Mary Smith

• Mary Fairbanks Smith
• Birth: Apr. 12, 1622 Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
• Death: Jun. 4, 1684 Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Mary Fairbanks, b. or bapt. Apr. 12, 1622 at Shelf near Halifax, Yorkshire, England, eldest dau. of Jonathan Fairbanks, Sr. and Grace Smith. She d. testate June 4, 1684 at Dedham, Mass.
• On Apr. 2, 1644 at Dedham, Mass., Mary m. 1) Michael Metcalf, Jr., b. or bapt. Aug. 29, 1620 at Norwich, England, s. of Michael Metcalf, Sr. and Sarah Ellwyn. Five children were born of this marriage. Michael d. Mar. 25, 1654 at Dedham and Mary m. 2) Aug. 2, 1654 at Dedham, Mass., Christopher Smith, who. d. Nov. 7, 1676 at Dedham. There was one child of this second marriage. The children of these two marriages are/will be outlined in their respective father's memorial.
• The Fairbanks Genealogy (1897) offers two dates of death for Mary (Fairbanks)(Metcalf) Smith: "10. 3. 1676 or 4: 4: 1684." The second date of death (June 4, 1684) is of Mary nee Fairbanks, being "Mary Smith, widdow" (DeVR, 20.) The earlier date (May 10, 1674) is for Mary, first wife of Asahel Smith of Dedham (DeVR, 15.) See Asahael Smith in the Dedham Historical Register, Vol. 8, April 1897, pp. 38-42 and July 1897, pp. 95-6.
• The will of Mary (Fairbanks) (Metcalf) Smith of Dedham, relict of Christopher Smith dec'd, is dated May 30, 1684. The inventory of her estate was taken July 11, 1784. In the will she remembered son John Smith (by her 2nd husb.) and the children by her 1st husband: sons Jonathan and Eleazer Metcalf; daus. Melatiah (Metcalf) Metcalf, Sarah (Metcalf) Ware; two sons of her dec'd dau. Mary (Metcalf) Ware; dau.-in-law Hannah, wife of son Jonathan Metcalf, Jr.; and her brother John Fairbanks. (Suffolk, Mass. PR #1360)
• Family links:
• Parents:
• Jonathan Fairbanks (1595 - 1668)
• Grace Smith Fairbanks (1597 - 1673)
• Spouses:
• Michael Metcalf (1620 - 1654)
• Christopher Smith (____ - 1676)*
• Children:
  • Mary Metcalf Ware (1646 - 1677)*
  • Sarah Metcalf Ware (1648 - 1717)*
  • Jonathan Metcalf (1650 - 1727)*
  • Eleazer Metcalf (1653 - 1704)*
  • John Smith (1655 - 1722)*
• Siblings:
• John Fairbanks (1618 - 1684)*
• George Fairbanks (1619 - 1683)*
• Mary Fairbanks Smith (1622 - 1684)
• Jonas Fairbanks (1625 - 1676)*
• Susan Fairbanks Day (1627 - 1659)*
• Inscription:
• No gravestone is known to exist, or if it once existed has crumbled away with the passage of time. See note at the main page of the Old Village Cemetery of Dedham.
• Burial: Old Village Cemetery, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Find A Grave Memorial# 64231893
• From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=64231893 ________________
• Mary Fairbanks
• F, #51504, b. 18 April 1622, d. 10 March 1676
• Father Jonathan Fairbanks b. c 1595, d. 5 Dec 1668
• Mother Grace Smith d. 19 Jun 1676
• Mary Fairbanks was born on 18 April 1622 at Halifax Parish, Sowerby, Yorkshire, England. She married Michael Metcalf, son of Michael Metcalf and Sarah Elwyn, on 2 April 1644 at Dedham, Norfolk, MA. Mary Fairbanks died on 10 March 1676 at Dedham, Norfolk, MA, at age 53.
• Family Michael Metcalf b. 29 Aug 1620, d. 25 Dec 1654
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1714.htm#... _______________
• FAIRBANKS, Mary
• b. 18 APR 1622 England
• d. 10 MAR 1675/6 Dedham, Norfolk, Mass.
• Parents:
• Father: FAIRBANKS, Jonathan
• Mother: LEE, Grace
• Family:
• Marriage: 2 FEB 1643/4
• Spouse: METCALF, Michael
• b. 29 AUG 1620 England
• d. 25 JAN 1653/4 Dedham, Norfolk, Mass.
• Children:
  • METCALF, Michael
  • METCALF, Mary
  • METCALF, Sarah b. 7 OCT 1648
  • METCALF, Jonathan
  • METCALF, Eleazer
• Family:
• Marriage: 2 JUN 1654 Dedham, Norfolk, Mass.
• Spouse: SMITH, Christopher
• b. ABT 1617 England
• d. 7 NOV 1676 Dedham, Norfolk, Mass.
• Children:
  • SMITH, John
• From: http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_69.htm#48 _________________
• The Wights: A Record of Thomas Wight of Dedham and Medfield and of His ... By William Ward Wight
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• Pg.54
• Note 2. The Metcalfs: For an account of the origin of this name see Jameson's Medway, 502. Rev. Leonard Metcalfe was born in 1545 and was rector of Tatterford. Norfolk, Eng. (Jameston's Medway, 502) His son Michael was born in Tatterford, 1586, and was a donrix weaver in Norwich, of which city he was made freeman June 21, 1618. His wife Sarah was born June 17, 1598, and was married October 13, 1616. Their seven eldest children were born in St. Benedict's, Norwich, and four later at St. Edmondsbury. He was a man of much prominence in Norwich and was the object of the persecutions of Bishop Wren and his chancelor Corbet. See the statement of his reasons for emigrating made by Michael Metcalf in a letter "to all the true professors of Christ's Gospel within the city of Norwich,: written from Plymouth, Eng., on the eve of his departure for America, Register, XVI, 279. He sailed in April, 1637, with his wife, eight children and his servant Thomas Comberbach (Hotten's Original Lists, 289.) He was admitted a townsman of Dedham, July 14, 1637. His wife died November 30, 1644; he died December 24, 1664. (Hill's Dedham Records, 1, 127, 9.) Three of his children are of present interest:
  • 1. MICHAEL METCALF (August 29, 1620-December 24 1654), of Dedham, married April 2, 1644, Mary Fairbanks(36, Note), of Dedham. Their daughter Mary, born August 15, 1646, married, December 10, 1668, John Ware (153, Note 1), of Dedham. Another daughter Sarah, born December 7, 1648, married June 4, 1677, Robert Ware (153, Note 1), of Wrentham. The youngest child of Michael and Mary Metcalf was Eleazar, born March 20, 1653, deacon of the Wrentham church. He married, April 9, 1684, Milletiah Fisher. The oldest surviving son of Deacon Eleazar was Michael, born May 21, 1687, elder of the Wrentham church. He married Abiel Colburn, of Dedham, and had twelve children. The seventh child was Col. James Metcalf, born 1728, died 1803, deacon of Dr. Emmons' church in Wrentham. He married, January 3, 1754, Abial Haven (Note 3) and had a daughter Jerusha, who married Nathan5 Wight above. Abiel, the eleventh child of Michael and Abiel Metcalf, married Michael5 Ware (58). Eleazar and Milletiah Metcalf had a younger son Eleazar, born November 21, 1710, who married Margaret5 Ware (58).
  • 2. .... etc. _____________________
• History of Charlestown, New Hampshire: The Old No. 4, Embracing the Part ... By Henry Hamilton Saunderson
• https://books.google.com/books?id=IVNKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA477&lpg=PA477&d...
• https://archive.org/details/historyofcharles00saun
• https://archive.org/stream/historyofcharles00saun#page/477/mode/1up
• .... etc.
• Michael Metcalf of whom the above account has been given, was born in Norwich, Norfolk County England, in 1585 and died in Dedham, Mass., 1664. His wife Sarah (other name unknown) to whom he was married, Oct. 16th, 1616, was born June 17th, 1593, and died Nov. 30th, 1644.
• Michael and Sarah Metcalf had eleven children, nine b. in Norwich in England and two in Dedham after arriving in this country. Michael, jr., the 3d child, b. Aug. 20th, 1620; m. Jan. 14th, 1644, Mary Fairbanks and died in Dedham, March 27th, 1654. His wife who was the daughter of John Fairbanks of Stafford in England, died in Dedham, Feb. 12th, 1673. By this marriage there were five children through the youngest of whom, Eleazer, the line of decent is traced. Eleazer was born March 26th, 1652, and married Meletiah Fisher Apr. 9th, 1684, who was born. May 1st, 1667. He died Aug. 11th, 1742 ; she died Aug. 20th, 1742. They had ten children. Ebenezer, the 4th, b. Jan, 8th, 1691 ; m. 1731, Martha Rockwood, dau. of Benjamin Rockwood, b. 1700, in Rutland, Mass. He died in 1751, and she in 1787. They had five children. Samuel the 3d, b. Apr. 26th, 1739 ; married in 1762, Hannah Richardson, (dau. of Thomas Richardson, of Leicester, Ireland) where she was born Apr. 10th, 1743. He died June 13th, 1785; she died at Corinth, Orange County, Vt., in 1812. They lived in Oakham Mass. They had twelve children of whom John the 6th, and Betsy or Elizabeth the 9th, settled in Charlestown, (see Hubbard Glidden.)
• .... etc. ______________
• American Ancestry, Volume 6
• https://books.google.com/books?id=UVE8AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA103&lpg=PA103&d...
• Pg.103
• METCALF, JOHN TRUMBULL, of Brooklyn, N. Y., b. at New York city Oct. 17, 1818 (m. Nov. 11, 1844, Mary M. Myrick, gr.-dau. of Aaron Mitchell of Nantuckey, Mass., and had one son, William Henry Metcalf of New Haven, Ct., b. Oct. 4, 1846); son of Eliab of New York City, b. at Franklin, Mass., Feb. 5, 1785, d. at Havana, Cuba, Jan. 15, 1834, artist (m. Sept. 15, 1814, Nancy Benton); son of James of Franklin, Mass., b. there Aug. 31, 1757, d. there July 18, 1843 (m. Apr. 21, 1778, Abigail Harding); son of James of Franklin, Mass., b. at Wrentham, Mass., Aug. 1, 1729, d. at Franklin Aug. 16, 1803 (m. Jan. 3, 1754, Abiel Haven); son of Michael of Wrentham, Mass., b. there May 21, 1687, d. there Jan. 9, 1754 (m. Dec. 22, 1712, Abiel Colborn); son of Eleazer of Wrentham, Mass., b. at Dedham, Mass., Mar. 2, 1653, d. at Wrentham May 10, 1704 (m. Apr. 9, 1684, Meletiah Fisher): son of Michael of Dedham, Mass., b. at Norwich, Eng., Aug. 29, 1620, d. at Dedham Mar. 27, 1654 (m. Apr. 2, 1644, Mary Fairbanks); son of Michael of Dedham, Mass., b. at Tatterford, Eng., July 1587, d. Dec. 24, 1664 (m. Oct. 13, 1616, Sarah); son of Leonard of Tatterford, Eng., b. there 1545, d. there Sep. 22 1616, rector of the Parish of Tatterford, Norfolk co., Eng., 1611.
• ORTON, EDWARD of Columbus, O., .... etc. ______________________
• A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of ... Vol. III. by James Savage, ....
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• METCALF, frequently MEDCALF in early rec. ELEAZER, Wrentham, s. of the sec. Michael, m. 9 Apr. 1684, Meletiah Fisher, had Eleazer, b. 30 May 1685, d. young; Michael, 21 May 1687 ; Samuel, 15 Jan. 1689; Ebenezer, 8 Jan. 1691; Jonathan, 9 Apr. 1693; Meletiah, 21 Apr. 1695; Timothy, 2 July 1697; Martha and Mary, tw. 27 Aug. 1699; and Eleazer, again, 21 Nov. 1701; was deac. and d. 14 May 1704. JOHN, Medfield, s. of the first Michael, .... JONATHAN, Dedham, s. of the sec. Michael, m. 10 Apr. 1674, Hannah, d. of John Kenrick, had Jonathan, b. 16 Mar. 1675; John, 20 Mar. 1678; Ebenezer, 14 Feb. 1680; Joseph, 2 or 11 Apr. 1682, H. C. 1703, min. of Falmouth; Timothy, 18 Nov. 1684, d. at 11 yrs.; Eleazer, 14 Feb. 1687; Hannah, 10 Apr. 1689; Nathaniel, Apr. 1691 ; Mehitable; and Mary; was freem. 1683 or 4, his name being ins. ea. yr. and he d. 27 May 1727, and his wid. d. 23 Dec 1731. * .... etc.
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• .... MICHAEL, Dedham, b. 1586, at Tatterford, in Co. Norfolk, was a dornock weaver at Norwich, and free of the city, where all his ch. were b. m. 13 Oct. 1616, Sarah, had Michael, b. 13 Nov. 1617, d. soon; Mary, 14 Oct. 1618, but the geneal. of the fam. in Reg. VI. 173, says 14 Feb. 1619 ; Michael, again, 29 Aug. 1620 ; John, 5 or 15 Sept. 1622, bef. ment ; Sarah, 10 Sept. 1624; Eliz. 4 Oct 1626; Martha, 27 Mar. or Oct. 1628; Thomas, 27 Dec 1629 or 30; Ann, 1 Mar. 1631 or 34, d. soon; Jane, 24 Mar. 1632; and Rebecca, 5 Apr. 1635; his w. was b. at a village near Norwich, he says, 17 June 1593, but possib. the figures have been mistaken, as in the examin. one week bef. the sail, of the ship, call. I think, the Rose, of Yarmouth, from Yarmouth, Apr. 1637, he calls hims. 45 yrs. of age, and w. 39. "From the relig. tyranny" exercised by Wren, then Bp. of .Norwich, he felt forced to esc. even at the expense of separ. from his fam. for a time, and emb. at London, 17 Sept. 1636, for N. E. but was sadly tormented by equal tempests on the water, and the ship at Christmas put back to Plymouth ; and so far was this a happiness that in Apr. foll, he had license for the whole fam. to come ; only 8 ch. are ment. in the custom-ho. docum. but I can hardly doubt that the name of John was casually overlook. At Boston he arr. "three days bef. mid. sum. with w. nine ch. and a serv." wh. was Thomas Comberbach, aged 16, 1 presume in one of the three ships ment. by Winth. as coming in, from Ipswich, 20 June. He may have been br. of Joseph ; was freem. 13 May 1640, or 18 May 1642, and, perhaps, swore on both days, tho. more prob. it is a fault of the Secr, as in the list appears. His w. d. 21 Feb. 1645, and he m. 13 Aug. foll. Martha, wid. of Thomas Pigg, or Pidge ; and he d. 27 Dec. 1664. A very, curious docum. his engagem. aft. 70 yrs. of age to keep the town sch. in 1656, is giv. in Geneal. Reg. X. 282. His will, made six wks. bef. gives to eight ch. Michael being d. and ea. of the ds. m. Martha hav. then a sec. or third h. to gr.ch. Michael, s. of Michael, and gr.ch. William Brignall, s. of d. Martha, wh. was a mem. of Roxbury ch. by her first h. and to Martha Bullard, d. of his w. Mary m. 24 Nov. 1642, Henry Wilson ; Sarah m. Robert Onion, as his sec. w. the first hav. d. in Apr. 1643; Eliz. m. 15 Sept. 1648, Thomas Bancroft of Reading; Martha m. William Brignall, next, 2 Aug. 1654, Christopher Smith as the Geneal. Reg. VI. 173, says, tho. I doubt its correctness, for Christopher Smith in 668, is nam. in his will by Jonathan Fairbanks as h. of his d. Mary, and third h . . . . . Stow; Jane m. 1654, Samuel Walker,
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• (tho. strong doubts of error in the name are felt) of Rehoboth ; and Rebecca m. 5 Apr. 1659, John Mackintosh. MICHAEL, Dedham, eldest s. of the preced. b. in Eng. m. 2 or 12 Apr. 1644, Mary, d. of John Fairbanks, says the Metcalf geneal. bef. rnent but perhaps by mistake, had Michael, b. 21 Jan. 1645; Mary, 15 Aug. 1646; Sarah, 7 Dec 1648 ; Jonathan, 21 Sept 1650; and Eleazer, 20 Mar. 1653, bef. ment. was freem. 1645, and d. (ten yrs. bef. his f.) 24 Dec. 1654. Mary m. 10 Dec. 1668, John Ware; and Sarah m. 4 June 1677, Robert Ware. MICHAEL, Dedham, s. of the preced. m. 17 Sept. 1672, Eliz. not, I think, as Goodwin has it, d. but wid. of the sec. John Kingsbury, d. of Thomas Fuller, both of the same, had Michael, b. 9 May 1674; Mary, 3 Oct 1676; Thomas, 3 Jan. 1679; Sarah, 26 Apr. 1682 ; Eleazer, 12 Feb. 1685; Hannah, 17 Apr. 1687 ; Daniel, 25 June 1691 ; and Eliz. ; was freem. 1690, and d. 2 Sept. 1693. His wid. d. 24 Oct 1732. .... etc. ___________________

Mary Fairbanks

• Date of Birth before 18 Apr 1622 Sowerby, Yorkshire Co, England
• Date of Baptism 18 Apr 1622 Sowerby, Yorkshire Co, England
• Date of Death 10 Mar 1676 Dedham, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts Bay Colony
• Parents: Jonathan Fairbanks, Grace Smith
• Spouse: Michael Metcalf, Christopher Smith

Source: http://home.att.net/~lvhayes/Genealog/Famances/Northern/Metcalf/met...

daughter of JONATHAN FAIRBANKS and GRACE SMITH. She was born April 18, 1622 in Yorkshire, England and died March 10, 1675/76 in Dedham, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts - 3/10/1684?.

Children of MICHAEL METCALF and MARY FAIRBANKS are:

16. i. MICHAEL9 METCALF, b. January 21, 1644/45, Dedham, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts; d. September 01, 1693, Dedham, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.

17. ii. MARY METCALF, b. August 15, 1646, Dedham, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts; d. March 22, 1676/77, Dedham, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.

iii. SARAH METCALF, b. December 07, 1648, Dedham, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts577,578,579; d. April 13, 1718, Wrentham, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts; m. ROBERT WARE, June 04, 1677, Wrentham, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts; b. August 01, 1653, Wrentham, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts; d. 1724.

18. iv. DEACON JONATHAN METCALF, b. September 21, 1650, Dedham, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts; d. May 27, 1727, Dedham, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.

19. v. DEACON ELEAZER METCALF, b. March 20, 1652/53, Dedham, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts; d. May 14, 1704, Wrentham, Norfolk Co., Massachusetts.

Source: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~walkersj/Metcalf.htm

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Conflicting evidence states that she may have died 4/4/1684 or 3/10/1675.

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Biography

Mary Fairbanks was born in February 1621/2 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, the daughter of Jonathan Fairbanks and his wife Grace Smith.<ref>Ruth Fairbanks Joseph and James Swan Landberg, "Jonathan Fairbank of Dedham, Massachusetts, and his family in the West Riding of Yorkshire,"NEHGR Vol. 166 (July 2012), p. 165</ref> She was baptized in Halifax Parish on 18 April 1622. <ref>Ruth Fairbanks Joseph and James Swan Landberg, "Jonathan Fairbank of Dedham, Massachusetts, and his family in the West Riding of Yorkshire," NEHGR Vol. 166 (July 2012), p. 165</ref>
She and Michael Metcalfe were married "the 2 of the 2 mo. [1644]" in the Christ Church in Dedham, [then] Suffolk County, Mass. Bay Colony.<ref>Don Gleason Hill, compiler, The Record of Baptisms, Marriages & Deaths ... Town of Dedham, MA, 1638-1845 (Dedham, MA: Town of Dedham,1886), p. 126. "Michael Metcalfe & Mary Fairebanke, were married the 2 of the 2 mo. [1644]."</ref>Her first husband, Michael Metcalf, died in Dedham on 25 March 1654, recorded as "25 (1 mo.) 1654," at age 33. <ref>Robert B. Hanson, editor, Dedham, MA, VRs 1635-1845 (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1997), p. 435</ref>
With five young children in her care, she married, second, on 2 August, 1654, Christopher Smith.<ref>Don Gleason Hill, compiler, The Record of Baptisms, Marriages & Deaths ... Town of Dedham, MA, 1638-1845 (Dedham, MA: Town of Dedham, 1886), p. 127. "[1654] Christopher Smith & Mary [or Martha] Metcalfe was married the 2 of the 6 mo."</ref>
Mary (Fairbanks) (Metcalf) Smith, wife of Christopher Smith, was mentioned in Jonathan Fairbanks' will dated 01 Jun 1668, which states in part:
:And I giue & bequeath to my daughter Mary the wife of Christopher Smith the sume of sixteene pounds, which sixteene pounds I glue to my said daughter in prticuler, And distinct from her husbans Estate & to be allwayes at her dispose, this sixteen pounds to be payed in two equall (sum'es ?) of Eight pounds.<ref>Lorenzo Sayles Fairbanks, Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family in America 1633-1897 (Boston, MA: pub. by the author [American Printing & Egraving Co.], 1897), pp. 32-33</ref>
Mary's second husband, by whom she had one son, died 07 November, 1676, in Dedham.
Mary Smith of Dedham made her will on 30 May 1684. She made bequests (spelling uncorrected here) to her sons Michael Metcalfe, Jonathan Meatcalfe, Eleazer Meatcalfe, and John Smith; daughters Sarah wife of Robert Wares, Hannah Meatcalfe (daughter-in-law), and Melatia Meatcalfe (daughter-in-law); daughter Mary Wares and her two sons John & Eleazer Wares. She also mentioned her brother John Fairbank. Son Jonathan Meatcalfe named as her executor, Ensigne Thomas Fuller & Sejeant Richard Ellice to be overseers, Richard Ellice & Jonathan Avery as witnesses. On 3 July 1684, her will was exhibited by Jonathan Metcalf as executor and proved.<ref>Suffolk County Probate records, Vol. 6:464-5</ref>
Mary died in Dedham on 04 June, 1684, in which record she is called the Widow Mary Smith.<ref>Don Gleason Hill, compiler, The Record of Baptisms, Marriages & Deaths ... Town of Dedham, MA, 1638-1845 (Dedham, MA: Town of Dedham, 1886, p. 20. "[1684] Mary Smith, widdow, deceased the 4:4:84."</ref> An inventory of the estate of Mary Smith relict to Christopher Smith dec'd on 11 July 1684, and Jonathan Metcalfe, executor, made oath to iton 31 July 1685. The estate totaled £112, and included £50 due by agreement of dowry, £21 due by legacies, £17 in bills due, as well asclothing, linen, books, money and household goods.<ref>[https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9YP-L933-8?mode=g&i=3... Suffolk County probate records, Vol. 9:189.</ref>

From Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania:

Michael, son of Michael Metcalf, was born August 29, 1620;he married Mary Fairbanks, and had five children. Jonathan, fourth son of Michael and Mary (Fairbanks) Metcalf, was born in 1650; he married Hannah Kenrick. Ebenezer, son of Jonathan and Hannah (Kenrick) Metcalf, married Hannah Abil. Benjamin, son of Ebenezer and Hannah(Abil) Metcalf, married, October 26, 1726, Sarah Abil, and they had seven children. Zebulon, son of Benjamin and Sarah (Abil) Metcalf, was born July 11, 1729; he married, October 27, 1754, Lydia Bourne, of Lebanon, Connecticut.

Disproven Death date ===The date in 1676 is proven to be Mary, the wife of Asahel Smith:<ref>Alden, John E., "Who was Asahel Smith?" Dedham Historical Register (Dedham, 1897) Vol. 8:38-42, see Notes & Queries: Vol. 95-6.</ref>

"[1676 Deaths] Mary Smith, deceased 10:3:76"<ref>Don Gleason Hill, compiler, The Record of Baptisms, Marriages & Deaths ... Town of Dedham, MA, 1638-1845 (Dedham, MA: Town of Dedham, 1886), p. 15</ref><ref>Dedham, MA, VRs 1635-1845, Editor: Hanson, Robert B. Publication:Picton Press, Camden, ME, 1997 , p. 435</ref><ref>Metcalfe, Howard Hurtig, Some Descendants of Rev. Leonard Metcalf of Tatterford Parish, Norfolk, England, Mostly those of his son Michael the emigrant to Dedham, Massachusetts, in 1637 (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 2002), p. 8</ref>

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• Richards Family [Also Metcalf, Aldis, Stratton, Wiswall, Barrett,Kidder, Peck, Crane, Monfort, and Carman families, all ancestral to Jeremiah Richards, b. 1844, and his wife Susan Adrianna Monfort. (NewYork, 190?) * Fairbanks, Lorenzo Sayles, Genealogy of the Fairbanks Family in America 1633-1897 (Boston, MA: pub. by the author [American Printing &Egraving Co.], 1897)* Metcalfe, Howard Hurtig, Some Descendants of Rev. Leonard Metcalf of Tatterford Parish, Norfolk, England, Mostly those of his son Michael the emigrant to Dedham, Massachusetts, in 1637 (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 2002) * Don Gleason Hill, The Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths and Intentions of Marriage in the Town of Dedham Publication: Dedham: Dedham Transcript, 1886, p. 126, 127.* William B. Trask, Abstracts from the Earliest Wills on Record and on the Files in the County of Suffolk, Mass., "New England Historical and Genealogical Register" Vol. 19(1865):32-33, Named as wife Grace in her husband's will.* Thaddeus Fairbanks, Fairbanks Family Publication: St. Johnsbury,Vt.: the author, 1892, Page: 7* Rev. Hiram Francis Fairbanks, Fairbanks Marriages in the Parish ofHalifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. from 1538 to 1624 "New England Historical and Genealogical Register" Vol. 60 (1906):153.* Suffolk Co., Mass., Probate Records, Vol. 6:464; 9:189, Docket #1360. Mary's will dated 30 May 1684 and proved 3 July 1684, named sons Michael Metcalfe and John Smith, then daughters, Sarah, wife of Robert Wares, and Hannah and Melatia Metcalfe, then sons Jonathan and Ebenezer Metcalfe, then daughter Mary Wares' two sons, John and Ebenezer. Son Jonathan, executor, swore to the inventory on 31 July 1684.* Judith Miner Hine Leudemann, "Correct Ancestry of Ebenezer Smith" Connecticut Nutmegger v. 23 (1990) Page: 68-69, This analyzes the evidence, showing that her name was not Martha. The will of her father Jonathan Fairbanks names his daughter Mary, the wife of Christopher Smith.*Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania, Vol. 1 (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, p. 46-49)

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