Eleazer was the youngest child of Michael Metcalf Jr and Mary Fairbanks (who married Christopher Smith after Michael died).
His father died when Eleazer was 10 months old and he was raised by his step-father, Christopher Smith.
The time of Eleazer's move from Dedham to Wrentham Centre is unknown, but after King Philip's War in 1676, the inhabitants, who were forced to abandon their town in the wilderness for fear of the Indians, returned to a settlement that had been burned to the ground by the Indians. Among these were Eleazer Metcalf (unmarried), Samuel Fisher (his future father-in-law), and Joseph Kingsbury (a relative of Eleazer's grandson's wife).
Eleazer was described in 1685 as one of the early planters living at "Wallomonopouge."
He was admitted a freeman, May 15, 1690.
Eleazer, Capt. Robert Pond & 46 others (including Eleazer's son, Michael), inhabitants of the western part of Wrentham, petitioned the general court to be set off as a separate parish and settle a minister among themselves. [This may be referring to the beginning of the first church in Wrentham in 1692.] He was an original member and the second deacon of the Wrentham church.
Wrentham was about 20 miles SW of Dedham, about 5 miles from Rhode Island, so Eleazer was about 40 miles from Salem and was surely well aware of the witch trials which took place there in 1694 when over 200 people were arrested, and 14 were put to death.
He married Melatiah Fisher 9th April, 1684. They had 8 children:
Eleazur Jr (1685-1704)
Michael, (1687-1754)
Samuel (1688/9-1737)
Ebenezer (1691-1751)
Jonathan (1693-1775)
Melatiah (1695-1771, married James Cheever)
Timothy (1697-1767)
Martha (1699-?, married Jabez Hills)
Mary (1699, twin of Martha, maybe died in infancy)
His father died when Eleazer was 10 months old and he was raised by his step-father, Christopher Smith.
The time of Eleazer's move from Dedham to Wrentham Centre is unknown, but after King Philip's War in 1676, the inhabitants, who were forced to abandon their town in the wilderness for fear of the Indians, returned to a settlement that had been burned to the ground by the Indians. Among these were Eleazer Metcalf (unmarried), Samuel Fisher (his future father-in-law), and Joseph Kingsbury (a relative of Eleazer's grandson's wife).
Eleazer was described in 1685 as one of the early planters living at "Wallomonopouge."
He was admitted a freeman, May 15, 1690.
Eleazer, Capt. Robert Pond & 46 others (including Eleazer's son, Michael), inhabitants of the western part of Wrentham, petitioned the general court to be set off as a separate parish and settle a minister among themselves. [This may be referring to the beginning of the first church in Wrentham in 1692.] He was an original member and the second deacon of the Wrentham church.
Wrentham was about 20 miles SW of Dedham, about 5 miles from Rhode Island, so Eleazer was about 40 miles from Salem and was surely well aware of the witch trials which took place there in 1694 when over 200 people were arrested, and 14 were put to death.
He married Melatiah Fisher 9th April, 1684. They had 8 children:
Eleazur Jr (1685-1704)
Michael, (1687-1754)
Samuel (1688/9-1737)
Ebenezer (1691-1751)
Jonathan (1693-1775)
Melatiah (1695-1771, married James Cheever)
Timothy (1697-1767)
Martha (1699-?, married Jabez Hills)
Mary (1699, twin of Martha, maybe died in infancy)
Eleazer was the youngest child of Michael Metcalf Jr and Mary Fairbanks (who married Christopher Smith after Michael died).
His father died when Eleazer was 10 months old and he was raised by his step-father, Christopher Smith.
The time of Eleazer's move from Dedham to Wrentham Centre is unknown, but after King Philip's War in 1676, the inhabitants, who were forced to abandon their town in the wilderness for fear of the Indians, returned to a settlement that had been burned to the ground by the Indians. Among these were Eleazer Metcalf (unmarried), Samuel Fisher (his future father-in-law), and Joseph Kingsbury (a relative of Eleazer's grandson's wife).
Eleazer was described in 1685 as one of the early planters living at "Wallomonopouge."
He was admitted a freeman, May 15, 1690.
Eleazer, Capt. Robert Pond & 46 others (including Eleazer's son, Michael), inhabitants of the western part of Wrentham, petitioned the general court to be set off as a separate parish and settle a minister among themselves. [This may be referring to the beginning of the first church in Wrentham in 1692.] He was an original member and the second deacon of the Wrentham church.
Wrentham was about 20 miles SW of Dedham, about 5 miles from Rhode Island, so Eleazer was about 40 miles from Salem and was surely well aware of the witch trials which took place there in 1694 when over 200 people were arrested, and 14 were put to death.
He married Melatiah Fisher 9th April, 1684. They had 8 children:
Eleazur Jr (1685-1704)
Michael, (1687-1754)
Samuel (1688/9-1737)
Ebenezer (1691-1751)
Jonathan (1693-1775)
Melatiah (1695-1771, married James Cheever)
Timothy (1697-1767)
Martha (1699-?, married Jabez Hills)
Mary (1699, twin of Martha, maybe died in infancy)
His father died when Eleazer was 10 months old and he was raised by his step-father, Christopher Smith.
The time of Eleazer's move from Dedham to Wrentham Centre is unknown, but after King Philip's War in 1676, the inhabitants, who were forced to abandon their town in the wilderness for fear of the Indians, returned to a settlement that had been burned to the ground by the Indians. Among these were Eleazer Metcalf (unmarried), Samuel Fisher (his future father-in-law), and Joseph Kingsbury (a relative of Eleazer's grandson's wife).
Eleazer was described in 1685 as one of the early planters living at "Wallomonopouge."
He was admitted a freeman, May 15, 1690.
Eleazer, Capt. Robert Pond & 46 others (including Eleazer's son, Michael), inhabitants of the western part of Wrentham, petitioned the general court to be set off as a separate parish and settle a minister among themselves. [This may be referring to the beginning of the first church in Wrentham in 1692.] He was an original member and the second deacon of the Wrentham church.
Wrentham was about 20 miles SW of Dedham, about 5 miles from Rhode Island, so Eleazer was about 40 miles from Salem and was surely well aware of the witch trials which took place there in 1694 when over 200 people were arrested, and 14 were put to death.
He married Melatiah Fisher 9th April, 1684. They had 8 children:
Eleazur Jr (1685-1704)
Michael, (1687-1754)
Samuel (1688/9-1737)
Ebenezer (1691-1751)
Jonathan (1693-1775)
Melatiah (1695-1771, married James Cheever)
Timothy (1697-1767)
Martha (1699-?, married Jabez Hills)
Mary (1699, twin of Martha, maybe died in infancy)
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