Michael Metcalf (1680-1761) is #888 on my Ahnentafel List, my 7th great-grandfather, who married #889 Lydia White (1686-????) in 1705 in Mendon, Massachusetts.
I am descended through:
* their son #444 Michael Metcalf (1706-1771), married #445 Melatiah Hamant (1704-1751) in 1728.
* 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 Abbey Ardell Smith (1862-1944), married #12 Henry Austin Carringer (1853-1946), in 1887.
* their son, #6 Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976), who married #7 Emily Kemp Auble (1899-1977) in 1918.
* their daughter, #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002), who married #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) in 1942.
* their son, #1 Randall J. Seaver (1943-....)
* their daughter, #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002), who married #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) in 1942.
* their son, #1 Randall J. Seaver (1943-....)
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1) PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Name:: Michael Metcalf[1–3]
* Alternate Name: Micall Medcalf[5–6]
* Alternate Name: Michael Medcalfe[5]
* Sex: Male
* Father: Michael Metcalf (1650-1691)
* Mother: Elizabeth Bowers (1654-1724)
2) INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Birth: 10 October 1680, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States[1-2,4]
* Death: 5 March 1761 (age 80), Keene, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States[1-3]
3) SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Spouse 1: Lydia White (1686-????)
* Marriage 1: 21 March 1704/5 (age 23), Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States[1,5–6]
* Child 1: Michael Metcalf 1706-1771
* Child 2: John Metcalf 1709-1791
* Child 3: Joseph Metcalf 1714-1759
* Child 4: Jonathan Metcalf 1715-
* Child 5: Elizabeth Metcalf 1718-1758
* Child 6: Lydia Metcalf 1721-
4) NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
Michael Metcalf (also Medcalf, Medcalfe, Metcalfe) was born 10 October 1680 in Medfield, Massachusetts, the son of Michael and Elizabeth (Bowers) Metcalf[1-2,4].
He married on 21 March 1704/5 in Mendon, Massachusetts to Lydia White (1686-????), the daughter of Joseph and Lydia (Copeland) White[1,5-6]. They had six children, the first two were born in Medfield and the last four were born in Medway, Massachusetts:
* Michael Metcalf (1706-1771), married 1728 Melatiah Hamant (1704-1751).
* John Metcalf (1709-1791), married 1733 Tamar Daniels (1714-????).
* Joseph Metcalf (1714-1759), married 1739 Deborah Adams (1716-????).
* Jonathan Metcalf (1716-????), married (1) 1733 Hannah Smith (1712-1744); (2) 1742 Mary Adams (1722-1754).
* Elizabeth Metcalf (1718-1758), married 1737 Gideon Ellis (1714-1800).
* Lydia Metcalf (1721-????), married 1747 Hopestill Lovell (1711-1776).
The family settled in Medway in about 1714. As early as 11 February 1750, Michael Metcalf and his son, Michael Jr. and grandson Oliver, were settlers at Upper Ashuelot, afterward called Keene, New Hampshire, and were among the founders of the town[2].
Michael Metcalf died in 1761 at Keene, aged 80[1-3]. A Rebecca Metcalf, perhaps a second wife, died at Keene on 17 May 1753, aged 87.
There is no known burial location for Michael Metcalf, and there are no known probate records.
5. SOURCES
1. Howard H. Metcalfe, Some Descendants of Rev. Leonard Metcalf of Tatterford Parish,Norfolk, England (Westminster, Md. : Heritage Books, Inc., 2003), #90 Michael Metcalf family sketch.
2. George Edward Metcalf, "Genealogy of a Branch of the Michael Metcalf Family 'The Dornix Weaver'," typescript, FamilySearch Digital Library (https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/), Identifier 459870, 152 pages, page 4, Michael Metcalf #3 family sketch.
3. "New Hampshire Death Records, 1650-1969," digital image, FamilySearch International (http://FamilySearch.org), 2010. citing New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics. “Death certificates, 1901-1937", Michael Metcalf Sr. entry, 5 March 1761.
4. Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903), Births, page 71, Michael Medcalfe, son of Michael and Elizabeth, 10 October 1680.
5. Thomas W. Baldwin, Vital records of Mendon, Massachusetts, to the year 1850 (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1920), Marriages, page 428, Ledia White and Micall Medcalf entry, 21 March 1704/5.
6. "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," indexed database and digital images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), Mendon, "Town Records and Earmarks, with Births, Marriages and Deaths," page 69 (image 42 of 106), Micall Medcalf and Ledia White marriage entry, 1704.
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