When Thomas Metcalf was born on 16 September 1705, in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Joseph Metcalf Jr., was 24 and his mother, Ruth Smith, was 23. He married Ruth Flint on 30 October 1728, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. His occupation is listed as cordwainer in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. He died in September 1749, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 44.
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The Crowninshield-Bentley house was built in 1727 by ship captain John Caspar Crowninshield. His family occupied the house for generations until it was taken over by Revend Bentley.
English (Yorkshire): apparently a nickname from Middle English mete ‘meat, food’ + calf ‘calf’, i.e. ‘calf to be fattened up for eating’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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