Ebenezer Metcalf and Hannah Abell

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Ebenezer Metcalf was born 14 December 1679 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts to Jonathan Metcalf and Hannah Kenrick. Ebenezer married Hannah Abell 28 April 1702 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut. Hannah was probably born 15 January 1679 to Benjamin and Hannah Abell (according to The Abell Family in America).

Ebenezer was established and confirmed the cornet of the troop of Windham county, Connecticut in May of 1728. He was admitted to the church at Lebanon, New London, Connecticut 3 November 1723.

Ebenezer’s will was written 3 April 1755 and probated 19 Nov 1755. The inventory was taken 24 November 1755 and the estate was administered on 30 December. Hannah’s inventory was taken 13 Jul 1756. These probate papers give a number of details of Ebenezer and Hannah’s life.

Ebenezer’s inventory indicates that the family lived in very comfortable circumstances and includes a number of items, including over 30 cattle, about nine horses, 28 sheep, five pigs (“shotes”), over 400 acres of land, and silver, gold, and silk items, totaling £3,196 and 10 ½ d. Hannah’s inventory included some gold and silver jewelry and accoutrements, as well as a good-sized wardrobe that included seven gowns (including silk, damask, and linen) and other articles (silk, velvet, etc.), amongst other items.

Ebenezer was a slave owner. Among the bequests given by Ebenezer to Hannah was “also my Negro Woman Moll to be hers & at her Dispose During her Naturall Life.” Later in the will, Ebenezer states that after Hannah’s death, Moll was to “have Liberty to Live with Which of my Sons she will & that son whom she Choose for her Master & who takes Her shall be Chargeable with her Support & Maintenance, if She Should become Sick Infirm or Useless.” In the administration, Moll was listed as given to Hannah. There is no known mention of her in records other than Ebenezer’s probate papers, so it is unknown whom she chose or anything else of her fate. Moll was mentioned (and appraised as property) in Ebenezer’s inventory, as were two other slaves: “1 Negro Man, Chrismas” and “Also one negro man named Toby Judged To be worth nothing but to be a Charge & incumbrance To the Estate.” In the administration of Ebenezer’s estate, Ebenezer, Benjamin, and Timothy were each given “1/3” of Chrismas. I am not sure if this means that they shared Chrismas’ labor between them or if Chrismas was sold and the money split between them. Toby was probably elderly, ill, or incapacitated at the time of the inventory. He is not mentioned in the administration.

Ebenezer ended the will with his hopes and desires for his children: “And it is my Dying Request & Charge to all my Children that they Live in the fear of God, & in peace & Love one with another, & never Contend with one another about the Estate which I have left Among them, which I have Distributed with sincere affection to them all According to my best Judgement.”

Ebenezer died 15 November 1755 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut. Hannah died 17 June 1756 in Connecticut. They were buried in the Old Cemetery, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut.

Ebenezer and Hannah’s children are:

1	Ebenezer Metcalf, born 3 April 1703 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, married Thankful Delano, d. 26 Dec 1777 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut) 7 Oct 1725 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, died 22 Jan 1780 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut. Wife: Thankful Delano, b. 8 Jun 1702 in Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts to Ebenezer and Martha Delano.
2	Benjamin Metcalf, born 12 Mar 1704/5 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, married Sarah Abell 26 Oct 1726 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, died 10 Oct 1777 in Connecticut and Sarah, will dated 23 May 1777 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut and proved 10 Nov 1777, buried in Johnson Cemetery, Bozrah, New London, Connecticut. Wife: Sarah Abell, b. 2 Mar 1704 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut to John and Rebeckah (Sluman) Abell, d. 27 Apr 1781 in Connecticut, bur. in Johnson Cemetery, Bozrah, New London, Connecticut.
3	Lydia Metcalf, born 11 Apr (1706?) in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, died 6 Jun 1725 in Connecticut, buried in the Old Cemetery, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut.
4	Timothy Metcalf, born about 1711, married Hannah —, was a deacon, died 10 Mar 1773 in Connecticut, inventory taken 23 Apr 1773, buried in Pink Cemetery, Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut, children mentioned in the probate: Abiel (married name: Dunham), Ezra, Ebenezar, Timothy, Jabez, Hannah, Alice, Abigail, and Anne. Wife: Hannah —, said to be his first cousin, Hannah Metcalf, b. 2 May 1712 in Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts to Joseph and Abiel (Adams) Metcalfe.
5	Joseph Metcalf, born 8 Jul 1711 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, died 18 Dec 1758 in Connecticut, buried in the Old Cemetery, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut. Joseph was left land, a mare, and a cow in his father’s will and it was stipulated that he “Shall have his Liberty, to live either of his brothers Benjamin or Jabez which he shall choose & Whichsoever of these my Sons he Shall Choose to Live with, Shall have the use & Improvement of the Land, which I have given to Joseph as Above for Maintainance & Comfortable Support of the sd Joseph & the keeping his Mare & Cow & their Increase and I Leave it as my Charge to my Sons, that whichsoever of them he shall Choose to Live with, He Do take Good & Prudent Care of him & make Comfortable Provisions for him.” Why Ebenezer left such careful instructions for Joseph is not known. It is likely that Joseph was in some way disabled, though not of a sort or to the degree that Ebenezer ruled out the possibility of his one day raising a family, as he stated that the land would be left to his lawful heirs, if he ever had any.
6	Lucy Metcalf, born 25 Dec 1713 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, baptized 29 Jan 1713 (date probably in Old Style, in which the new year started in March, which would make the year 1714 in New Style) in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, married John Baldwin 30 May 1734 (according to Cutter), died 2 Jan 1777 in Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire, buried in Old Pine Tree Cemetery, West Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire. Husband: John Baldwin, d. 7 Dec 1778 in Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire, bur. in Old Pine Tree Cemetery, West Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire.
7	Ann Metcalf, born 18 Mar 1716 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, baptized 15 Apr 1716 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, married Nehemiah Fitch 26 Jan 1738 in Lebanon-Goshen, New London, Connecticut, died 16 Nov 1745 in Connecticut, buried in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut. Husband: Nehemiah Fitch, b. 10 Feb 1707 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut to Nathaniel and Ann Fitch, d. 16 Nov 1745, bur. Goshen Cemetery, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut.
8	Jabez Metcalf, born 30 Nov 1718 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, married Sybil Hyde, d. 5 Nov 1790 in Connecticut, bur. in the Old Cemetery, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut) 11 Dec 1753 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, among those who marched from Lebanon in answer to the Lexington Alarm (in response to the Battles of Lexington and Concord at the start of the Revolution) in Apr 1775, died 14 or 15 Nov 1794 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, buried in the Old Cemetery, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut. Wife: Sybil Hyde, b. 16 Apr 1731 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut to Samuel and Priscilla (Bradford) Hyde, sister of Zerviah Hyde (who married Andrew Metcalf, son of Jabez’s brother Benjamin).
9	Hannah Metcalf, no birth record but mentioned in father's will, married Abraham Spafford 1 Nov 1738 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut. Husband: Abraham Spafford.

Summary of Sources

Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: 2013. Original data: Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut.
Dedham, MA: Vital Records, 1635 - 1845, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007), (The Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths, and Intentions of Marriage, in the Town of Dedham. Volumes 1 & 2. Edited by Don Gleason Hill, Dedham, MA, 1886.).
Barbour, Lucius Barnes, Williston Walker, & Winslow Tracy Williams (Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut), Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848, Vol. 1, Hartford, CT: The Case, Lockwood, & Brainard Co., 1913, p. 41.
Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).
Ancestry.com. Early Connecticut Marriages [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Bailey, Frederic W. Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997.
Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772–1934." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.
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Newcomb, John B., "Thomas Newcomb's Account Book," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vol. 31, Jul 1877, pgs. 294, 296.
Allen, Rev. William, "Descendants of Alice Bradford," New England Genealogical and Historical Register, Vol. 9 (Apr 1855), p. 127.
Caulkins, Francis Manwaring, History of Norwich, Connecticut: From Its Possession by the Indians to the Year 1866, Norwich, CT: H.P. Haven, 1874, p. 162.
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Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots; Volume: 3; Serial: 11999; Volume: 8. Hatcher, Patricia Law. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Hatcher, Patricia Law. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots. Vol. 1-4. Dallas, TX, USA: Pioneer Heritage Press, 1987.
Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: ConnecticutCounty, District and Probate Courts.
Tombstones of Ebenezer and Hannah (Abell) Metcalf, Lydia Metcalf, Joseph Metcalf, and Jabez and Sybil (Hyde) Metcalf, Old Cemetery, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut.
Tombstones of Benjamin and Sarah (Abell) Metcalf, Johnson Cemetery, Bozrah, New London, Connecticut.
Tombstone of Timothy Metcalf, Pink Cemetery, Mansfield City, Tolland, Connecticut.
Tombstones of John and Lucy (Metcalf) Baldwin, Old Pine Tree Cemetery, West Lebanon, Grafton, New Hampshire.
Tombstone of Nehemiah Fitch, Goshen Cemetery, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut.

Records related to Ebenezer and Hannah (Abell) Metcalf but not copied below due to copyright considerations:

Abell, Horace A.. The Abell family in America : Robert Abell of Rehoboth, Mass., his English ancestry and his descendants, other Abell families and immigrants, Abell families in England. Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle Pub. Co., 1940, pgs. 65, 75.
Tansey, Roger, "The Man Who Died Twice: Royal and Mayflower Descendant, Pvt. Ebenezer Metcalf of Mansfield, Connecticut," Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 35 (2002): 565-86.

Source Materials

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Mayflower Births and Deaths

Samuel Hide, b. 10 Sept. 1691*, Windham CT; d. 14 Feb. 1776*, Lebanon CT
Children of Samuel Hide & Priscilla Bradford⁴ (Jos.³): (9) <Lebanon CT VR:146>
Samuel Hide⁵, b. 24 Oct. 1725
Anne Hide⁵, b. 22 Oct. 1727
Priscilla Hide⁵, b. 16 Apr. 1731, d. 5 Oct. 1732
Sybil Hide⁵, b. 16 Apr. 1731 (twins)
Daniel Hide⁵, b. 7 May 1733
Priscilla Hide⁵, b. 4 June 1735, d. 4 July 1759, Litchfield CT
Hannah Hide⁵, b. 19 July 1738
Zerviah Hide⁵, b. 15 Dec. 1740
Abigail Hide⁵, b. 4 Nov. 1744; d. 20 Dec. 1830*
Lieut. Samuel Hide, d. 6 Nov. 1742 <Lebanon CT VR:149>

Source: Roser, Susan E. Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volume 1. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992, p. 149.

Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England

Vol. 3
METCALF, frequently MEDCALF, in early rec.
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.

Source: Savage, James, A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Boston, 1862, retrieved from http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/, Nov 2012.

History of Norwich, Connecticut

“Thomas Baldwin, Husbandman,” the second son of John the proprietor, married Sarah, daughter of John Calkins. He died Sept. 16, 1741, in the 80th year of his age. His farm was three miles distant from the town-plot, and now forms a part of the large domain of Asa Fitch, Esq., of Fitchville Bozrah. Though he himself made a cross for his signature, in the course of three or four generations we find among his descendants, divines, lawyers, physicians, scholars, and statesmen. He had four daughters, who passed in due time into other families,—Baldwin of Lebanon, Birchard, Backus, and Post; and four sons, viz., John, who married Lucy Metcalf of Lebanon, and his family removing to the Cohos country, assisted in peopling the New Hampshire grants; Thomas, Ebenezer, and Jabez.

Source: Caulkins, Francis Manwaring, History of Norwich, Connecticut: From Its Possession by the Indians to the Year 1866, Norwich, CT: H.P. Haven, 1874, p. 162.

Cutter's Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut

[Describing the children of Thomas Baldwin:]
5. John, March 8, I704; married, May 30, 1734 Lucy Metcalf, of Lebanon, Connecticut; lived in Stafford, Connecticut, 1737-39; in Mansfield, Connecticut, for seven years after 1739, and finally settled in Hanover, New Hampshire, where he died. They had eight children.

Source: Cutter, William Richard, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut, Vol. 2, Part 2, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911, p. 994.

Thomas Newcomb's Account Book

The following names are copied from the account book of Thomas Newcomb, kept by him at Lebanon, Ct., in the years 1735-38. The names followed by a (*) are mentioned in the accounts...
...Ebenezer Metcalf, son Benjamin,* son Timothy,* Jonathan Metcalf, Jonathan Metcalf, jr., Wm. Metcalf,*...

Source: Newcomb, John B., "Thomas Newcomb's Account Book," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Vol. 31, Jul 1877, pgs. 294, 296.

Descendants of Alice Bradford

The third daughter of William and Alice [Bradford] Adams was Abiel, born Dec. 15, 1685, after the death of her father, who died Aug. 17, 1685. About the year 1707 she married Rev. Joseph Metcalf, minister of Falmouth, a native of Dedham, born in 1682, graduated 1703, died May 24, 1723. Joseph and Abiel Metcalf had 11 children, as follows: 1. Abigail; 2. Abijah, both of whom, probably, [died] young; 3. Abiel, married James Fitch of Salisbury; 4. Hannah, married Timothy Metcalf of Mansfield or Lebanon; 5. Alice, married John Willliams; 6. Mary, married John Reed or Rudd of Lebanon; 7. Elizabeth, married Rev. Jonathan Lee, the first minister of Salisbury, Conn.; 8. Delight, married Tho. Worcester; 9. Sarah, married James Fowler of E. Haddam; 10. Azubah, married Wm. Williams of Union, Maine; 11. Sybal.
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Her [Mrs. Alice Adams'] daughter Abiel, the widow of Rev. Joseph Metcalf, married Rev. Isaac Chauncy of Hadley, who died in 1745. The time and place of her death are not known.

Source: Allen, Rev. William, "Descendants of Alice Bradford," New England Genealogical and Historical Record, Vol. 9 (Apr 1855), p. 127.

Connecticut Church Record Abstracts

Name:    Lucy Metcalf
Father's name:    Ebenezer Metcalf
Baptism Date:    29 Jan 1713
Baptism Place:    Lebanon, Connecticut, USA
Volume Title:    Volume 057 Lebanon

Name:    Anne Metcalf
Baptism Date:    15 Apr 1716
Baptism Place:    Lebanon, Connecticut, USA
Volume Title:    Volume 057 Lebanon

Name:    Jabez Metcalf
Death Date:    14 Nov 1794
Death Place:    Lebanon, Connecticut, USA
Volume Title:    Volume 057 Lebanon

Name:    Hannah Metcalf
Marriage Date:    1 Nov 1738
Marriage Place:    Lebanon, Connecticut, USA
Spouse Name:    Abraham Spafford
Volume Title:    Volume 057 Lebanon

Name:    Ebenezer Metcalf
Residence Date:    3 Nov 1723
Residence Place:    Lebanon, Connecticut, USA
Volume Title:    Volume 057 Lebanon
[Text: Ebenezer, adm. ch., Nov. 3, 1723]

Source: Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: 2013. Original data: Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut.

Dedham, MA: Vital Records

1679...Ebenezer, the son of Jonathan & Hanna Metcalfe, was borne the 14:12: 79.

Source: Dedham, MA: Vital Records, 1635 - 1845, (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007), (The Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths, and Intentions of Marriage, in the Town of Dedham. Volumes 1 & 2. Edited by Don Gleason Hill, Dedham, MA, 1886.).

Vital Records of Norwich

Ebenezer Metcalfe and Hanah Abell ware Married Aprill 28th 1702
Ebenezer Metcalfe the Son of Ebenezer & hanah his Wife was born 3d Day of Aprill 1703
Benjamine Metcalfe was born March 12th 1704/5
Lydea Metcalfe was Born Aprill the 11th 1607 : (sic)

Source: Barbour, Lucius Barnes, Williston Walker, & Winslow Tracy Williams (Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut), Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848, Vol. 1, Hartford, CT: The Case, Lockwood, & Brainard Co., 1913, p. 41.

Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)

Name    Benjamin Metcalf
Gender    Male
Parent    Ebenezer
Parent    Hannah

Name:    Sarah Abell
Gender:    Female
Birth Date:    2 Mar 1704
Birth Place:    Lebanon
Parent:    John
Parent:    Rebeckah

Name:    Joseph Metcalf
Gender:    Male
Birth Date:    8 Jul 1711
Birth Place:    Lebanon
Parent:    Ebenezer
Parent:    Hannah

Name:    Lucy Metcalf
Gender:    Female
Birth Date:    25 Dec 1713
Birth Place:    Lebanon
Parent:    Ebenezer
Parent:    Hannah

Name:    Anna Metcalf
Gender:    Female
Birth Date:    18 Mar 1716
Birth Place:    Lebanon
Parent:    Ebenezer
Parent:    Hannah

Name:    Nehemiah Fitch
Gender:    Male
Birth Date:    10 Feb 1707
Birth Place:    Lebanon
Parent:    Capt. Nathl
Parent:    Ann

Name:    Jabez Metcalf
Gender:    Male
Birth Date:    30 Nov 1718
Birth Place:    Lebanon
Parent:    Ebenezer
Parent:    Hannah

Name:    Sybel Hyde
Gender:    Female
Birth Date:    16 Apr 1731
Birth Place:    Lebanon
Parent:    Samuel
Parent:    Priscilla

Source: Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.

Connecticut Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)

Name:    Sarah Abell
Marriage Date:    26 Oct 1726
Marriage Place:    Lebanon, Connecticut, USA
Spouse:    Benjamin Metcalfe
[Note: Date given as 1726 with note: "Written 1826"]

Name:    Thankfull Dileno
Marriage Date:    7 Oct 1725
Marriage Place:    Lebanon, Connecticut, USA
Spouse:    Ebenezer Metcalfe Jr.

Name:    Sibel Hyde
Marriage Date:    11 Dec 1753
Marriage Place:    Lebanon, Connecticut, USA
Spouse:    Jabez Metcalf

Source: Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.

Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)

Name:    Ebenezer Metcalf
Age:    76th Y.
Birth Date:    abt 1749
Death Date:    15 Nov 1755
Death Place:    Lebanon, Connecticut, USA

Name:    Ebenr Metcalf
Age:    76 Y.
Birth Date:    abt 1704
Death Date:    22 Jan 1780
Death Place:    Lebanon, Connecticut, USA

Name:    Thankfull Metcalf
Age:    76th Y.
Birth Date:    abt 1771
Death Date:    26 Dec 1777
Death Place:    Lebanon, Connecticut, USA
Spouse:    Ebenezer

Source: Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Death Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.

Massachusetts Town and Vital Records

Name:    Ebenezer Metcalfe
Event Type:    Birth
Birth Date:    14 Dec 1679
Birth Place:    Dedham, Massachusetts
Father Name:    Jonathan Metcalfe
Mother Name:    Hanna Metcalfe

Name:    Thankfull Delano
Event Type:    Birth
Birth Date:    8 Jun 1702
Birth Place:    Duxbury, Massachusetts
Father Name:    Ebenr Delano
Mother Name:    Martha Delano

Name:    Hanah Metcalfe
Event Type:    Birth
Birth Date:    2 May 1712
Birth Place:    Falmouth, Massachusetts
Father Name:    Joseph Metcalfe
Mother Name:    Abial

Source: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

Early Connecticut Marriages

Name:    Anne Metcalf
Gender:    Female
Spouse's Name:    Nehemiah Fitch
Spouse Gender:    Male
Marriage Date:    26 Jan 1738
Marriage Place:    Lebanon-Goshen, New London

Name:    Jabez Metcalfe
Gender:    Male
Spouse's Name:    Sybel Hide
Spouse Gender:    Female
Marriage Date:    11 Dec 1753
Marriage Place:    Lebanon, New London

Source: Ancestry.com. Early Connecticut Marriages [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: Bailey, Frederic W. Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997.

Connecticut Deaths and Burials Index

Name:    Ebenezer Metcalf
Birth Date:    abt 1680
Age at Death:    75
Death Date:    15 Nov 1755
Death Place:    Connecticut
Burial Place:    Lebanon, Connecticut
Gender:    Male
FHL Film Number:    3169

Name:    Hannah Metcalf
Birth Date:    abt 1679
Age at Death:    77
Death Date:    17 Jun 1756
Death Place:    Connecticut
Burial Place:    Lebanon, Connecticut
Gender:    Female
FHL Film Number:    3169

Name:    Lydea Metcalf
Birth Date:    abt 1706
Age at Death:    19
Death Date:    6 Jun 1725
Death Place:    Connecticut
Burial Place:    Lebanon, Connecticut
Gender:    Female
FHL Film Number:    3169

Name    Benjamin Metcalf
Death Date    10 Oct 1777
Death Place    Connecticut
Burial Place    Bozrah, Connecticut
Gender    Male
FHL Film Number    3169

Name:    Mrs Sarah Metcalf
Birth Date:    abt 1705
Age at Death:    76
Death Date:    27 Apr 1781
Death Place:    Connecticut
Burial Place:    Bozrah, Connecticut
Gender:    Female
FHL Film Number:    3169

Name:    Timothy Metcalf
Birth Date:    abt 1711
Age at Death:    62
Death Date:    10 Mar 1773
Death Place:    Connecticut
Burial Place:    Mansfield, Connecticut
Gender:    Male
FHL Film Number:    3169

Name:    Joseph Metcalf
Birth Date:    abt 1711
Age at Death:    47
Death Date:    18 Dec 1758
Death Place:    Connecticut
Burial Place:    Lebanon, Connecticut
Gender:    Male
FHL Film Number:    3169

Name:    Nehemiah Fitch
Death Date:    16 Nov 1745
Death Place:    Connecticut
Burial Place:    Lebanon, Connecticut
Gender:    Male
FHL Film Number:    3124

Name:    Jabez Metcalf
Birth Date:    abt 1709
Age at Death:    85
Death Date:    15 Nov 1794
Death Place:    Connecticut
Burial Place:    Lebanon, Connecticut
FHL Film Number:    3169

Name:    Sibbel Metcalf
Birth Date:    abt 1731
Age at Death:    59
Death Date:    5 Nov 1790
Death Place:    Connecticut
Burial Place:    Lebanon, Connecticut
Gender:    Female
FHL Film Number:    3169

Source: Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772–1934." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.

New Hampshire Death and Disinterment Records

Name:    Mrs Lucy Baldwin
Gender:    Female
Death Date:    2 Jan 1777
Death Place:    Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA

Name:    John Baldwin
Death Date:    7 Dec 1778
Death Place:    Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA

Source: Ancestry.com. New Hampshire, Death and Disinterment Records, 1754-1947 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: “New Hampshire, Death and Disinterment Records, 1754–1947.” Online index and digital images. New England Historical Genealogical Society. Citing New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records, Concord, New Hampshire.

The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011

Name:    Mr Ebenezer Metcalfe
Event Type:    Death
Birth Date:    abt 1679
Age at Death:    76
Death Date:    15 Nov 1755
Death Place:    USA
Page Number:    302
Volume Number:    098

Name:    Lidea Metcalfe
Event Type:    Death
Birth Date:    abt 1716
Age at Death:    9
Death Date:    6 Jun 1725
Death Place:    USA
Father's name:    Ebenezer Metcalfe
Mother's name:    Hannah Metcalfe
Page Number:    302
Volume Number:    098

Source: Ancestry.com. The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: New England Historic Genealogical Society. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston: The New England Historic Genealogical Society.

Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices

Name:    Ebenezer Metcalf
Birth Date:    abt 1680
Death Date:    15 Nov 1755
Age at Death:    75
Cemetery:    Old Cemetery
Burial Place:    Connecticut

Name:    Mrs Hannah Metcalf
Birth Date:    abt 1679
Death Date:    17 Jun 1756
Age at Death:    77
Cemetery:    Old Cemetery
Burial Place:    Connecticut

Name    Benjamin Metcalf
Death Date    10 Oct 1777
Cemetery    Johnson Cemetery
Burial Place    Bozrah, Connecticut

Name:    Mrs Sarah Metcalf
Birth Date:    abt 1705
Death Date:    27 Apr 1781
Age at Death:    76
Cemetery:    Johnson Cemetery
Burial Place:    Bozrah, Connecticut

Name:    Lydea Metcalf
Birth Date:    abt 1706
Death Date:    6 Jun 1725
Age at Death:    19
Cemetery:    Old Cemetery
Burial Place:    Connecticut

Name:    Dea Timothy Metcalf
Birth Date:    abt 1711
Death Date:    10 Mar 1773
Age at Death:    62
Cemetery:    Gurley Cemetery
Burial Place:    Mansfield, Connecticut

Name:    Joseph Metcalf
Birth Date:    abt 1711
Death Date:    18 Dec 1758
Age at Death:    47
Cemetery:    Old Cemetery
Burial Place:    Connecticut

Name:    Nehemiah Fitch
Birth Date:    abt 1708
Death Date:    16 Nov 1745
Age at Death:    37
Cemetery:    Goshen Cemetery
Burial Place:    Connecticut

Name:    Jabez Metcalf
Birth Date:    abt 1719
Death Date:    15 Nov 1794
Age at Death:    75
Cemetery:    Old Cemetery
Burial Place:    Connecticut

Name:    Sibbel Metcalf
Birth Date:    abt 1731
Death Date:    5 Nov 1790
Age at Death:    59
Cemetery:    Old Cemetery
Burial Place:    Connecticut

Source: Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Original data: The Charles R. Hale Collection. Hale Collection of Connecticut Cemetery Inscriptions. Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut State Library.

Ebenezer Metcalf's probate record:

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1790

New London, Connecticut

Name:    Jabez Metcalf
Home in 1790 (City, County, State):    New London, Connecticut
Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over:    1
Free White Persons - Females:    1
Number of Household Members:    2

Source: First Census of the United States, 1790 (NARA microfilm publication M637, 12 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, from May 1726 to May 1735

[May 1728]
This Assembly do establish and confirm Mr. Ebenezar Mettcalf to be Cornett of the Troop in the county of Windham, and order that he be commissioned accordingly.

Source: Hoadly, Charles, Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, from May 1726 to May 1735, Hartford: Press of Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1873, p. 155.

The Record of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Service During the War of the Revolution, 1775-1783

Lexington Alarm List
List of the Men who Marched from the Connecticut Towns “for the Relief of Boston in the Lexington Alarm,” April 1775:
…From the Town of Lebanon.
…Jabez Metcalf…

Source: Johnson, Henry Phelps, The Record of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Service During the War of the Revolution, 1775-1783, Genealogical Publishing Company, 2009, p. 15.

Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots

Name:    Jabez Metcalf
Cemetery:    Goshen Cem
Location:    Lebanon CT 56

Source: Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots; Volume: 3; Serial: 11999; Volume: 8. Hatcher, Patricia Law. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Original data: Hatcher, Patricia Law. Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots. Vol. 1-4. Dallas, TX, USA: Pioneer Heritage Press, 1987.

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