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8. Lucy Frances, March 3, 1861, died Janu- ary 10, 1908; married, July 3, 1895, Rev. Ly- man Horace Blake. 9. Margaret Clarke, No- vember 10, 1864; married, September 5, 1893, Dr. Gilbert Norris Jones ; child, Margaret.
Frances H. (Hedges) Atwater traces her ancestry to Abraham Hedges, progenitor of the family, whose son, Abraham, married Thankful Barnes, and had children : Abraham, Joseph, Alonzo and Dennis, born at Middle- town, Connecticut, December 17, 1800, died Au- gust, 1876, at Westfield, Massachusetts. Dennis was educated in the public schools of Westfield, and learned the trade of blacksmith. He fol- lowed farming in addition to his trade. He was active in public affairs and held various offices of trust and honor. He was for a num- ber of years overseer of the poor and select- man of Westfield. He married Alvena Noble, born 1802, at Westfield, died April, 1876, at Westfield. Children, born at Westfield : Ellen. 2. Margaret, died 1905. 3. Frances H., married Leonard Atwater (see Atwater, XII). 4. Cornelius, born 1830; married Edna Smith, who died in 1906; they had three sons and two daughters.
(For preceding generations see Francis Hall 1). (III) Samuel son of Dr. Isaac
HALL Hall was born in Fairfield, Sep- tember 14, 1674, and died Febru- ary 8, 1734. He married, July 29, 1714, Sarah Silliman. Children: 1. David, born July 12, 1715 ; died February 15, 1725. 2. Martha, born April 9, 1717. 3. Samuel, December 16, 1718. 4. Nathaniel, November 3, 1720. 5. Ebenezer, March 12, 1723. 6. Sarah, February 20, 1724. 7. Mary, September 18, 1726. 8. David, June 20, 1728. 9. Abel, mentioned below.
(IV) Captain Abel Hall, son of Samuel Hall, was born in Stratford, Connecticut, July 12, 1730; died March 7, 1809, in Trumbull, formerly part of Stratford, March 7, 1809. and is buried in the Tashua burying-ground. He was active in the church, and bought a pew spot in the new church at Trumbull in June, 1790, serving on the building committee also. In 1790 he and his son Aaron were heads of families at what was then Weston, adjoin- ing Stratford, and he had three males over sixteen, one under that age, and one female in his family. Aaron had a wife and seven chil- dren. Abel married, at Stratford, September 7, 1751, Rebecca Hall, who died at Trumbull. January 11, 1800. Her gravestone is standing in the Tashua burying-ground at Trumbull. Children : 1. Aaron, born December 13, 1751.
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2. Rhoda, January 12, 1754. 3. Jedediah, April 27, 1756. 4. Olive, August 26, 1758. 5. Na- thaniel, April 27, 1756. 6. Samuel, July 14. 1763. 7. Hannah, November 19, 1765. 8. Rebecca, March 18, 1767. 9. Clara, May, 1770. IO. Abel, August 2, 1772; mentioned below. II. Benjamin, August 13, 1775.
(V) Abel (2), son of Abel (I) Hall, was born at Stratford, August 2, 1772. He mar- ried Sarah Sherwood. Children: I. Abel, born February 17, 1804 : see forward. 2. Sally, born April 16, 1808, died February 7, 1831. 3. Mabel, born May 14, 1793, died November 23, 1819. 4. Eliza, born July 4, 1810: died December 11, 18II.
(VI) Abel (3), son of Abel (2) Hall, was born February 17, 1804, died December 22, 1836. He married Polly Jerusha Sherwood. Children: I. Abel Sherwood, born January 16, 1827. 2. Frances Mabel, born April 6, 1828, died December 20, 1905. 3. Charles Wheeler, born September 20, 1830. 4. Henry Sherwood Hall, May 31, 1832: see forward.
(VII) Henry Sherwood, son of Abel (3) Hall, was born at Easton, May 31, 1832; died at Bridgeport, Connecticut, October 20, 1905. He married, October 30, 1860, at Bridgeport, Connecticut, Caroline Elizabeth, born March 4, 1838, daughter of Claudius Redding and Caroline (Hagar) Hayward (see Hayward, VIII). He was educated in the public schools, and learned the trade of carriage maker, fol- lowing this for a number of years. He went to California soon after the discovery of gold there, in 1850, but did not remain long. He was for many years a carriage manufacturer in Bridgeport, Connecticut. In religion he was a Baptist. He died at Bridgeport, October 20, 1905. Mrs. Hall is living at Springfield, Mass- achusetts. Children: 1. Claudius Henry, born May 19, 1862. 2. Cleora Elizabeth, February 2, 1864. 3. Wheeler Hayward, mentioned
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(VII) Wheeler Hayward, son of Henry Sherwood Hall, was born at Bridgeport, Con- necticut, November 10, 1866. He attended the public schools there and graduated from the Bridgeport high school in June, 1885. He began his business life as assistant bookkeeper for the Grannis & Hurd Lumber Company, of Bridgeport, in August, 1885, leaving that posi- tion January 15, 1886, to enter the employ of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, at Springfield, Massachusetts, as clerk in the actuary department. He was pro- moted to the office of chief accountant in 1899, to assistant secretary in 1903, and to his pres-
ent office as secretary of the company in 1908. He is a Republican in politics, but has held no public office. He is a prominent Free Mason, a charter member of Springfield Lodge ; a member of Morning Star Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; of Springfield Council, Royal and Select Masters; of Springfield Command- ery, Knights Templar ; of Evening Star Lodge of Perfection, fourteenth degree ; of Massasoit Council, Princes of Jerusalem, sixteenth de- gree; of Springfield Chapter of Rose Croix. eighteenth degree, and of Melha Temple, Mystic Shrine. He belongs to the Nayasset Club and the Economic Club, of Springfield, to the Springfield Improvement Club and the Massachusetts Republican Club. He married, at Springfield, April 24, 1889, Amelia Maria, born at Springfield, April 27, 1865, daughter of John Francis and Laura ( Bateman) Barker. Their only child is Laura Mildred Barker, born at Springfield, May 15, 1890, graduate of the Springfield high school, class of 1909.
(The Hayward Line. For preceding generations see William Hayward 1).
(IV) William Hayward, son of Jonathan Hayward, was born in Mendon, Massachusetts, January 30, 1696, died in Westmoreland (now Surry ), New Hampshire, August 10, 1768. He married Joanna , born 1686, died No- vember 2, 1767. Their gravestones are in the old burying-ground there. Children : Peter, mentioned below ; Joanna, Rachel, Daniel, William.
(V) Peter, son of William Hayward, was born in Mendon in 1725, died in Surry, August I, 1791. He was the first settler in what is now the town of Surry, New Hampshire, going there about 1752. The mother came there on horseback, carrying three little children, one in her lap, the others in baskets hung on each side of the horse. He married (first) Ruth Rutter, of Mendon, who died at Surry, Octo- ber 13, 1761. He married (second) January 2, 1762, Esther Holmes, of Ashford or Mans- field, Connecticut, who died May 28, 1782. lle married (third) May 6, 1783, Mrs. Han- nah Fay. Children of first wife: I. Peter. 2. Deborah, married Nathaniel Dart. 3. Huldah, married Jonathan Smith. 4. Rachel, married Jonathan Carpenter. 5. Silvanus, born May 16, 1757; mentioned below. 6. William, mar- ried Lucy Russell. Children of second wife: 7. Ruth, married Benjamin Carpenter, Jr. 8. Molly, married Moses Field. 9. Calvin, mar- ried Lucinda Field. 10. Elias, married Sena Newton. 11. Sibyl, married Daniel Smith and
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Ezra Carpenter. 12. Esther, married Solo- mon Mack.
(VI) Sylvanus, son of Peter Hayward, was born in that part of Westmoreland which be- came Surry, New Hampshire, May 16, 1757, died October 1, 1817. He married (first) April 11, 1783, Olive Metcalf, born at Wrent- ham (now Franklin), Massachusetts, Decem- ber 10, 1756, died July 19, 1799, daughter of John and Abigail ( Fisher ) Metcalf. He mar- ried (second) February 19, 1801, Lucinda Lee Champlin, born at Lyme, Connecticut, April 13, 1769, died September 2, 1808; (third) August 10, 1810, Mary Webb, born at Rock- ingham, Vermont, January 28, 1760. Children of first wife: 1. Claudius Drusus, born No- vember 15. 1783 ; mentioned below. 2. Clarissa Harlow, at Surry, March 17, 1785. 3. Horace, May 2, 1787. 4. Amherst, November 18, 1788. 5. Juliet Harcourt, March 21, 1790, died March 23, 1816. 6. Olive Metcalf, July 19, 1791. died October 30, 1858. 7. Emily, September 9, 1792. died unmarried, February 22, 1813. 8. Rachel, December 10, 1794, died 1830. 9. Huldah, February 25, 1798, died September 3, 1859. 10. Theron, July 12, 1799, died May 7. 1875. By second wife: II. William, May 21, 1802. 12. Harriet. August 1, 1804, died December 30, 1875. 13. George Champlin, December 20, 1806.
(VII) Claudius Drusus, son of Sylvanus Hayward, was born at Franklin, Massachu- setts, November 15. 1783, died at Saratoga, New York, March 20, 1839. He married. October 5, 1806, Sally Redding, born Febru- ary 23, 1784, died October 25, 1845, daughter of Thomas and Huldah (Hurd) ( Wilcox) Redding. Children : I. Lucy, born Septem- ber 30, 1807. died March 14, 1828. 2. Livonia B., May 6, 1809. 3. Clarrissa Willard, March IO, 18II. 4. Marcus Redding, May 31, 1813. died July 12, 1813. 5. Claudius Redding, Au- gust 27. 1815 : mentioned below. 6. Amherst Hurd, born June 10, 1817. 7. Austin Metcalf, August 28. 1819. 8. Sarah, November 14, 1821. 9. Mary Webb, May II, 1824.
(VIII) Claudius Redding, son of Claudius Drusus Hayward, was born at Wrentham. Massachusetts, August 27, 1815. He married, February 23, 1847, Caroline Hagar, born at Weston, May 22. 1814, died March 18, 1898. He died at Bridgeport, Connecticut, January 31, 1895. Children : I. Caroline Elizabeth, born at Saratoga Springs, New York, March 4. 1838; married, October 30, 1860, Henry Sherwood Hall ( see Hall, VII). 2. Cleora
Maria, at Avon, New York, December 15, 1841, died at Newton Upper Falls, Massachu- setts, May 16, 1846. 3. Claudius Preston, at Newton Upper Falls, December 31, 1844. 4. Lucy Maria, at Newton Upper Falls, October 7, 1847. 5. Mary Lavonia, at Newton Upper Falls, January 16. 1850, died unmarried at Bridgeport, Connecticut, October 24, 1870.
(The Sherwood Line).
Thomas Sherwood came from Ipswich, Eng- land, in the ship "Frances" in 1634, aged forty- eight, with his wife Alice, aged forty-seven. and children, Ann, aged fourteen ; Rose, aged eleven ; Thomas, aged ten ; Rebecca, aged nine. They resided several years in Massachusetts, and came to Fairfield, Connecticut, where he had land, before 1650. In his will, dated July 21, 1655, he mentions all his children, and his wife Mary, showing that he had a second wife. Children: 1. Ann, born 1620. 2. Rose, 1623. 3. Thomas, 1624. 4. Rebecca, 1625. 5. Ste- phen. 6. Matthew, 1643; mentioned below. 7. Isaac. 8. Tamsen. 9. Margery. 10. Ruth. II. Abigail. 12. Mary.
( II) Captain Matthew, son of Thomas Sher- wood, was born in 1643. He married (first) Sarah, daughter of Benjamin Turney; (sec- ond ) Mary, daughter of Thomas Fitch, of Norwalk. She died December 25, 1730. Chil- dren : I. Matthew, died between 1709 and 1713. By second wife: 2. Samuel, born 1680, mentioned below. 3. John, died 1696. 4. Lemuel, died September 2, 1732. 5. Mary. died October 7. 1717. 6. Sarah, died May 25, 1743. 7. Ann.
( III) Captain Samuel, son of Captain Mat- thew Sherwood, was born in 1680, died in 1732. He lived in Stratford, Connecticut. He married (first ) November 30, 1704, Rebecca Burr, died May 16, 1721, daughter of Nathan- iel Burr. He married ( second) Experience Wheeler, who died September 18, 1743, aged sixty one, daughter of Deacon Isaac Wheeler. Children : 1. John, born September 22, 1705 : mentioned below. 2. Nathaniel. September 15, 1707, died October 2, 1784. 3. Sarah, October 23. 1709. 4. Mary, March 1, 1710-II. 5. Abigail, October, 1712-13. 6. Samuel. baptized November 21, 1714. 7. Rebecca, born Octo- ber 12, 1715. 8. Esther, November 23, 1716. 9. Thomas. March II, 1719, died September 15, 1798. 10. Andrew, March 21, 1721, died November 23, 1747. 11. Stephen.
(IV) Captain John, son of Captain Samuel Sherwood, was born September 22. 1705. died
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September 17, 1779. On January 13, 1777, he was appointed on a committee of inspection for the town of Stratford. He was a prominent farmer in Stratford, and became a Baptist elder, being ordained in the Baptist church on the third Tuesday in December, 1757, as pas- tor of the church, where he served faithfully for about ten years. He had great physical powers, and it is related that on a certain train- ing day among the spectators present was a party of Indians who had been behaving insolently, and one of them, a burly athletic fellow, finally challenged the whites to choose their best man to fight him. After some de- liberation Captain Sherwood was chosen, al- though it was doubted whether he could be induced to fight. However, on hearing their story, he readily consented and approached the Indian, who was naked to the waist, and cov- ered with grease, giving him a great advantage. Captain Sherwood laid his hand on the shoulder of the Indian, and finding that he could get a good grip exerted his great strength; and at once laid his antagonist upon his back with great violence, to the astonishment of all. The Indians at once went away, and never repeated the challenge. Captain Sherwood married. June 14. 1733. Mary, daughter of Robert Walker. Children: I. Sarah, married Thad- deus Staples. 2. Ruth, married Samuel Sher- wood. 3. John, married Eunice Lacey. 4. Mary, married Edward Seeley. 5. Elizabeth, married John Staples. 6. Ebenezer, married - Allen and - Bradford. 7. Stephen, married Naomi Treadwell and 8. Rebecca, married Ephraim Adams. 9. Hannah, married Timo- thy Wakeman. 10. Samuel, mentioned below.
(V) Samuel (2), son of Captain John Sher- wood, married Keziah Seeley. He had a son David, mentioned below.
(VI) Deacon David, son of Samuel (2) Sherwood, was born in 1779, died January 24, 1873. He was chosen deacon of the First Church in 1831, and served about twenty-five vears. He bought the farm owned by Deacon Lemuel Sherwood. one hundred years before. consisting of one hundred acres, in 1830, and kept it intact until his death. It was situated in that part of the town which became Bridge- port, Connecticut, and is now the most popu- lous part of the city. It is said that he inherited the great physical powers of his grandfather, Captain John, to a remarkable degree. He had a daughter Phebe ( Polly Jerusha, accord- ing to History of Gilsum, New Hampshire ). married Abel Hall ( see Hall, V).
HALL Widow Mary Hall, of Cambridge and Concord, Massachusetts, is first mentioned by William Wilcox, of Cambridge, in his will made 1653, in which he bequeaths her twenty shillings, and her son William and daughter Mary ten shillings each. She was a member in full communion of the church of Cambridge when William Wilcox made his will, as he calls her "Sister Mary Hall," and in the new roll of members, after the church records were burned in 1658, she appears as a member in full communion. In 1662 she received a grant of land from the town of Cambridge. After the death of her son William in 1667 she petitioned the court to order a division of his property for her bene- fit. From papers found in the probate office at Cambridge it appears that she had assigned her property to William in consideration of her support during her life, and that she lived with him in Concord at the time of his death. The paper was labeled "No. 11-1688, petition of Mary Hall of Concord, mother of William, deceased," and seems to have been made by an attorney but signed by her own hand. It is not known who her husband was, but tradi- tion says that he came with his family in the same ship with his brother John to Charles- town, Massachusetts, in 1630. There is no name of Hall on the records of Massachusetts which gives any probability of being his, ex- cept that of "Mr. Nathaniel Hall," to whom the town of Dorchester assigned September I, 1634. a lot of three acres. The prefix of "Mr.," which was accorded to a very few, shows that he held a very respectable rank in society. Children: John, born about 1626; Susanna ; William : Stephen.
(11) Stephen, son of Widow Mary Hall, came it is supposed from Coventry, Warwick- shire, England, with his parents. The first heard of him in America is in Concord, Massa- chusetts, where his name and that of his brother William is found on a petition of 1653, asking the court to set off a portion of Concord to be incorporated as the town of Chelmsford. He married, December 3, 1663. Ruth, daughter of Captain Dolar and Margary ( Willard) Davis, of Barnstable. She was a sister of the famous Major Simon Willard, of Concord. Stephen llall removed to Stow after 1685 and was representative of that town on the overthrow of Governor Andros in 1680. It is possible that he was the Stephen Hall who lived in Quinnebaug or Plainfield, Connecticut. Chil- dren: Samuel, born in Concord, December 8.
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1665 ; Stephen, 1667, mentioned below ; Mary, June 1, 1677 ; Elizabeth, April 1, 1685.
(III) Stephen (2), son of Stephen ( 1) Hall. was born in Concord, 1667, and married (first) Grace, daughter of Thomas and Grace (Tay) Willis, of Woburn and Medford. She was born in Billerica, 1670, and died of small pox, in Charlestown, November 12, 1721. He mar- ried (second) Martha Hill; (third) February 5. 1739. Anna, widow of Joseph Newell. "Stow Hall," as Stephen Hall was called, was taxed in Medford in 1691 ; he was admitted to the church of Cambridge in 1705, was one of the founders of the church of Medford on 1713, and was dismissed from the church of Woburn. His name appears on a list of sub- scribers for "Prince Chronological History." with the honorable title of Esquire. Children : Stephen, born November 5, 1693; Grace, June 17, 1697 : Esther, December 27, 1700; Willard, March II, 1703, mentioned below: Josiah, May 12, 1705: Ruth, 1706.
(IV) Willard, son of Stephen (2) Hall, was born March II, 1703-4. He graduated at Harvard College in 1722, and was ordained pastor of the church of Westford, November 15. 1727. He is represented not only as a pious and useful minister but also as a physi- cian, and a strenuous advocate for common schools and general education. When the town, on one occasion, did not lay the required school tax. he complained to the general court of the neglect, and arraigned the people for their de- linquincy. He owned a large farm and had a fine taste for agriculture. His pastorate ended with his death, March 14, 1779. He married, September. 1729, Abigail Cotton, of Ports- mouth. New Hampshire, a descendant of Rev. Mr. Cotton, first minister of Boston. She died October 20, 1789. Children: 1. Willard, born June 12, 1730 ; mentioned below. 2. Elizabeth. October 24, 1732. 3. Abigail, July 19, 1734. 4. Ann. April 22, 1736. 5. Mary, July 30, 1738. 6. Martha, June 8. 1741. 7. Stephen, May 28, 1743. 8. Willis, November 14, 1747. 9. Josiah or Isaiah, January 19, 1749-50. IO. Martha. July 26, 1752. 11. Grace.
(V) Willard (2), son of Willard ( 1) Hall, was born June 12, 1730, in Portsmouth, and married, January 11 or 16, 1755, Ruth, daugh- ter of Captain Joseph and Sarah (Adams) Fletcher, of Westford. She was born August 28, 1733. He lived in Westford until his mar- riage, when he removed to that part of Dun- stable afterwards known as Tyngsborough. He fought and died in the revolution. Children : Willard: Isaiah : James, mentioned below ; Jo-
seph Fletcher ; Abigail ; Sarah; Ruth ; Wilder ; Wiley. Order of birth not known.
(VI) James, son of Willard (2) Hall, mar- ried Sallie Sherman, cousin of William Tecumseh Sherman. Children : James, Isaiah, Pelatiah (mentioned below), Clark Stillman, Alanson, Fletcher, Wilder, Caroline, Sarah, Annie, Louisa.
(VII) Pelatiah Fletcher, son of James Hall, was born in Vermont ; married Cynthia Cut- ting, of Weston, Massachusetts. He was a painter by trade, and worked in Lowell; later he returned to farming in Concord. Children : Child, died young : Cynthia ; George Fletcher, married Carrie Butterick, and had children : Gilbert and Carrie; Harriet; Henry Cutting ; Charlotte : Annie ; Alice and Etta.
(VIII) Henry Cutting, son of Pelatiah Fletcher Hall, was born in Lowell, in 1843. He left his home at the age of sixteen, and learned the trade of a carpenter, an occupation which he followed until the civil war broke out, when he enlisted in Cambridge, in the First Massachusetts Regiment, and served three years. He was in twenty-four battles, and was honorably discharged. He then went to Florida, where he spent five years. He re- turned to Cambridge and went to work for Mason & Hamlin, organ manufacturers, where he was a contractor in the finishing department, and remained with this firm twenty-three years. He was a member of Mizpah Lodge of Masons. and Boston Commandery, Knights Templar. He married, November 12, 1866, Augusta Clarke Alley. daughter of Reuben and Mar- garet N. Alley, both of Boston. They had one child, Henry Fletcher, born in Cambridge, May I, 1874. He is an expert mechanic and in- ventor. He married, June 4, 1902, Sarah Alice Millward, of Cleveland, Ohio.
The most probable derivation METCALF of the name Metcalf is that in Craven, twelve miles south- east of Dent, are three hills or a small mountain with three peaks now called Pennegew Hills but long ago known as the "Three Calves." The coat-of-arms of the family : Arms, argent, three calves, passant, sable. Crest: A satyr. affronto, proper, with a girdle of oak leaves round his lions, vert. holding in the dexter hand over the right shoulder a spiked club or morning star, or. According to the Harleian Manuscript their arms were granted in 1483: the crest in 1487. In A. D., 1278 (Edward I) it is recorded that Adam de Madekalf that is, Adam of the middle calf, was killed by one
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Steynebrigge in single combat. The prefix made is derived from the German "Mitte," Saxon "Midd" and English "Middle." This Adam of Metcalf in 1278 was the eighth in descent from the original Dane Arkefrith, who came to England with King Canute in 1016, who gave him lands in N. W. Yorkshire and made him Lord of Dent, Sudbury and Askrigg, names still to be found on the maps of York- shire. It is said that the present Danish suc- cession can be traced in an unbroken line from Arkefrith to the present time. The following is the descent of our present Metcalfs in Amer- ica.
(I) Arkefrith. (II) Arkell. (III) Cos- patrick. (IV) Dolfin. ( V) William. (VI) Richard. (VII) Adam, 1252, A. D. (VIII) Adam, 1278, A. D., called Medcalfe. (IX ) Adam Medcalfe, of Baynbridge. (X) Adam Medcalfe, of Thornbon. (XI) Richard Met- calf, of Baynbridge. (XII) Thomas Metcalf, of Baynbridge. (XIII) John Metcalf, married Alice, of Ireby. (XIV) James Metcalf, of Nappa in Wensleydale. (XV) Brian Metcalf, of Beare Park, third son of James, of Nappa ; married Joanna, of Boughton, and had sons : Richard, Nicholas and Rogers.
(XVI) Rev. Leonard Metcalf, of Tatter- ford, in Norfolk, was rector of that parish, and the father of Michael Metcalf, the immi- grant. No clue has ever been found as to the family name of Rev. Leonard Metcalf's wife. The Metcalfs are a Yorkshire family of great antiquity, and they flourished there as pros- perous merchants from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century. Among many notable ones were John Metcalf, Lord Mayor of York, 1498: Sir Gilbert Metcalf, 1695: Miles Met- calf, in parliament under Edward IV. At the home of the Metcalfs in Northallerton Charles I. stopped in 1647, a prisoner.
(XVII) Michael Metcalf, the original an- cestor in America, son of Rev. Leonard Met- calf, rector of Tatter ford, county Norfolk, and immediately descended from the Metcalfs of Beare Park and Nappa Hall in northern York- shire, was born in Tatterford, Norfolk county, England, June 17, 1587. He was a dornix or embroidery weaver of Norwich, county Nor- folk, Yorkshire, England. He was a man of prominence in his city and church. After losing his property by a star chamber fine under the persecution of Bishop Wren, and being a devoted Puritan he decided to emigrate to America to escape further religious perse- cntion. He accordingly sailed from Ipswich in the ship "John and Dorothy," Captain Will-
iam Andrews, April 6, 1637, and another authority says they sailed in the ship "Rose,' April 15, 1637. He was at this time aged forty-five years. He was accompanied by his wife, Sarah ( Elwyn) Metcalf, aged thirty- nine years, eight children, and Thomas Comber- back, servant, aged sixteen years. After arriv- ing at Boston, three days before mid-summer of 1637, he immediately settled at Dedham, where he was a proprietor July 18, 1637, and admitted to the church, August 24, 1639, and his wife Sarah was admitted October II of the same year. He took the oath of allegiance and was made a freeman July 14, 1637, which was doubtless immediately after his arrival from England. His letter describing his relig- ious persecution under Bishop Wren is to be found in New England Historic Register, vol. XVI, P. 279. He was town officer at Ded- ham and school master, also selectman, 1641. He had a clay pit on Dedham Island, where bricks were manufactured. He was on the committee to build the meetinghouse. He died December 27. 1664. His will, dated November 15, 1664, proved and inventoried February I, 1664-65, at £364 10 s. 05 d. In his will he refers to a covenant made with wife Mary before their marriage (August 13, 1643), also his five children. He married (first) October 13, 1616, in Hingham, Sarah, born in Hing- ham, Norfolk county, England, June 17, 1593. died at Dedham, Massachusetts, November 13. 1644, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Elwyn, and granddaughter of William Elwyn. Children, all born in England : 1. Michael, November 13, 1617, died young. 2. Mary or Marcy, February 14, 1619; married, November 24, 1642, Henry Wilson. 3. Michael, August 20, 1620, mentioned below. 4. John, Septem- ber 5. 1622: married, March 22, 1647, Mary, daughter of Francis Chickering ; died in Ded- ham, Massachusetts, November 27. 1675, leav- ing children : i. John, born March 21, 1648; ii. Michael, August 20, 1650; iii. Mary, October 2. 1652: iv. Joseph, 1658, in Medfield. 5. Sarah, September 10, 1624; married Robert Onion, of Dedham. 6. Elizabeth, October 4. 1626; married, September 15, 1648, Thomas Bancroft, of Reading. 7. Martha, March 27. 1628; married ( first) William Brignall; (sec- ond) August 2, 1654, Christopher Smith ; ( third) - Stow. 8. Thomas, December 27, 1629 ( one old record makes Thomas the fourth child, born January 7, 1622) ; married (first) September 12, 1655, Sarah Paige; ( second ) December 2, 1679, --; he was deacon at Dedham ; died November 16. 1702.
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