Melatiah (Hamant) Metcalf (1714-1751) is #445 on my Ahnentafel List, my 6th great-grandmother, who married #444 Michael Metcalf (1706-1771) in 1728 in Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
I am descended through:
* their son #222 Burgess Metcalf (1741-1816), married #223 Jerusha --?-- (1750-1817), in 1770.
* their daughter, #111 Mary Metcalf (1780-1855), married #110 Amos Underhill (1772-1865), in 1801.
* their daughter, #55, Mary Ann Underhill (1815-1882) in 1839. married #54 Samuel Vaux (1816-1880) in 1839.
* their daughter, #27 Abigail A. Vaux (1844-1931), married #26 Devier James Lamphear Smith (1839-1894) in 1861.
* their daughter, #13 Abby Ardell Smith (1862-1944), married #12 Henry Austin Carringer (1853-1946), in 1887.
* their son, #6 Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976), married #7 Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977).
* their daughter #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) who married #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) in 1942.
* their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)
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1) PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Name: Melatiah Hamant[1]
* Alternate Name: Militia Hamant[2]
* Alternate Name: Miletiah Hamant[5]
* Alternate Name: Melatiah Metcalf[3-4]
* Sex: Female
* Father: Timothy Hamant (1667-1718)
* Mother: Melatiah Clark (1674-1747)
2) INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Birth: 26 May 1704, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States[2]
* Death: 30 December 1751 (age 47), Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States[3–4]
3) SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Spouse 1: Michael Metcalf (1706-1771)
* Marriage 1: 2 July 1728 (age 23), Medway, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States[1,5]
* Child 1: Oliver Metcalf (1729-1797)
* Child 1: Michael Metcalf (1730-1777)
* Child 1: Melatiah Metcalf (1732-1766)
* Child 1: Amity Metcalf (1734- )
* Child 1: Abijah Metcalf (1735-1815)
* Child 1: Sarah Metcalf (1737-1812)
* Child 1: Burgess Metcalf (1741-1816)
* Child 1: Silas Metcalf (1745- )
4) NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
Melatiah Hamant was born 26 May 1704 in Medfield, Massachusetts, the third child and first daughter of Timothy and Melatiah (Clark) Hamant[2].
She married Michael Metcalf (1706-1771) on 2 July 1728 in Medway, Massachusetts[1,5], and they had eight children:
* Oliver Metcalf (1729-1797), who married Sarah Hammond (1727-1813) in 1759.
* Michael Metcalf (1730-1777), married Sarah Allen (1732-1756) in 1753.
* Melatiah Metcalf (1732-1766), married Jonah French (1728-1764) in 1750.
* Amity Metcalf (1734-????)
* Abijah Metcalf (1735-2825), married Mercy Ellis (1742-1818) in about 1763.
* Sarah Metcalf (1737-1812), married Amos Davis (1732-1794) in 1757.
* Burgess Metcalf (1741-1816), married Jerusha --?-- (about 1750-1817) before 1770.
* Silas Metcalf (1745-????).
All but the last child were born in Medway; Silas was born in Rutland, Massachusetts.
Michael and Melatiah (Hamant) Metcalf moved their family to Keene, New Hampshire before 1750. Several of their children were married in Cheshire County, New Hampshire.
Melatiah (Hamant) Metcalf died on 30 December 1751 in Keene[3-4]. There are no known burial or probate records for Melatiah (Hamant) Metcalf in Cheshire County.
5. SOURCES
1. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), "Medway Births, Marriages and Deaths," image 133 of 1171, Michael Metcalf and Melatiah Hamant marriage entry.
2. Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903), page 56, Militia Hamant entry.
3. "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947," digital image, FamilySearch International (http://FamilySearch.org), 2010. citing New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics. “Death certificates, 1901-1937", Melatiah Metcalf (1705-1751) entry.
4. "New Hampshire, Death and Disinterment Records, 1754-1947," indexed database and digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), Deaths > Index to deaths, early to 1900 > Morse - Nichols, image 2529 of 4992, Melatiah Metcalf entry.
5. Vital records of Medway, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1905), Marriages, page 232, Michael Metcalf and Miletiah Hamant entry.
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