The history of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations . (iSyi-gS), to have been atiephew of Leonard Metcalf, and perhaps the son ofWilliam Metcalf, and must have been born as early as1545. In 1580 and afterward he was the rector of theparish of Tatterford, County Norfolk, and was suc-ceeded by Richard Metcalf. In the parish records isfound the date of the birth of the American immi-grant. The children of Leonard Metcalf were : Michael,baptized September 3, 15S5, died young; Michael, men-tioned below. Note—The preceding generations, and their relationsto one another, are held by t
The history of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations . (iSyi-gS), to have been atiephew of Leonard Metcalf, and perhaps the son ofWilliam Metcalf, and must have been born as early as1545. In 1580 and afterward he was the rector of theparish of Tatterford, County Norfolk, and was suc-ceeded by Richard Metcalf. In the parish records isfound the date of the birth of the American immi-grant. The children of Leonard Metcalf were : Michael,baptized September 3, 15S5, died young; Michael, men-tioned below. Note—The preceding generations, and their relationsto one another, are held by the compilers of the Met-calf genealogy not beyond dispute. The best of circum-stantial evidence points toward the facts as they aregiven, but absolute proof is lacking on some American Metcalfs. (I) Michael Metcalf, immigrant ancestor and pro-genitor of the family in America, was born in Tatter-ford, County Norfolk, England, and was baptized thereon June 17, 1587. He followed the occupation of dornicweaver and tapestry maker, and it is said that he em-. ON. GEORGE H. UTTER BIOGRAPHICAL 23 ployed one hundred men at Norwich, England. Re-ligious persecution and intolerance made living in themother country unbearable, and in 1637, in companywith his wife and nine children and one servant, MichaelMetcalf immigrated to America. He married, in Eng-land, on October 13, 1616, Sarah Ellwyn, born June17, 1598, in Hingham, England, daughter of Thomas andElizabeth Ellwyn. Upon arriving in America he settledin Dedham, Mass., where he was admitted a freeman ofthe colony, on June 14, 1637. He joined the churchthere two years later. From tlie fact that Michael Metcalf brought with himto America a servant, and from the position which helater held in the colony, it is probable that he was aman of means. He was elected a selectman in Ded-ham in 1641. His wife Sarah died November 30, 1644,and he married (second) ilary Pidgc, a widow^ of Rox-bury. He died in Dedham, on December 24, 1664
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