger

Notes:

Family history says he was brought by Henry Golden from England before 1651. Henry Goldam was the father of Susannah Goldam, who married John Bishop Jr of Guilford, and step-father to Nicholas Munger. Henry Goldam had no other children and by his will, dated July 9 1661, he left to Nicholas Munger, his "son -in-law," "all my land in the Neck, paying myself, if demanded during my lifetime, one barley corn by the year by way of acknowledgement, and, after my death, if my wife shall survive and shall demand the same, the sum of five bushels of whete by the year, but if she miss demanding in or at the very expiring of the year, then to be free from any payment that present year, and at the death of my aforesaid wife, to be to him fully and freely and to his heirs forever." [The New England Historical and Genealogical Society , New England Families Genealogical and Memorial, New York , 1913, reprinted Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1996, 1997, p. 1328

1652, Connecticut
Nicholas Munger took the Oath of Fidelity and became a freeman in 1652. To qualify, he had to be of age, of sober and peaceable conversation, orthodox in religion, and possessed of a ratable estate of at least twenty pounds.

He came to Guilford, Connecticut, in 1639, and was one of the founders of the church there on Jun 1 1639. he served as a representative to the General Court in twenty-seven sessions between 1643 and his death in 1661. He also served as a towrate. He was one of six people selected to purchase land from the Indians in Guilford and was one of four who received "full power and authority to act, order and dispatch all matters respecting the publick weal and civile government of the plantation until a church is gathered amonge us."

Because of his experience and rank, he was the chief military man in the town of Guilford. His home lot was on the south side of Broad Street at the turn west of the green. His estate was inventoried at 677 pounds 16 shillings and 7 pence.

Source:
Title: Ernest Flagg, The Founding of New England (The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., Hartford, Connecticut, 1926) Page: 287.

Title: John Brooks Threlfall, Twenty-Six Great Migration Colonists to New England & Their Origins (Madison, Wisconsin: n.p., 1993.) Page: 260.

Nickolas married Sarah Hall on 2 Jun 1659 in East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Sarah (daughter of William Hall and Esther) was born on 4 Oct 1640 in East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; died on 31 Jan 1689 in East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John Munger was born on 26 Apr 1660 in East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; died on 3 Nov 1732 in East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
2. Samuel Munger was born in 1662 in East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; died on 5 Mar 1717 in East Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.