Rev. Joseph Metcalf, Sr

• Rev Joseph Metcalf, Sr
• Birth: Apr. 11, 1682 Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
• Death: Dec. 24, 1723 Falmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
• Rev. Joseph Metcalf, s. of Dea. Jonathan Metcalf and Hannah Kenrick, b. Apr. 11, 1682 at Dedham, Mass. A graduate of Harvard College at Cambridge, Mass. in 1703, he d. Dec. 24, 1723 at Falmouth, Mass. after 16 years as the first pastor of the Falmouth Congregational Church.
• By an intent to marry pub. at Falmouth, Mass. Sept. 3, 1707 [Metcalfe, Joseph, Rev., and Abiel Adams, intention Sept. 3, 1707], Joseph m. Abiel Adams, dau. of Rev. William Adams (2nd pastor of the Dedham Cong. Chh.) and his 2nd wife Alice Bradford, b. Dec. 15, 1685 at Dedham. No record can be found of their actual date of marriage. Abiel was the maternal granddaughter of Maj. William Bradford and his 1st wife Alice Richards, the former the eldest son of Gov. William Bradford of the 1620 Mayflower passage and Plymouth Colony by his 2nd wife, Alice Carpenter.
• Following Rev. Metcalf's death, Abiel m. 2) as his 2nd wife, Rev. Isaac Chauncey, who d. May 2, 1745 at Hadley, Mass. Abiel d. July 30, 1758 at Mansfield, Conn.
• Rev. Metcalf and Abiel Adams had the following seven recorded children at Falmouth, all daughters, who lived beyond infancy to marry:
  • • i. Abiel Metcalf, b. Nov. 15, 1709, d. bef. Feb. 2, 1778 at Greenbush, NY; m. Nov. 22, 1733 at Lebanon, Conn., James Fitch, s. Nathaniel Fitch and Anne Abell, b. Oct. 15, 1709 at Lebanon, Conn. He d. Nov. 15, 1760 at Salisbury, Conn.
  • • ii. Alice Metcalf, twin, b. May 2, 1712, d. Oct. 22, 1740 at Lebanon, Conn.; m. June 30, 1736 at Lebanon, Dr. John Williams, s. of Parke Williams and Priscilla Payson, b. June 6, 1706 at Roxbury, Mass. He d. Mar. 14, 1776 at Sharon, Conn.
  • • iii. Hannah Metcalf, twin, b. May 2, 1712, was living in June 1774; m. her cousin, Dea. Timothy Metcalf, s. of Ebenezer Metcalf and Hannah Abell, b. circa 1710. He d. Mar. 10, 1773 at Mansfield, Conn.
  • • iv. Mary Metcalf, b. Dec. 17, 1715, was living in 1781; m. July 1, 1745 at Norwich, Conn., Daniel Rudd, s. Nathaniel Rudd and Abigail Hartshorn, b. Mar. 12, 1709/10 at Norwich. He d. in 1781.
  • • v. Elizabeth Metcalf, b. Mar. 6, 1716/7, d. Feb. 22, 1762 at Salisbury, Conn; m. Rev. Jonathan Lee, s. of David Lee and Lydia Strong, b. July 10, 1718 at Coventry, Conn. He d. Oct. 8, 1788 at Salisbury, Conn.
  • • vi. Delight Metcalf, b. May 1, 1719, d. bef 1753; m. June 7, 1737 at Mansfield, Conn., Thomas Warner, s. Andrew Warner and Deborah Leffingwell, b. in Apr. 1705 at Windham, Conn. He d. in 1756 at Ashfield, Conn.
  • • vii. Sarah Metcalf, b. Feb. 10, 1720/1, d. June 1, 1779 at East Haddam, Conn.; m. Feb. 13, 1747/8 at Lebanon, Conn. (also recorded at East Haddam), Rev. Joseph Fowler, Jr., s. Joseph Fowler and Hannah Clark, b. Dec. 5, 1722 at Suffield, Conn. He d. June 10, 1771 at East Haddam.
• The Metcalf Gen. includes the following child, who is not of actual record at Falmouth, Mass., and the current writer questions whether she was actually a child of the family:
  • • viii. Azubah Metcalf, purportedly b. Nov. 28, 1723, d. Dec. 15, 1803 at Sudbury, VT; m. Feb. 17, 1746/7 at Union, Conn., William Williams, s. of William Williams and Experience Wilson, b. Aug. 3, 1723 at Newton, Mass. He d. Feb. 3, 1800 at Willington, Conn.
• Family links:
• Parents:
• Jonathan Metcalf (1650 - 1727)
• Hannah Kenrick Metcalf (1652 - 1731)
• Spouse:
• Abiel Adams Chauncey (1685 - 1758)*
• Children:
  • Alice Metcalf Williams (1712 - 1740)*
• Siblings:
• Jonathan Metcalf (1676 - 1738)**
• John Metcalf (1678 - 1749)**
• Joseph Metcalf (1682 - 1723)
• Eleazer Metcalf (1687 - 1764)*
• Hannah Metcalf Richards (1687 - 1770)*
• *Calculated relationship
• **Half-sibling
• Inscription:
• Sacred
• to the memory of the
• REV. JOSEPH METCALFE
• the first Pastor of the
• Congregational Church in
• this Town, who died
• Dec. 24. 1723.
• in the 42d. year of his age. &
• the 16th. of his ministry.
• On the day Joseph died he was 41 years old, and Ætatis suæ (i.e., Æ, "Aged," in the XX year of his Age) 42.
• Burial: Falmouth Old Burying Ground, Falmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
• Find A Grave Memorial# 5846926
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• ADAMS, Abiel
• b. 15 DEC 1685 Dedham, Norfolk, Mass.
• d. 1758 Hadley, Hampshire, Mass.
• Parents:
• Father: ADAMS, William
• Mother: BRADFORD, Alice
• Family:
• Marriage: 3 SEP 1707 Dedham, Norfolk, Mass.
• Spouse: METCALF, Joseph
• b. 11 APR 1682 Dedham, Norfolk, Mass.
• d. 24 MAY 1723 Falmouth, Barnstable, Mass.
• Parents:
• Father: METCALF, Jonathan
• Mother: KENDRICK, Hannah
• Children:
  • METCALF, Abigail b. 13 JUN 1708 Falmouth, Barnstable, Mass. d. ABT 1708 Falmouth, Barnstable, Mass.
  • METCALF, Abijah b. 15 NOV 1709 Falmouth, Barnstable, Mass. d. ABT 1709 Falmouth, Barnstable, Mass.
  • METCALF, Abiel
  • METCALF, Alice
  • METCALF, Hannah
  • METCALF, Mary
  • METCALF, Elizabeth
  • METCALF, Delight
  • METCALF, Sarah
  • METCALF, Sybil b. 10 NOV 1722 Falmouth, Barnstable, Mass. d. 26 DEC 1722 Falmouth, Barnstable, Mass.
  • METCALF, Azubah
• From: http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_446.htm#73 _____________
• 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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Rev. Joseph Metcalf, s. of Dea. Jonathan Metcalf and Hannah Kenrick, b. Apr. 11, 1682 at Dedham, Mass. A graduate of Harvard College at Cambridge, Mass. in 1703, he d. Dec. 24, 1723 at Falmouth, Mass. after 16 years as the first pastor of the Falmouth Congregational Church.

By an intent to marry pub. at Falmouth, Mass. Sept. 3, 1707 [Metcalfe, Joseph, Rev., and Abiel Adams, intention Sept. 3, 1707], Joseph m. Abiel Adams, dau. of Rev. William Adams (2nd pastor of the Dedham Cong. Chh.) and his 2nd wife Alice Bradford, b. Dec. 15, 1685 at Dedham. No record can be found of their actual date of marriage. Abiel was the maternal granddaughter of Maj. William Bradford and his 1st wife Alice Richards, the former the eldest son of Gov. William Bradford of the 1620 Mayflower passage and Plymouth Colony by his 2nd wife, Alice Carpenter.

Following Rev. Metcalf's death, Abiel m. 2) as his 2nd wife, Rev. Isaac Chauncey, who d. May 2, 1745 at Hadley, Mass. Abiel d. July 30, 1758 at Mansfield, Conn.

Rev. Metcalf and Abiel Adams had the following seven recorded children at Falmouth, all daughters, who lived beyond infancy to marry:

• i. Abiel Metcalf, b. Nov. 15, 1709, d. bef. Feb. 2, 1778 at Greenbush, NY; m. Nov. 22, 1733 at Lebanon, Conn., James Fitch, s. Nathaniel Fitch and Anne Abell, b. Oct. 15, 1709 at Lebanon, Conn. He d. Nov. 15, 1760 at Salisbury, Conn.

• ii. Alice Metcalf, twin, b. May 2, 1712, d. Oct. 22, 1740 at Lebanon, Conn.; m. June 30, 1736 at Lebanon, Dr. John Williams, s. of Parke Williams and Priscilla Payson, b. June 6, 1706 at Roxbury, Mass. He d. Mar. 14, 1776 at Sharon, Conn.

• iii. Hannah Metcalf, twin, b. May 2, 1712, was living in June 1774; m. her cousin, Dea. Timothy Metcalf, s. of Ebenezer Metcalf and Hannah Abell, b. circa 1710. He d. Mar. 10, 1773 at Mansfield, Conn.

• iv. Mary Metcalf, b. Dec. 17, 1715, was living in 1781; m. July 1, 1745 at Norwich, Conn., Daniel Rudd, s. Nathaniel Rudd and Abigail Hartshorn, b. Mar. 12, 1709/10 at Norwich. He d. in 1781.

• v. Elizabeth Metcalf, b. Mar. 6, 1716/7, d. Feb. 22, 1762 at Salisbury, Conn; m. Rev. Jonathan Lee, s. of David Lee and Lydia Strong, b. July 10, 1718 at Coventry, Conn. He d. Oct. 8, 1788 at Salisbury, Conn.

• vi. Delight Metcalf, b. May 1, 1719, d. bef 1753; m. June 7, 1737 at Mansfield, Conn., Thomas Warner, s. Andrew Warner and Deborah Leffingwell, b. in Apr. 1705 at Windham, Conn. He d. in 1756 at Ashfield, Conn.

• vii. Sarah Metcalf, b. Feb. 10, 1720/1, d. June 1, 1779 at East Haddam, Conn.; m. Feb. 13, 1747/8 at Lebanon, Conn. (also recorded at East Haddam), Rev. Joseph Fowler, Jr., s. Joseph Fowler and Hannah Clark, b. Dec. 5, 1722 at Suffield, Conn. He d. June 10, 1771 at East Haddam.

The Metcalf Gen. includes the following child, who is not of actual record at Falmouth, Mass., and the current writer questions whether she was actually a child of the family:

• viii. Azubah Metcalf, purportedly b. Nov. 28, 1723, d. Dec. 15, 1803 at Sudbury, VT; m. Feb. 17, 1746/7 at Union, Conn., William Williams, s. of William Williams and Experience Wilson, b. Aug. 3, 1723 at Newton, Mass. He d. Feb. 3, 1800 at Willington, Conn.* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Oct 13 2019, 1:54:42 UTC

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