Baptized at Strood near Rochester, Kent, 28 January 1598/9, perhaps son of Thomas Metcalf ("age about sixty" on 3 June 1664). Seaman from Strood who came to Massachusetts Bay in 1634 (based on admission to freemanship on 4 March 1634/5) & settled in Ipswich MA. Died in Ipswich 21 July 1665.
Married at Strood near Rochester, Kent, 29 May 1626, Elizabeth Baker. She married (2) at Salem on 8 November 1670 EDWARD BEAUCHAMP.
On 30 March 1654, "Joseph Medcalfe . deposed concerning the wife of Henry Batchiler, that he met her near his farm, holding up her coats in an unseemly manner, some pigs following her. She said she did not know whose they were." On the same day, "James How, Thomas Medcalfe and Francis Bates deposed that Goodwife Batchiler had several times said that some of Goodman Medcalf's and Goodman Howes' cattle would die, some would escape and others would live, and it came to pass as she said, although they all seemed well when she told it."
Depositions of this sort typically led up to an accusation of witchcraft, but no records of such a case have been found.
Married at Strood near Rochester, Kent, 29 May 1626, Elizabeth Baker. She married (2) at Salem on 8 November 1670 EDWARD BEAUCHAMP.
On 30 March 1654, "Joseph Medcalfe . deposed concerning the wife of Henry Batchiler, that he met her near his farm, holding up her coats in an unseemly manner, some pigs following her. She said she did not know whose they were." On the same day, "James How, Thomas Medcalfe and Francis Bates deposed that Goodwife Batchiler had several times said that some of Goodman Medcalf's and Goodman Howes' cattle would die, some would escape and others would live, and it came to pass as she said, although they all seemed well when she told it."
Depositions of this sort typically led up to an accusation of witchcraft, but no records of such a case have been found.
Baptized at Strood near Rochester, Kent, 28 January 1598/9, perhaps son of Thomas Metcalf ("age about sixty" on 3 June 1664). Seaman from Strood who came to Massachusetts Bay in 1634 (based on admission to freemanship on 4 March 1634/5) & settled in Ipswich MA. Died in Ipswich 21 July 1665.
Married at Strood near Rochester, Kent, 29 May 1626, Elizabeth Baker. She married (2) at Salem on 8 November 1670 EDWARD BEAUCHAMP.
On 30 March 1654, "Joseph Medcalfe . deposed concerning the wife of Henry Batchiler, that he met her near his farm, holding up her coats in an unseemly manner, some pigs following her. She said she did not know whose they were." On the same day, "James How, Thomas Medcalfe and Francis Bates deposed that Goodwife Batchiler had several times said that some of Goodman Medcalf's and Goodman Howes' cattle would die, some would escape and others would live, and it came to pass as she said, although they all seemed well when she told it."
Depositions of this sort typically led up to an accusation of witchcraft, but no records of such a case have been found.
Married at Strood near Rochester, Kent, 29 May 1626, Elizabeth Baker. She married (2) at Salem on 8 November 1670 EDWARD BEAUCHAMP.
On 30 March 1654, "Joseph Medcalfe . deposed concerning the wife of Henry Batchiler, that he met her near his farm, holding up her coats in an unseemly manner, some pigs following her. She said she did not know whose they were." On the same day, "James How, Thomas Medcalfe and Francis Bates deposed that Goodwife Batchiler had several times said that some of Goodman Medcalf's and Goodman Howes' cattle would die, some would escape and others would live, and it came to pass as she said, although they all seemed well when she told it."
Depositions of this sort typically led up to an accusation of witchcraft, but no records of such a case have been found.
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