Individual Details

Michael Metcalfe

(June 17, 1587 - December 24, 1664)

Michael left England for religious freedom, "I was persecuted in the land of my fathers' sepulchers for not bowing at the name of Jesus and observing the ceremonies enforced upon me at the instance of Bishop Wren of Norwich." He, his wife Susan, their children and a servant landed in Boston June on 1637. Michael was a townsmen, a selectman and on the committee to create the meeting house. His will left various possessions and money amounts to his 2nd wife Mary, children and grandchildren

Events

BirthJune 17, 1587Norfolk, England
MarriageOctober 13, 1616England, United Kingdom - Sarah Ellwyn
Arrival1637Boston, British America
Residence1637Tatterford, Norfolk, England
WillSeptember 15, 1664Dedham, British America
DeathDecember 24, 1664Dedham, British America
ProbateFebruary 1, 1665Suffolk, British America
BurialOld Village Cemetery, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
OccupationDornix weaver

Families

SpouseSarah Ellwyn (1593 - 1644)
ChildJane Metcalfe (1632 - 1701)
ChildMichael Metcalfe (1620 - 1654)

Notes

Arrival

On the John and Dorothy or the Rose of Yarmouth. The 2 ships sailed together, passenger lists were combined.

Heraldic manuscript England: c 1625 Sp Coll Hepburn q23

'Evidently, given the errors it contains, it is not a wholly reliable or comprehensive reference tool for identifying coats of arms. However, it remains an intriguing and unusual item in our collections'. February 2008 Heraldic manuscript (England?: c 1625) Sp Coll Hepburn q23

Endnotes

1. (2008). || Volume 2 page 1034.

2. C. Edward Banks , The Planters of the Commonwealth: a study of the emigrants and emigration in colonial times; to which are added lists of passengers to Boston and to the Bay Colony, the ships which brought them, their English homes, and the places of their settlement in Massachusetts, 1620-1640 (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1975), 1637. The John and Dorothy of Ipswich and the Rose of Yarmouth with William Andrews master. The following named passengers sailed in these two ships from Ipswich and arrived June 8 in Boston. It is not possible to allocate them to either ship and they are combined in this way. Michael Metcalf 45 weaver of Norwich, Norfolk first place of residence Dedham. With him: Mrs. Sara Metcalf 39, Mary 19, Michale Jr 17, John, 15, Sarah 13, Elizabeth 11, Martha 9, Thomas 7, Jane 5, Rebecca 2 and Thomas Comberbach 16 a servant Detail Page 184-5 1637.

3. (1847) || Volume 14 The Founders of New England page 325.

4. (1898). || Page 11.

5. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com, 2015), Suffolk Probate Records, Vol 1-4, 1628-1667 page 497 image 267 of 832.

6. (1898). || Page 11.

7. Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com, 2015), Suffolk Probate Records, Vol 1-4, 1628-1667 page 497 image 267 of 832.

8. Ancestry.com, Connecticut Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2012), Connecticut Headstone Inscriptions Vol 23 Page 50.

9. , "FindAGrave.com," online database, Find a Grave (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed ), .

10. (1900). || Page 312.

11. (1898). || Page 11.

12. (1847) || Volume 14 The Founders of New England page 325.