Michael Metcalf(e): the Dornix weaver, and some Dedham descendents/ by Michael French Metlcalf.

Title:

Michael Metcalf(e): the Dornix weaver, and some Dedham descendents/ by Michael French Metlcalf.

Author:

Metcalf, Michael French,

Call Number:

929.2 M588m

Publication Information:

Amherst, MA: Genealogy House, 2023.

Physical Description:

462 p.:billustrations (some color); 23.5cm.

Description:

In 1637, Michael Metcalfe, a Puritan weaver of Dornix cloth, emigrated with his family from Norfolk, England, to escape the wrath of the Anglican authorities. The book begins with the Metcalfe clan still in England, and traces their involvement in the political and religious issues of medieval times. When Michael immigrated to Dedham, Massachusetts, a nascent community outside of Boston, he joined the Puritan community rooted there. Three generations later, some of his descendants dispersed to Connecticut, Vermont, and beyond. After the Revolutionary War, the family branch followed in this book moved to Vermont, and then down the Connecticut River, where prospects for a better life were abundant; later, they went to upstate New York before moving to St. Paul, Minnesota, gateway to the American West. In the early twentieth century, the family returned to the Boston area, where Michaels descendant, George Putnam Metcalfe. The story shows how these original families, and how their relentless quest for better lives motivated the migration of their descendants.

Locations:

Dedham (Mass.) History.

People:

Metcalf family.

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Credit Line:

Gift of Michael French Metcalf ; June 2023 ;