Metcalfe Families; Wm. and Mary Qrtly., Vol. 5, No. 1 Transcribed by Kathy Merrill for the USGenWeb Archives Special Collections Project ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** Metcalfe Families William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 1. (Jul., 1896), pp. 10-15. METCALFE FAMILIES. 1. METCALFE OF RICHMOND COUNTY, VA(1) - From Foster's Pedigrees of Yorkshire Families, North and East Riding, Vol. III. -- 1. RICHARD(1) METCALFE, of North Allerton, York county, Eng., was a brother of Gilbert Metcalfe, of Hood Grange. He was the father of 2, Richard2 Metcalfe, of North Allerton, who died about 1640. 2. RICHARD2 METCALFE (Richard1) was the father of 3, George3 Metcalfe, of Thornborough Hall, aged 42 years in 1666; 4, Richard, a merchant in York; 5, Gilbert3, a merchant in London; 6, Peter, a merchant in York; 7, John; 8, Thomas; 9, Roger. 3. GEORGE3 METCALFE, (Richard2, Richard1) was the father of 10, Sir Gilbert Metcalfe, Knight, Lord mayor of York in 1695, who married Mary, daughter of -------. She proved her husband's will at York October 11, 1698. "He died June 27, 1698, aged 41; buried in the Church of Saint Martin's Micklegat, M.I., near the altar". Issue of Sir Gilbert Metcalfe 11, George, baptized 1686; 12, Gilbert, baptized 21st and buried 25th April, 1689. [So far the English records, but the Richmond county, Virginia, records show]: 5. Gilbert3 Metcalfe, merchant of London, who had extensive dealings with Virginia, married Jane -------, and had issue: 13, Richard4; 14, Jane Talbott, wife of Ambrose Talbott (dead before 1708); 15, Mary, wife of Samuel Remington, of Low Layton, Essex county; 16, William; 17, Gilbert4, of Jamaica (dead before 1708); 18, Anne (dead before 1708). The particular authority for these state- ments in the Richmond county records is as follows: METCALFE DEED. Deed dated Nov. 9, 1708, between "Jane Metcalfe, widow and executrix of last will and testament of Gilbert Metcalfe, late of City of London, and also executrix of last will and testament of Gilbert Metcalfe, late of one of her Majesty's plantations called Jamaica, deceased; William Metcalfe, of the City of York, merchant; Jane Talbott, formerly Metcalfe, wife of Ambrose Talbott, _______________________________________________________________________________ (1) In the January QUARTERLY, p. 165, it was said, by mistake, that the Metcalfe family, of Richmond county, was from Bristol. Page 11. late of London, merchant, deceased; and Samuel Remington, of Low Layton, in the County of Essex, merchant, and Mary, his wife; which said William Metcalfe, Jane Talbott, and Mary Remington are living, and said Gilbert, of Jamaica, and Ann, a sister to him, are dead; all being children of said Gilbert Gilbert Metcalfe, late of London, merchant, deceased, and Jane, his wife, of the first part; and Gilbert Metcalfe, of Rappahannock, in the county of Richmond, Virginia, merchant, son andheir of Richard Metcalfe, late of ame plce, merchant, deceased; which said Richard was one of the sones of said first named Gilbert Metclafe and Jane, his wife". AWARD OF ROBERT CARTER. Whereas a suit att Law was brought by Edward Barrow, of Richmond County, Gentn, against Gilbert Metcalfe, of the Same County, Gent., before the court of the said County, for Certaine Slaves Detained by the Said Metcalfe from the Said plt.; Whereupon a Jury brought in a Special Verdict upon the whole Facts of the case; but before the said Court gave any Judgment thereon the Said contending parties Entered into a Rule of Court by theire Consent and request to Submit the Suite and all other Diferences, Claimes, & Demands of Either the Said parties to the Estate Mr. Richard Metcalfe Dyed possest of in this Collony, to my Examination & Settle- ment, and that Judgment and Execution Shoud go accordingly, bearing the Date the first Day of August, 1711; To determine this matter the best I coud, the Contending parties have bin before me. I have Considered the proceedings in this case, the Facts found by the Jury, the papers produced on both Sides, The Will of Gilbert the Grand Father, the Long Entercourse by Letters between Mrs. Metcalfe and this Richard, her Son, and, after his Death, to his Relict, Mrs. Barrow; also the Letters of the Said Richard's Brothers to him, and likewise Richard's long Possession, his claime to his Uncle, the alderman of York, his Estate. Upon the whole, it is my opinion that Barrow recover the negroes Claimed in his Declaration, or as many of them as many of them as shall be alive on the Fifteenth Day of november next, and those negroes also that have bin seized by the Said Metcalfe since ye action brought, and also the Children that have bin borne of any of the Said negroes since Metcalfe hath had the possession of them as the proper Estate of the sd Richard; and my further opinion is, That the Said negroes and theire Increase, or as many of them as Shall be Liveing, be Delivered to the Said Barrow on the Said 15th of november next, and not before, and, if not then done, that Execution Issue; That in the mean time Gilbert have the Laboure and Government of the Said Slaves; that he findes them with provissions, and use them wth Humanitie; and that at the End of the time, the said Gilbert pay to the Said Barrow, for every one of the said Slaves, a new Cotton Suite, two Shifts, a paire [of] Shoes & Stockings, and three barrells of Corne; and also five pounds Sterling Damage, which Summof five pounds is to be in lieu of all Damages whatsoever the said Barrow may or might Claime or recover for Detention of said negroes, or for the Death of any of them, or for any other cause or thing relating to this Suit, Except the cost of Suit, which 'tis my opinion be born Equally between the contending parties. Witness my hand and Seale this 2d day of June, 1712. ROBERT CARTER, [Seal] Page 12. And Foreasmuch as Mrs. Jane Metcalfe, Daughter of the said Richard, and Sister to the Said Gilbert, and now maintained by the Said Gilbert Claiming of theire Said Fathers Estate as her portion from the Said Barrow, to prevent further trouble, hath agreed to Stand to my Determination relateing to her Claime out of her Said Fathers Estate, and the Said Barrow agreeing to performe what I should Judge Equitable therein. It is my opinion that the Said Barrow upon the Settleing of all matters with the said Gilbert upon the Said Fifteenth of november next, and upon the Said Gilberts giveing good Security to the Court, to be answerable to the Said Jane for her Said Portion & the Interest thereof. That he the sd Barrow pay unto the sd Gilbert in money Sterling by good bills of Exchange to the Value of the Eighth part of the Said Richard, Deceased, his Estate according to the appraisement thereof or else in good young negroes to be reputed the Said Jane & to be for her maintainance to be Valued by Foure Substantial men of the neighbourehood to be Appointed by the Court. In Witness whereof I have likewise hereunto Sett my hand this 2d Day of June, 1712. ROBERT CARTER. Truly Recorded the 7th day of August, 1712. Test JNO. TAYLOR, Dcc. From these documents it would seem that 13. RICHARD4 METCALFE (Gilbert3, Richard2, Richar1) had 19. Gilbert5, "son and heir"; 20, Jane. Another court order gives 21, Anne5; and Barradall's Reports (MS) shows that Enne Metcalfe (died 1728), who married 2dly, Edward Barrow, was a daughter of Capt. John Stone, and that Richard Metcalfe had by her: 22, Mary; 23, Elizabeth; 24, John5; 25, Sarah. One of these daus. married Spicer. 19. GILBERT5 METCALFE made his will July 21, 1736, but d.s.p. He married widow Susanna Fauster (see deed Gilbert Metcalfe, Sept. 4, 1717, Rich. County Records). She had dau. Anne Fauster, who m. Barber, and had John and Samuel. 20. ANNE5 METCALFE m. John Opie, March 1713. (See Gilbert M.'s will, July 2, 1736; "Lindsays in America.") Issue: Lindsay Opie, who m'd in 1734 Sarah Heale, dau. of George Heale (marriage bond in Northd), and had John, Thomas, George, Anne, Lindsay (Lindsay Opie's will; Travers Colston's will, 1749-50); Susanna Opie born Feb. 5, 1719 - d. 1749 (St. Stephen's Parish Register, Northl'd Co.) m'd 1st, Rodham Kenner (d. 1742), 2d, Travers Colston (b. Jan'y 4, 1714; d. 1750; Colston's 1st wife was Alice Corbin Griffin, dau. of Col. Thomas Griffin, Richmond Co., Va); Thomas (see "Lindsay Family"), born Feb. 25, 1716. 24. JOHN5 METCALFE; will Nov. 8, 1728, mentions mother "Anne Barrow", brother- in-law, Benj. Rust, executor, and Sarah his wife, "brother Gilbert to act as adviser". No issue mentioned. Page 13. 25. SARAH, WIFE OF BENJAMIN RUST had issue: John Rust, b. Nov. 2, 1725; Anne Rust, b. Oct. 4, 1727; Metcalfe Rust, b. Sept. 12, 1728; Sarah Rust, b. Sept. 22, 1731. See North Farnham Parish, Richmond County Records. As described in Foster's Pedigree of the Family, Richard2 Metcalfe who died in 1640 was brother of George Metcalfe who married Elizabeth, dau. of William Talbot. II. METCALFE OF KING WILLIAM CO., VA. This family came also from Yorkshire in the beginning, and my chief information in regard to it is derived from Dr. Claudius H. Mastin, of Mobile, Alabama, who gives me the result of his researches as follows: THE METCALFE family is of Danish origin, the founder Adam de Dente, Lord of Dente in Denmark, a celebrated warrior, went to England with Canute. In the division of lands, Canute gave him a large tract of land in what is now the Shire of York. This land was contained between three hills; a hill in Danish is called "calfe" "metta" is the word used for between, and thus the name of "Metta-Calfe", Metcalfe! It gave origin to the coat of arms, which is charged with three black calves: what is known as a "canting coat". In 1581 A.D. The family married into the Talbot family, and she being an heiress brought a large estate, and the crest of the Talbots was adopted. This Talbot crest is still used by the family and is the mark of distinction between the old family and that of the late Sir Theophilus J. Metcalfe, late Governor-General of Jamaica(1) and also Canada. He was unable to prove his descent from the old family, and the College of Heralds declined to register him the old arms without "differencing" them, which they did by marking "a dagger fess wise" across the shield and substituting another crest for him. These facts were communicated to our family by the Garter King of Arms of the college, and I have in my records the original letters with the seal of the college. The silver plate owned by the family in America and bearing the Talbot crest is in my possession, as it came to me from my grandmother Ann Lea Metcalfe. I also have in my possession "the skeleton coat of arms", as sent to my grandfather Thomas Met- calfe, by the Herald's College, London, 1776 A.D. Thomas Metcalfe (my ancestor) was the son of Samuel Metcalfe, a grocer at North- wich, in the County of Cheshire, England; he was born on the 10th day of August, 1734 O.S., baptized on the 23d day of August, 1734, as is shown by the parish register as given by the Vicar of Northwich, in said county. He arrived in Virginia on the 16th day of May, 1751, having come to America with his uncle John Metcalfe. He married on 23d of November, 1756 N.S., with Elizabeth, eldest daughter of John Strachey, M.D., of Sutton Court, Somersetshire, England. Elizabeth Strachey was born August 13, 1734, O.S. They had children as follows: ____________________________________________________________________________________ (1) Was Sir Theophilus J. Metcalfe descended from Gilbert Metcalfe, of Jamaica? If so the records of Richmond county, Va. might assist his genealogist. Page 14. 1. John Metcalfe born October 26, 1757, died October 26, 1758, his sponsors were Miss Mary Price, Dr. William Harwood, and Mr. John Metcalfe. 2. Ann Lee Metcalfe born May 4, 1760, her sponsors were John Whiting, his wife, and Miss E. Shackelford. 3. Thomas Metcalfe born November 1, 1761, his sponsors were Miss Alice Corbin, Commissary Robinson, and Mr. Dasher. 4. John Strachey Metclafe born January 24, 1765, his sponsors were Edwin Fleet and John Whiting and his wife. 5. Betty Metcalfe born June 21, 1767, her sponsors were Alice Robinson, and Mrs. Catherine Smith, and Mr. Guy Smith. 6. Vernon Metcalfe was born March 12, 1771, his sponsors were Dr. Nath. Carpenter and wife, and Mr. George Lyne. 7. Charlotte Metcalfe born February 2, 1776, received private baptism and died February 10, 1776. None of these children ever married save Ann Lee Metcalfe who married Dr. Claudius Levert was my grandmother; also Vernon Metcalfe the sixth child, who married Catherine Catlett August 21, 1812, and had one child, James Metcalfe, who was born June 7, 1813; he married with Miss Margaret Harrison on September 1, 1855, and had a daughter, C. Vernon Metcalfe, who was born on 12th of June, 1856, and died September 19, 1858, at 7 o'clock p.m. James Metcalfe himself died in 1868, and with him the Metcalfe family, from whom I came, has become extinct in America. The uncle of Thomas Metcalfe who brought him to America in 1734, O.S., was John Metcalfe who died without having married; but I can't say whether he died in America or after he had returned to England. I only recall the fact of his death from a "mourning ring" in our collection of MSS. records, &c., which is enameled with his name, birth and death thereon. I am sorry that I am so pressed for time at this date, as it is my busy season, with a number of serious surgical cases on hand, which prevents me just now from going into detail as to the Metcalfe line back through several generations. To do so would require that I go over a very large collection of MSS., records, Yc., which will fill a large iron safe, and it would take me weeks to overlook them. This memoranda I take from family Bible, and from note-books in reference to wills, baptisms, &c, &c. My main records are from parish registers and vicars' reports. Thomas settled with his uncle John in King William county, Va. JOHN STRACHEY = ELIZABETH VERNON | ELIZABETH STRACHEY = THOMAS METCALFE | ANN LEE METCALFE = CLAUDIUS LEVERT | ANN ELIZABETH CAROLINE LEVERT = FRANCIS TURNER MASTIN. | CLAUDIUS HENRY MASTIN born June 4, 1826. Page 15. Sir Henry Metcalfe, late of 28 Well Walk, London, has prepared with great care the entire history of this family from the time of Adam de Dente, who went to England with Canute. The whole is contained in a very large roller map, which he sent to me several years ago; besides, I have all the old papers as sent to the family from the Heralds' College. It might be of interest to add that the present "Mount Vernon" was first owned by Lawrence Washington, and by him named for Admiral Edward Vernon, with whom L. Washington had sailed in his expedition against Carthegena and Porto- Bello, whilst L. Washington was serving in the British Navy.