John MacIntosh

• Mackintosh, John on Scottish Prisoners of War website Arrived in America on the John & Sara, May 1652.

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• John MacIntosh in MyHeritage John was very likely one of the SPOW's (Scottish Prisoner Of War) brought over to the colonies from having been imprisoned by Cromwell's decree in England. Having been offered an opportunity to convert his prison-time sentencing to instead serving out an indenture-ship (generally 5-7 yrs) in the new world. Upon his arrival by ship to America's shores - he may have then been assigned to the Saugus Iron Works in Massachusetts. This would all have been during the period of years between 1650-1653. He would have been one of the relatively few (only several hundred were selected out of the many thousands of prisoners). The Investors in this venture were wanting only the youngest, and the hale & hardiest of the Scottish Highlanders. These prisoners had already survived not only the initial battles with Cromwell's army, but then had survived the long 'death march' to their eventual destination, with its subsequent substandard conditions of imprisonment.

He is noted to have 'arrived' into Roxbury in April of 1659, years after the ships passage from England. Additionally, his marriage to an English woman, Rebecca Metcalfe - who herself was the youngest daughter from a family of prominence. They married on May 2nd, 1659. It is reasonable to surmise, therefore, that he may have had cause and opportunity to court Rebecca - and that the date recorded of his 'entry' into this town coincided with his having fulfilled his indenture-ship, satisfying the Crown's claim upon him, and he was now free to pursue his own path. Unfortunately, they had less than 8 years together before Rebecca died in early December 1667, shortly after the birth of the 2nd of their two sons. It would be her 2nd son, William, who became Grandfather to Col William McIntosh, who would go on to distinguish himself as an officer under General Washington, and become a Constitutional Delegate, a legislator in the Massachusetts senate, a selectman and one of the early leader/ founder of Needham, Massachusetts.

• John MacIntosh in FamilySearch John Mackintosh was born on April 5, 1635. He married Rebecca Elizabeth Metcalf and they had two children together. He then had one son and one daughter with Jane. He died on August 22, 1691, in Dedham, Massachusetts, at the age of 56.John Mackintosh, the MACKINTOSH immigrant ancestor, descendant of an ancient and distinguished Scotch family, settled in Dedham, Massachusetts, when a young man. He may have been, as were most of the Scotch who came to Massachusetts 1650-60, a soldier and prisoner of war taken by Cromwell and sent to the colony. He married, at Dedham, April 5, 1650, Rebecca, daughter of Michael Metcalf, a dornix weaver from Norwich, Eng- land, schoolmaster at Dedham. Metcalf bequeathed to his grandson John McIntosh, son of John and Rebecca McIntosh. McIntosh married (second) Jane , his first wife dying December 8, 1767. McIntosh's will, dated August 13, proved October 28, 1691, bequeathed to wife Jane and children William and Rachel. Children, born at Dedham: i. John, May 15, 1664; died November, 1683. 2. William, mentioned below. Children of second wife: 3. Rachel, born February 11, 1668. 4. Samuel, November 21, 1672; probably died young. "On 3 Sep 1650, the English defeated the Scots at the Battle of Dunbar. There were 4000 dead, 10,000 captured, and 4000 more escaped. After being captured, they were marched from Durham to Newcastle. They were given very little to eat. Between the march and lack of food, many died along the way. Disease was rampant. Some men were shot because they either could not or would not march. When they reached their destination, they happened upon a field of cabbage.They ate all of it, which of course made them even sicker than they already were. The surviving Scots presented the English with a problem. Holding such a large number of prisoners could be costly. However, letting them go could prove to be very dangerous. One week after the battle, the Council of State, which was England's governing body, decided to turn the problem over to the committee and informed Sir Arthur Hasenlrigge, that he could deposed of as many of the Scots as he felt proper to work in the coal mines. With that authority Hasslrigge sent forty men to work as indentures servants at the salt works at Shields. He then sold another forty men as general laborers and set up a trade of Linen Cloth, twelve prisoners became weavers. While this was going on, the Council had received several petitions from persons, who wished to transport the Scots overseas. On September 16Th, the secretary,Gualter Frost, was ordered to confer with the petitioners, to terms under which they would undertake the project. John Becx and Joshua Foote conferred with their partners, the Undertakers of the Iron Works. Three days later, Hasseltigge was directed to deliver 150 prisoners to New England, with conditions that these men were well and sound and free of wounds because Hasslrigge, was concerned that these men were all infected, They were sent to London by water. By October 23rd, the council was ordered to stop the project until is was confirmed that the Scots were not being sent anywhere where they could be dangerous. So the Scots waited in the Thames, for passage to New England. November 11Th, the Council issued sailing orders to the Unity. There were 150 Scots who were were sent to New England on The Unity and arrived at Lynn, Ma. , Augustine Walker, the ship's master who had settled in Charlestown,1640, had , which was where the Unity had been built,by shipwright, Benjamin Gilman,weighed anchor more than likely right away, after receiving his orders.The trip from London to Boston, which normally took six weeks and was mostly likely unpleasant. The conditions in which Becx and Foote, took the Scots was a commercial venture . They planned to sell each man for between 20 and 30 pounds, which would have made them a considerable profit, since they only paid five pounds for each man. They arrived in Boston in December. 15 or 20 of the men went to Richard Leader for services at his Saw Mill , at Berwick, on the Pascataqua River,in Maine.62 went to John Giffard, the agent for the Undertakers of The Iron Works of Lynn (Saugus).The remainder were sold to local residents. The term of service for all of them was seven years. However, by the time the Scots arrived in Boston, they were in poor health. Payment for medical care and medicine as well as food was needed. 61 of the men did make it to the iron Works. 3 went to the company 's local commissioner,17 were sent back to Boston to work for William Awbrey, the company factor and the warehouse he ran there and 2 to 7 men ended up being sold to colonist. In 1651, William Tingle hired four men for a period of three years, for which the company deducted 6 pence from every load of charcoal that Tingle produced. The number at the Iron Works stayed at 28 until around August 28, 1652 , when there were as many as 37 there. The Scots were used for many jobs. John Touish had the job of taking stock of ore and making charcoal. He was to be sure that each load was of full measure.James Mackall, John Mackshane, and Thomas Tower became forge hands under John Vinton, John Turner jr, , Henry Leonard and Quenten Prey.John Clark was taught the trade of blacksmith by Samuel Hart.John Stewart was employed by John Giffard , as a servant, for a two year period, in his house, before being put out for blacksmithing.James Gourdan became a miner. James Adams went with Giffard's cart and team.Daniel Salmon employed some of the Scots on his company farm., where they kept the community cattle. Most of the Scots were hired out to other employers and went to colliers. Since charcoal was expensive to make, the company had Giffard employ most of the Scots full- time as woodcutters to supply the colliers. The Iron Works at that time covered over 600 acres, from what is now Saugus Center to Walnut street up towards what is now North Saugus, almost out to where Route one is now and over as far as Lynn Commons. Today is nowhere as near as large and a Historical Site. The men worked long hours, 12-hour shifts. The work was hard, dirty, hot and dangerous. More than likely, many ended up deaf or at least hard of hearing because of the constant hammering . Most of the Scots stayed at The Scot Boardman's house in what is now the Oaklandvale area of Saugus. It was then called the Scotsman's House, it had been framed by Samuel Bennett, a master carpenter who also worked on constructing the Iron Works." courtesy of https://www.geni.com/projects/Scots-Prisoners-and-their-Relocation-to-the-Colonies-1650-1654/3465

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• METCALF, Rebecca
• b. 5 APR 1635 England
• d. 8 DEC 1667 Dedham, Norfolk, Mass.
• Family:
• Marriage: 5 APR 1659 Dedham, Norfolk, Mass.
• Spouse: MCINTOSH, John
• b. ABT 1633 England
• d. 22 AUG 1691 Dedham, Norfolk, Mass.
• Children:
  • MCINTOSH, John b. 15 MAY 1664 Dedham, Norfolk, Mass.
  • MCINTOSH, William
• From: http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_c47.htm#64 ________
• Michael Metcalf, Sr
• Birth: 1591 Norfolk, England
• Death: Dec. 24, 1664 Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
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• • The examinacion of Michill Metcalfe of Norwich, Dornix weauer, aged 45 yeares and Sarrah his wife, aged 39 yeares, with 8 Children, Michill: Thomas: Marey: Sarrah: Elizabeth: Martha: Joane: and Rebeca: and his Saruant Thomas Comberbach, aged 16 yeares, are desirous to passe to boston in New England to inhabit [ibid, 14:325.]
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• On Oct. 13, 1616 at St. Bartholomew church at Heigham, west and outside the ancient wall of the City of Norwich, England, Michael m. Sarah Ellwyn (q.v. Elwyn), bapt. June 13, 1593 at Heigham. She d. Nov. 30, 1644 at Dedham, Mass. They had eleven acknowledged children b. at the City of Norwich, England, of which nine survived to immigrate to New England.
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• Michael Metcalf, Sr. d. testate Dec. 24, 1664 at Dedham, Mass. He and wife Sarah had eleven known children, all b. at Norwich, England.
  • • i. .... etc.
  • • xi. Rebecca Metcalf, b. Apr. 5 (bapt. Apr. 12 at St. Edmund), 1635, d. Dec. 8, 1667 at Dedham, Mass.; m. Apr. 5, 1659 at Dedham, John MacIntosh, who d. Aug. 22, 1691 at Dedham. Two known children of the marriage.
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• Find A Grave Memorial# 64230860
• From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=64230860 _______________________
• 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. .... etc. *https://archive.org/stream/agenealogicaldi03dextgoog#page/n213/mode...
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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. .... etc. ___________________
• Herbert Clarence Burleigh fonds - Family files series - Metcalfe (ii)
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• Michael Metcalf, son of Rev. Leonard Metcalf, Rector of Tatterford, was born at Tatterford, co. Norfolk, Eng., June 17, 1587.
• Sarah Ellwyn, daughter of Thomas and Elisabeth Ellwyn, was born at Hingham, co. Norfolk, Eng., June 17, 1593.
• They were married at Hingham Oct. 13, 1616. They sailed for New England April 15, 1637.
• Their children were:
  • 1. .... etc.
  • 11. Rebeka, born Apr. 5, 1635; married Apr. 5, 1659, John Mackintosh, of Dedham.
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