Michael Metcalf and Mary Fairbanks

1. West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; Old Reference Number: D53/1/5; New Reference Number: WDP53/1/1/5. Ancestry.com. West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Yorkshire Parish Records. Leeds, England: West Yorkshire Archive Service.
   
2. 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.).
3. Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.
4. 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.
5. "The Founders of New England," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 14, No. 4, Oct 1860, 325.
6. 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).
7. Ancestry.com. American Marriages Before 1699 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997. Original data: Clemens, William Montgomery. American Marriage Records Before 1699. Pompton Lakes, NJ, USA: Biblio Co., 1926.
8. Smith, Dean Crawford and Sanborn, Melinde Lutz, The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, Part III,Boston, 2004, pgs. 133-34.
9. Dedham, MA: Church and Cemetery Records 1638-1845 (Online Database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007), Originally published as: The Record of Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths, and Admissions to the Church and Dismissals Therefrom, Transcribed from the Church Records in the Town of Dedham, Massachusetts. 1638-1845. Edited by Don Gleason Hill, Dedham, MA, 1888.
10. Fuller, Francis H., "Descendants of Ensign Thomas Fuller," Dedham Historical Register, Vol. 4, Oct 1893, p. 160.
11. Legislators of Massachusetts General Court, 1691-1780 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002), (Orig. Pub. by Northeastern University Press , Boston, MA. John A. Schutz, Legislators of the Massachusetts General Court 1691–1780 A Biographical Dictionary, 1997.)
12. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Death Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
13. Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2010.
14. Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850.
15. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Marriage Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
16. Messinger, Mrs. G. W., "Deaths in Wrentham, 1673-1704," New England Historic and Genealogical Register, Vol. 3, Jan 1849, p. 32.
17. Morse, Rev. Abner, "Names of the Early Planters of Wrentham," England Historic and Genealogical Register, Vol. 7, Apr 1853, p. 183.
18. Sumner, Herbert, "Birth Records of Dedham, Mass. - Part Two of Four," Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 19, 1986, p. 221.
19. 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.
20. Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699, Boston, MA: Municipal Printing Office, 1908.
21. Hill, Don Gleason, The Early Records of the Town of Dedham, Dedham, MA: The Dedham Transcript, 1886.
22. Tombstone of Jonathan Metcalf, Old Village Cemetery, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts.
23. Tombstones of Robert Ware and Eleazur and Melatiah (Fisher) Metcalf, Wrentham Center Cemetery, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts.

Records related to Michael and Mary (Fairbanks) Metcalf but not copied below due to copyright considerations:

1. Luedemann, Judith Miner Hine, "The Correct Ancestry of Ebenezer Smith 1741-ca 1791 and the Wives of Ezra-4 Smith," Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 23, 1990, p. 68-77.
2. Joseph, Ruth Fairbanks and Landberg, James Swan, "Jonathan Fairbank of Dedham, Massachusetts and His Family in the West Riding of Yorkshire," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 166, Jul 2012, pgs. 165-186.

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

Vol. 2
FAIRBANKS
JONATHAN, Dedham, the progenit. I presume, of all this fam. name now in N. E. came with w. Grace and prob. all his six ch. bef. 1641, d. 5 Dec. 1668. His will of 1 June in that yr. pro. 26 Jan. foll. provides for or ment. w. Grace, eldest s. John; sec. George; Mary, w. of Christopher Smith; third s. Jonas; and Jonathan, the youngest; Sarah, eldest d. of s. John; s.-in-law Ralph Day, and ea. of the four ch. he had by my d. Susan, his late w. and largest portion to s. John. He WAS prob. from the W. riding of Yorksh. as the will of his uncle George calls him of Sowerby in that part of Eng.

Vol. 3
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; Meletia, 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.

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.

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: Elizabeth 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 a 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 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, I presume in one of the three ships ment. by Winthrop 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 engagm. aft. 70 yrs. of age to keep the town ch. 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, was his sec. w. the first hav. d. in Apr. 1643; Elizabeth m. 5 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 1668, is nam. in his will. by Jonathan Fairbanks as h. of his d. Mary, and third h. . . . Stow; Jane m. 1654, Samuel Walker,[[vol. 3, p. 204]] (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. ment. but perhaps by mistake, had Michael, b. 21 Jan. 1645; Mary, 15 Aug. 1646; Sarah, 7 Dec. 1648; Jonathan, 21 Sep 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. 17 Sept. 1672, Elizabeth 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 July 1691; and Elizabeth; was freem. 1690, and d. 2 Sept. 1693. His wid. d. 24 Oct. 1732.

Vol. 4
SMITH
CHRISTOPHER, Dedham 1642, freem. 10 May 1643, m. 2 Aug. 1654, Martha, d. of Michael Metcalf the first, wid. of William Brignall, perhaps as sec. w. and d. soon aft., when the Metcalf pedigree in Geneal. Reg. VI. 173, says she took 3d h. a Stow.

WARE
JOHN, Dedham, s. of Robert of the same, m. 10 Dec. 1668, Mary, d. of Michael Metcalf, had John, b. 17 June 1670; Eleazer, 13 July 1672, d. soon; Eleazer, again, perhaps d. soon; perhaps Eleazer, again, so rec. at Wrentham, 28 Sept. 1676; but his w. d. prob. bef. he rem. from D. and by a sec. w. Joanna he had m. at D. Jan 1680, had Joseph, 2 June 1681; but the town rec. disagr. with fam. geneal. for that latter makes the last named d. b. 1681, and the s. 1682; and the town rec. proceeds with Mary, 15 Nov. 1684; and Zechariah, next day wh. d. soon; and Benjamin, 8 July 1688; while the fam. geneal. throws in d. Hannah 1686, yet the town rec.of her is 24 Sept. 1687. He went to Wretham aft. he was freem. 1677, and was rep. for W. 1689.
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ROBERT, Wrentham, s. of the preced. [ROBERT, Dedham 1643, m. Margaret, d. of John Hunting] serv. in Dec. 1675, under Mosely in Philip's war, n. 4 June 1677, Sarah, d. of Michael Metcalf, had Robert, b. 6 Dec. 1680; Michael, 11 June 1683; Margaret, 6 June 1685; Jonathan, 28 Feb. 1687; Sarah, Mar. 1689; and Esther, 7 May 1693; and was freem. 1681. Prob. the w. and nine ch. giv. to him in Geneal. Reg. VI. 147, may belong to his s. of the same name.
 
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.

American Marriages Before 1699

Metcalf

Michael2 (1620-1654) & Mary FAIRBANKS, m/2 Christopher SMITH 1654; 2 Apr 1654; Dedham {Reg. 6:173, 8:128w; Farr Anc. 94, 203; Dedham VR 126; Fairbanks 31; Metcalf 3; Goodwin: Gen. Notes 158; Fallass 138; R. Wheeler 17; Clark (,8) 133; Ware 10; Essex Ant.

Source: Ancestry.com. American Marriages Before 1699 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997. Original data: Clemens, William Montgomery. American Marriage Records Before 1699. Pompton Lakes, NJ, USA: Biblio Co., 1926.

Descendants of Ensign Thomas Fuller

3. Elizabeth2 dau. of Thomas (1) and Hannah (Flower) Fuller, b. Feb. 1,1648; m. John Kingsbury, Nov. 29, 1666; m. 2dly, Michael Metcalf, Sept. 17, 1672; d. Oct. 24, 1732. Mr. Kingsbury was b. at Dedham, Aug. 15, 1643; d. May 30, 1669 (Suffolk Wills, Lib. V, fol. 153). Mr. Metcalf was b. Jan. 21, 1644; d. Sept. 1, 1693 [N. E. Hist. & Gen. Register, XVI, p. 338].

Source: Fuller, Francis H., "Descendants of Ensign Thomas Fuller," Dedham Historical Register, Vol. 4, Oct 1893, p. 160.

Legislators of Massachusetts General Court

Names: John WARE
Original Text: Wrentham HR 1693N, 94; selectman 1686, 92-96, 1698-1701, 04-06, 09; town clerk 1692-96, 1698-1701, 04, 06, 09; lieut. 1689, capt. 1704; M Mary Metcalf (1646- 1677) in 1668 and Joanna (Gay) Whiting (1645-1708) in 1679 and Dorothy (--) Wood (c1667-1728) in 1709, 5/6/0 ch; farmer; will. Good property. Brother of Robert Ware.
Start Date: 1646
Location: Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Record Type: Birth
Bibliography: 1901 Ware g 25-8; Torrey 833

Names: Robert WARE
Original Text: Wrentham HR 1703, 09, 18, 21M, 21Aug; selectman 1703, 04, 18; capt. 1706; M Sarah Metcalf (1648-1718) in 1677 and Elizabeth (Shaw) (Poole) Holbrook (1656- 1723) in 1720, 8 ch; farmer; will. Good estate. No committees most years. In 1718 he petitioned on behalf of the town to have the boundary surveyed.
Start Date: 1653
Location: Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
Record Type: Birth
Bibliography: 1901 Ware g 22, 35-7; Torrey 593

Source: Legislators of Massachusetts General Court, 1691-1780 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002), (Orig. Pub. by Northeastern University Press , Boston, MA. John A. Schutz, Legislators of the Massachusetts General Court 1691–1780 A Biographical Dictionary, 1997.)

Names of the Early Planters of Wrentham

Eliazer Medcalf, w. Meletiah, 1685

Source: Morse, Rev. Abner, "Names of the Early Planters of Wrentham," England Historic and Genealogical Register, Vol. 7, Apr 1853, p. 183.

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Halifax, St John the Baptist:

Source: West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; Old Reference Number: D53/1/5; New Reference Number: WDP53/1/1/5. Ancestry.com. West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Yorkshire Parish Records. Leeds, England: West Yorkshire Archive Service.

Dedham, MA: Church and Cemetery Records

Michaell ye sonne of our brother Michaell Mettchalfe ye yonger & his wife Mary was baptised 26d 11m 1644.

md [sic] Mary ye daughter of Michaeil Metcalfe Jun & mary his wife was baptised 16d 6m 1646.

Jonathan ye sone of br: michael metchalfe jun was baptised 29d 7m 1650.

Source: Dedham, MA: Church and Cemetery Records 1638-1845 (Online Database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007), Originally published as: The Record of Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths, and Admissions to the Church and Dismissals Therefrom, Transcribed from the Church Records in the Town of Dedham, Massachusetts. 1638-1845. Edited by Don Gleason Hill, Dedham, MA, 1888.

Connecticut Church Record Abstracts

Name:    Jonathan Metcalf
Spouse Name:    Hannah Metcalf
Residence Date:    1703
Residence Place:    Lebanon, Connecticut, USA
Volume Title:    Volume 057 Lebanon
[Text: Jonathan & w. Hannah, adm. ch., 1703]

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.

Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699

1651...Hannah of John & Ann Kenricke born 20th -- 1st month.

Source: Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699, Boston, MA: Municipal Printing Office, 1908.

Massachusetts Town and Vital Records

Name:    Christopher Smith
Event Type:    Death
Death Date:    7 Nov 1676
Death Place:    Dedham, Massachusetts

Name:    John Smith
Event Type:    Death
Death Date:    7 Oct 1722
Death Place:    Needham, Massachusetts

Name:    Abigail Smith
Event Type:    Death
Death Date:    15 Jun 1725
Death Place:    Needham, Massachusetts
Spouse Name:    John Smith

Name:    Michaell Metcalfe
Event Type:    Death
Death Date:    1652
Death Place:    Dedham, Massachusetts

Name:    Michael Metcalfe
Event Type:    Death
Death Date:    11 Sep 1693
Death Place:    Dedham, Massachusetts

Name:    Elizabeth Fuller
Event Type:    Birth
Birth Date:    1 Apr 1648
Birth Place:    Dedham, Massachusetts
Father Name:    Thomas Fuller
Mother Name:    Hannah Fuller

Name:    Mary Metcalfe
Event Type:    Birth
Birth Date:    15 Aug 1646
Birth Place:    Dedham, Massachusetts
Father Name:    Michaell Metcalfe
Mother Name:    Mary Metcalfe

Name:    Sary Metcalfe
Event Type:    Birth
Birth Date:    7 Dec 1648
Birth Place:    Dedham, Massachusetts
Father Name:    Michaell Metcalfe
Mother Name:    Mary Metcalfe

Name:    Jonathan Metcalfe
Event Type:    Death
Death Date:    23 May 1727
Death Place:    Dedham, Massachusetts

Name:    Hannah Kenrick
Event Type:    Birth
Birth Date:    20 Mar 1651
Birth Place:    Boston, Massachusetts
Father Name:    John Kenrick
Mother Name:    Anne

Name:    Eliazer Metcalfe
Event Type:    Birth
Birth Date:    2 Mar 1653
Birth Place:    Dedham, Massachusetts
Father Name:    Michael Metcalfe
Mother Name:    Mary Metcalfe

Name:    Mellesia Fisher
[Meletiah Fisher]
Event Type:    Birth
Birth Date:    1 May 1667
Birth Place:    Dedham, Massachusetts
Father Name:    Sam Fisher
Mother Name:    Melatiah Fisher

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).

Dedham, MA: Vital Records

1644...Michael Metcalfe & Mary Fairebanke, were married the 2 of the 2 mo.
(1644) Michaell, the Son of Michaell & Mary Medcalfe was borne the 21 of the 11 mo.
John Ware & Mary Metcalfe, married 10th Decembr., 1668.
(1646) Mary, the Daughter of Michaell & Mary Metcalfe, was borne the 15 of the 6 mo.
Mary Weare, dec. March 22, 1676-7.
(1677) Robart Ware & Sarah Metcalf married 4th 4th.
(1653) Robert, the Son of Robert & Margarett Ware, was borne the 1 of the 6 mo.

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.).

Massachusetts Town Death Records

Name:           John Ware
Death Date: 7 Apr 1718
Burial Place: Wrentham
Source:          Wrentham

Name:           Sarah Ware
Death Date: 13 Apr 1717
Burial Place: Wrentham
Source:          Wrentham

Name:           Eliezer Medcalf
Death Date: 14 May 1704
Burial Place: Wrentham
Source:          Wrentham

Name:           Meletiah Metcalf
Death Date: 23 Sep 1719
Burial Place: Wrentham
Source:          Wrentham

Source: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Death Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.

Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850

Wrentham Marriages
Fisher
Meletiah and Eliazer Medcalf, Apr. 9, 1684.

Wrentham Deaths
Metcalf
Melatiah, wid. of ------, Sept. 23, 1719.

Ware
Sarah, w. of Rober[t] Sr., Apr. 13, 17__ (1717, T.C.).
Robert Sr., Sept. 16, 1724, in his 72d y.

Source: Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2010.

Massachusetts Compiled Marriages

Name:           Eliazer Medcalf
Gender:        Male
Spouse:         Meletiah Fisher
Marriage Date:       9 Apr 1684
City:    Wrenham
County:         Norfork
Source:          Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0253249.

Source: Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850.

Massachusetts Town Marriage Records

Name:           Eleazer Medcalf
Spouse:         Melatiah Fisher
Marriage Date:       9 Apr 1684
Marriage Place:     Wrentham
Source:          Vital Records of Wrentham
Full text:         MEDCALF, Eleazer and Melatiah Fisher, Apr. 9, 1684.

Source: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Marriage Records, 1620-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.

Deaths in Wrentham, 1673-1704

Eleazer Metcalf (died) May 14 1704

Source: Messinger, Mrs. G. W., "Deaths in Wrentham, 1673-1704," New England Historic and Genealogical Register, Vol. 3, Jan 1849, p. 32.

Birth Records of Dedham, Mass.

1653
Metcalf, Eliezer, s of Michael & Mary 2 Mar

Source: Sumner, Herbert, "Birth Records of Dedham, Mass. - Part Two of Four," Connecticut Nutmegger, Vol. 19, 1986, p. 221.

The Early Records of the Town of Dedham

1655
John, the Son of Christopher & Martha [sic] Smith, was borne the 19 of the 9 mo.

1660
Abigall, the Daughter of Ralph & Abigall Day, was borne 22: 2 mo., 61.

1677
John Smith & Abigail Day married ye 21 of 10ber, 1677.

Source: Hill, Don Gleason, The Early Records of the Town of Dedham, Dedham, MA: The Dedham Transcript, 1886.

Will of Jonathan Farebanck of Dedham:

In the yeare of Our Lord One Thousand Six Hundred Sixty & Eight, the first day of the fourth month Commonly called June, I Jonathan Farebanck of Dedham in the Countie of suffolke senior being sick & weake & Expecting that the day of my dissolution is drawing nigh, doe in the name & feere of God ordaine & make this my last will & Testament for the disposing & setling of the things of this life with which the Lord hath at present intrusted me in manner & forme as followeth, vizt - First I Commit my soule to God that gave it & trusting in the alone  Righteousnes & mediation of Jesus Christ my Redeemer & advocate & my body to the Earth whence it was taken to bee after my decease decently buryed therein in, [sic] in Christian buriall at the discretion of my Executors.

I give unto Grace my dearely & welbeloved wife, all Every part & parcell of my whole movable Estate whatsoever as well within dores as without namly all my household stuffe of all & Every sort & kind, And also my Cattle of all kinds all my Come Carts plowes, working tooles & utensells of Husbandry, all debts due to mee & whatever Else come within the denomination of movable Estate, And all this I give & bequeath unto my sayd wife, to dispose of when & to whome shee shall at any time see meete And more I give to Grace my sayd wife an Annuity of Eight pounds p[er] Ann[um] to bee payd to her or her assignes to her use yearley & Every yeare in two Equall parts that is to say at the End of Every halfe yeare foure pounds, after my decease for & duringe the whole time & tearme of her naturall life.

And more I Give to my sayd wife the libertie & free use of all my Houses yards & yarde roome for her self & her Cattle her assignes & all her ocations for the whole space of fowre monthes, next Ensuing after my decease. Item I Give & bequeath to George Farebanck my Second sonn & to his heires forever, sixteen pounds the one halfe to bee payd him within the space of one whole yeare next Ensuing after the decease of my sayd wife & whereas I have already given & doe hereby Confirme to my sonn George all that my part in the Generall divident already layd out neere meadfeild & some working tooles & such like small things my will & my mind is that the sayd parcell of Land & those tooles & other small things soe given shall bee all indifferently & Equally apprized, & if they shall together amount to the vallue of Eight pounds, then
it shall be accounted for his first payment. And then my mind is that my daughter mary shall have her first payment within the first yeare of my sayd wives decease, otherwise she is to tarry till the second yeare - And I give & bequeath to my daughter mary the wife of Christopher Smith the sume of sixteen pounds which sixteene pounds I give to my sayd daughter in perticular & distinct from her Husbands Estate & to bee alwayse at her dispose this sixteene pounds to bee payed in two Equall sumes Eight pounds, in Case my sonn George bee already payd, within the space of one whole yeare after my wives decease, & in Case George bee not payd soe much then shee is to be payd her first payment within two yeares after my wives decease.

Item more I give to my sayd daughter mary the sume of Three pounds to purchas her a suite of apparrell with, to bee payd within the space of Three monthes next after my decease.

Item I Give & bequeath to Jonas Farebanck my third sonn & to his heires for ever the like sume of sixteene pounds to bee also payd in two Equall sumes the first Eight pounds to bee payd the next yeare after his sister mary have received her first payment.

Item I Give & bequeath unto Jonathan Farebanck my yongest sonn & his heires the like sume of sixteene pounds to bee payd also in two Equall sumes, the first halfe to bee payd in the yeare next Ensuing, after his brother Jonas is payd his first halfe & whereas I have already given & doe hereby Confirme to my said sonn Jonathan one parcell of Land, vallued at five pounds my mind & will is that hee shall have & Enjoy the same in part of his first payment aforesd & also what debt shall appeare then to bee due from him to mee, shall bee reconed upon the same account.

Item my mind & my will is that when all my sonns & my daughters aforenamed, shall have & received their first payment in manner & time successively, as is before Expressed, that then my sonn George shall bee payd his seccond Eight pounds & then my daughter, & soe in the same order Jonas & Jonathan shall bee payd to them their heires, or assignes their seccond Eight pounds. Each one yeare after another, untill they bee all payd their full & whole legacies.

Item I give & bequeath to Sarah the Eldest daughter of my sonn John Farebanck one yong beast betweene one & 2 years of age, And more three pounds to bee payd by my Executor when shee shall attaine Lawfull Age, the yong beast before mentioned I reserve out of the Cattle bequeathed to Grace my wife.

Item I Give & bequeath to my sonn in Law Ralph Day, Forty shillings to bee payd within six monthes after my wives decease.

Item I Give & bequeath to Each of the fowre children of the sayd Ralph which hee had by my daughter Susan his late wife, the sume of Forty shillings to bee payd them severally as they shall attaine Lawfull Age - Provided all my other Legacies to my Three sonns & my daughter bee first payd in manner as is above Exprest.

Item my mind & my will is that all these my legacies abovsd bequeathed the specie or kind of payment whereof is not named shall bee all payed in Country payment at price then Currant in Deadham.

Item I Give & bequeath to John Farebanck my Eldest soonn all my Houses & Lands whatsoever & not being formerly above in this my will disposed of together with all my Common Rights & Towne priveledges whatsoever to have possest Enjoy the same to him & his heires forever. To enter upon all my Lands foreth with after my decease. And all my Houses & yards at the End of foure months next Ensuing the same.

Item I doe nominate Appoint & Ordaine John Farebanck my aforesayd Eldest sonn to bee my sole Executor, to whome I Commit all necessary trust & power requisit for the due & full performance of the Execution of this my last will as it belongs or is necessary to bee done by an Executor & Every part as is above Exprest.

Also, I name and intreat my very Loving freinds mr Eliazer Lusher & Peter Woodward senior to bee Overseers, to the performance of this my present will & to bee assisting to my above named Executor therein as themselves shall see Cause. And I doe hereby revoake & make null & voyd all other or former wills whatsoever by mee formerly made & doe avouch & declare this present writting as is above herein incerted, to bee & Containe my true only & last will & Testament. In Wittnes whereof I the sayd Jonathan Farebanck senior have hereunto subscribed my hand & affixed my seale the day & yeare first above written
Signed sealed published
in the presence of us                                 The marke of  G  Jonathan Farebanck senr
William Avery Thomas Medcalfe               & a seale
memorandum that the words (vallued at five pounds) concerning the Land given to Jonathan was Enterlined before the sealing of this present writing 6:January:1668

William Avery & Thomas Medcalfe deposed in Court the 26 instant that this instrument was signed sealed Published & declared to bee the last will & Testament of Jonathan Farebanck, in their prsence by himselfe, that when hee soe did hee was of a sound disposing mind to their best knowledge
Edw. Rawson Reccord

[Suffolk Probate, 6:15]

Source: Smith, Dean Crawford and Sanborn, Melinde Lutz, The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, Part III, Boston, 2004, pgs. 133-34.

U.S. and Canada Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s

Name: Michael Metcalf
Birth Year: abt 1620
Arrival Year: 1637
Arrival Place: Boston, Massachusetts
Age: 17
Source Publication Code: 263
Primary Immigrant: Metcalf, Michael, Jr
Annotation: Part 1, pp. 1-43, is a study of emigration to New England in colonial times; part 2, pp. 45-207, lists passengers and the ships they arrived on (3,600 passengers on 213 ships). From the Custom House records of English ports. Much of the information is contained in nos. 7906 and 7907, Savage; nos. 1672 and 1674, Drake; and no. 3283, Hotten.
Source Bibliography:        BANKS, CHARLES EDWARD. 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. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1930. 231p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1961. Repr. 1984.
Page: 184

Source: Ancestry.com. U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Original data: Filby, P. William, ed. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2012.

The Founders of New England

Aprill 8th 1637. The examinacion of Michill Metcalfe of Norwich, Dornix weauer, aged 45 yeares and Sarrah his wife, aged 39 yeares, with 8 Children, Michill: Thomas: Marey: Sarrah: Elizabeth: Martha: Joane: and Rebeca: and his Saruant Thomas Comberbach, aged 16 yeares, are desirous to passe to boston in New England to inhabit

Source: "The Founders of New England," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 14, No. 4, Oct 1860, 325.

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Old Village Cemetery, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts

Wrentham Center Cemetery, Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts