Michael Metcalf, I

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• Elder Michael Metcalf, Sr
• Birth: Jan. 25, 1687 Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Death: Jan. 9, 1754 Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Michael settled in the northeastern part of Wrentham on land that is now in Franklin. He built his homestead on Summer street, and there his children were all born. His house was owned in 1894 by George Haywood. His brother, Timothy Metcalf settled near him and the house he occupied was standing in 1894 at the corner of King & Union streets.
• Michael was a yeoman, and followed the trade of cooper for a time. He was an original member of the Wrentham church, and was one of 5 members to apprehend David Pond for his conduct in pitching the music too high during the church service of Feb. 18, 1738/39. He was chosen with Jonathan Wright as a ruling elder March 8, 1738/39.
• Family links:
• Parents:
• Eleazer Metcalf (1653 - 1704)
• Meletiah Fisher Metcalf (1667 - 1719)
• Spouse:
• Abiel Colburn Metcalf (1694 - 1778)
• Children:
  • Pelatiah Metcalf (1714 - 1770)*
  • Esther Metcalf Fisher (1735 - 1801)*
  • Samuel Metcalf (1739 - 1817)*
• Siblings:
• Michael Metcalf (1687 - 1754)
• Samuel Metcalf (1688 - 1737)*
• Johnathan Metcalf (1693 - 1775)*
• Melatiah Metcalfe Cheever (1695 - 1771)*
• Timothy Metcalf (1697 - 1767)*
• Burial: Wrentham Center Cemetery, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Find A Grave Memorial# 123456060
• From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=123456060 ___________
• COLBURN, Abiel
• b. 29 SEP 1694 Wrentham, Norfolk, Mass.
• d. 25 APR 1775 Franklin, Norfolk, Mass.
• Parents:
• Father: COLBURN, Samuel
• Mother: PARTRIDGE, Mercy
• Family:
• Marriage: 23 DEC 1712 Wrentham, Norfolk, Mass.
• Spouse: METCALF, Michael
• b. 25 JAN 1686/7 Wrentham, Norfolk, Mass.
• d. 9 JAN 1754 Wrentham, Norfolk, Mass.
• Parents:
• Father: METCALF, Eleazer
• Mother: FISHER, Meletiah
• Children:
  • METCALF, Pelatiah
  • METCALF, Mehitable b. 25 APR 1717 Wrentham, Norfolk, Mass.
  • METCALF, Michael
  • METCALF, Barnabas
  • METCALF, Melatiah
  • METCALF, Joseph
  • METCALF, John
  • METCALF, Ebenezer
  • METCALF, James
  • METCALF, Abiel
  • METCALF, Esther
  • METCALF, Samuel
  • METCALF, Mercy
• From: http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_707.htm#40 _____________
• 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, b. in Eng. m. 22 Mar. 1647, Mary, d. of Francis Chickering, had John, b. 21, bapt. 26 Mar. 1648; Michael, 20, bapt. 25 Aug. 1650; Mary, 9, bapt. 24 Oct 1652; these all at Dedham ; but at M. we kn. not that we name all, when enumer. Joseph, 22 Nov. 1658 ; and Hannah, 13 Oct 1664. He was freem. 1647, and d. 27 Nov. 1675, unless this date belong to his eldest s. JOHN, New Haven 1645, a brickmaker, may have been s. or br. of Stephen, as a. the yr. 1647, he rem. 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. * JOSEPH, Ipswich, freem. 4 Mar. 1635, rep. in Sept of that yr. and oft. aft. d. 21 July 1665, aged 60. By his will, we learn
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• that his w. was Eliz. his s. Thomas, b. in Eng. prob. and gr.ch. Joseph, Mary, and Eliz. but perhaps this had d. soon. His wid. m. 8 Nov. 1670, Edward Beacham. JOSEPH, Ipswich, s. of Thomas, prob. by w. Rebecca, had Jacob, b. 8 June 1685, prob. d. soon ; and Abigail, 29 Mar. 1686. 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. STEPHEN, New Haven 1639, a brickmaker, aft. 1647 prob. rem. was in good repute. * THOMAS, Dedham, youngest s. of the first Michael, b. in Eng. m. 12 Sept 1656, Sarah Paige, had Sarah, b. 3 Mar. 1658 ; Mary, bapt. 25 Nov. 1660 ; Samuel, b. 17 Oct 1661, d. soon ; Thomas ; 22 Sept 1665, d. soon; Samuel, again, 17 Sept 1668; Thomas, again, 7 or 21 May 1671 ; John, 20 Sept 1675 ; and Judith, 25 Nov. 1677, d. at 5 yrs. The w. d. and he m. 2 Dec. 1679, Ann Paine of Rehoboth, was freem. 1653, deac. and rep. 1691, d. 16 Nov. 1702. Sarah m.23 Nov. 1676, Samuel Whiting, and d. 1702. THOMAS, Ipswich 1648, s. of Joseph the first, b. in Eng. I suppose, had Mary, b. 23 June 1658 ; Joseph, 27 Jan. 1661 ; Thomas, 4 Dec. 1667; beside prob. Eliz. nam. in the will of gr.f. He was freem. 1674. Of the mo. of these ch. we kn. nothing; but she may have d. and one Thomas of Ipswich, a widower, m. 1685, wid. Lydia Davis. Still more uncertainty is felt unless we give him ano. w. for the wid. of Thomas M. nam. Abigail, d. at I. 5 May 1727, aged 88 yrs. An earlier Thomas of Ipswich is found by Mr. Felt to be inhab. there 1638. THOMAS, Dedham, s. of the first Thomas, m. 24 Nov. 1696, Sarah, d. of William Avery, the sec of the name, had Sarah, b. 26 Apr. 1698, d. in few wks. ; Samuel, 9 Apr. 1699, d. at 14 yrs. ; Thomas, 30 Dec 1701 ; and Sarah, 1 Dec 1703; and he d. 12 Dec. 1704; and his wid. m. 6 Apr. 1709, Joseph Wight, and d. 1748. Two of this name had, in 1829, been gr. at Harv. and seven at the other N. E. coll. It is oft. in old rec writ as no doubt it was sound. Medcalf. ___________________

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Michael Metcalf (1687 - 1754)

Elder Michael Metcalf aka Medcalf
Born 21 May 1687 in Wrentham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of Eleazer Metcalf and Meletiah (Fisher) Metcalf
Brother of Eleazar Metcalf, Samuel Metcalf, Ebenezer Metcalf, Jonathan Metcalf, Melatiah (Metcalf) Cheever, Timothy Metcalf, Martha (Metcalf) Hills and Mary Metcalf
Husband of Abiel (Colburn) Metcalf — married 23 Dec 1712 (to 9 Jan 1754) in Wrentham, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Pelatiah Metcalf, Michael Metcalf, Barnabas Metcalf, Melethiah (Metcalf) Ellis, Joseph I Metcalf, John Metcalf, James Metcalf, Mercy (Metcalf) Smith, Esther (Metcalf) Fisher and Samuel Metcalf Sr.
Died 9 Jan 1754 at age 66 in Wrentham, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Baymap
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Biography

Michael Metcalf was born on 21 May 1687 in Wrentham, (then) Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony, the son of Eleazur and Meletiah (Fisher) Metcalf.[1][2]

He married Abiel Colburn on 23 December 1712 in Wrentham.[3][2] Elder Michael Metcalf died in Wrentham on 09 January 1754, in his 67th year.[4][5]

Children born Wrentham:[6][2]

Peletiah, b. 28 Mar 1714; m Hepzibah Mann; d. 01 Apr 1770
a son, b. 16 Feb 1716, d. 16 Feb 1716
Mehitable, b. 25 Apr 1717, d. 25 Jan 1720
Michael, b. 24 Jan 1718/9, d. 19 Mar 1774; m. Hannah Adams 16 Dec 1741
Barnabas, b. 11 Jul 1720; m Rebecca Healey; d. 02 Nov 1799
Meletiah, b. 25 Feb 1721/2; m Joseph Ellis; d. 03 Dec 1784 Franklin, Mass.
Joseph I., b. 20 Feb 1723/4; m Hannah Haven;
John, b. 25 Oct 1725, d. 02 Dec 1779; m. Abigail Fisher 06 Dec 1753
Ebenezer, b. 01 Jun 1727; m Hannah Morse; d Mar 30, 1801, Franklin, Mass.
James, b. 19 Jul 1729; m Abiel Haven; d. 03 Aug 1803 Franklin, Mass.
Mercy, b. 10 Aug 1731; m George Smith;
Abiel, b. 28 Feb 1733/4; m Michael Ware; d Dec 25, 1757, Wrentham, Mass.
Esther, b. 03 Sep 1735; m. Asa Fisher 25 Mar 1759
Samuel, b. 14 Aug 1739, d. 02 Apr 1817 Newport NH; m. Lois Kingsbury 05 Jan 1763
Sources

↑ Thomas W. Baldwin, compiler, Vital Records of Wrentham, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: Stanhope Press, F. H. Gilson Company, 1910), Vol. 1:144.
"Medcalf, Micaell, s. of Eliezer and Meletiah, May 21, 168_."
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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. 19
↑ Thomas W. Baldwin, compiler, Vital Records of Wrentham, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: Stanhope Press, F. H. Gilson Company, 1910), Vol. 2:342.
"METCALF, Michael and Abiael Colburn, Dec. 23, 1712."
↑ Records of Wrentham, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: Stanhope Press, F. H. Gilson Company, 1910), Vol. 2:478.
"Metcalf, Michael, Elder, Jan. 9, 1754, in his 67th y."
↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 October 2018), memorial page for Elder Michael Metcalf, Sr (21 May 1687–9 Jan 1754), Find A Grave: Memorial #123456060, citing Wrentham Center Cemetery, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by M.J. Freeman (contributor 47116079). (No gravestone photo, no sources for data supplied)
↑ Thomas W. Baldwin, compiler, Vital Records of Wrentham, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: Stanhope Press, F. H. Gilson Company, 1910), Vol. 1:147-151.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4J9-HB2 : 13 July 2016), Michaell Metcalf, 21 May 1687; citing Birth, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 886,859.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHQB-X6G : 13 July 2016), Michaell Metcalf and Abiael Colburn, 23 Dec 1712; citing Marriage, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 886,859.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4J9-GCQ : 13 July 2016), Michael Metcalf in entry for Melatiah Metcalf, 25 Feb 1721; citing Birth, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 886,859.

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Vital Records of Wrentham, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Volume 1 - Births, 144.
Medcalf, Micaell, s. of Eliezer and Meletiah, May 21, 168-.

Michael settled in the northeastern part of Wrentham on land that is now in Franklin. He built his homestead on Summer street, and there his children were all born. His house was owned in 1894 by George Haywood. His brother, Timothy Metcalf settled near him and the house he occupied was standing in 1894 at the corner of King & Union streets.

Michael was a yeoman, and followed the trade of cooper for a time. He was an original member of the Wrentham church, and was one of 5 members to apprehend David Pond for his conduct in pitching the music too high during the church service of Feb. 18, 1738/39. He was chosen with Jonathan Wright as a ruling elder March 8, 1738/39.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Oct 1 2023, 19:07:22 UTC

Vital Records of Wrentham, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Volume 1 - Births, 144.
Medcalf, Micaell, s. of Eliezer and Meletiah, May 21, 168-.

Michael settled in the northeastern part of Wrentham on land that is now in Franklin. He built his homestead on Summer street, and there his children were all born. His house was owned in 1894 by George Haywood. His brother, Timothy Metcalf settled near him and the house he occupied was standing in 1894 at the corner of King & Union streets.

Michael was a yeoman, and followed the trade of cooper for a time. He was an original member of the Wrentham church, and was one of 5 members to apprehend David Pond for his conduct in pitching the music too high during the church service of Feb. 18, 1738/39. He was chosen with Jonathan Wright as a ruling elder March 8, 1738/39.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Oct 1 2023, 19:18:59 UTC