Elizabeth Metcalf, dau. of Rev. Joseph Metcalf and Abiel Adams, b. of record Mar. 6, 1716/17 at Falmouth, Mass. She d. of record Feb 22, 1762 at Salisbury, Conn. Her mother Abiel (Adams) Metcalf was the great granddau. of Gov. William Bradford of the 1620 Mayflower passage and his 2nd wife Alice Southworth [Abiel,4 Alice,3 (Rev. Wm. Adams), Maj. Wm.,2 Gov. Wm. Bradford,1].
Elizabeth's father was the first minister of the Falmouth, Mass. Cong. Church, and d. at Falmouth in May 1723 when Elizabeth was only 5 years old. On an unknown date the widow Abiel (Adams) Metcalf and children purportedly removed to Lebanon, Conn. The tradition in the Metcalf Geneal. is that mother Abiel removed to Lebanon because extended Metcalf family were then residing at Lebanon. On the other hand, the tradition in the Lee Geneal. is that Elizabeth Metcalf was placed with the family of Rev. Thomas Clap, pastor of the Windham, Conn. Church and went with Clap to New Haven when Rev. Clapp was chosen President of Yale College. While residing with Clap at New Haven, Elizabeth Metcalf met Jonathan Lee.
Unfortunately, the facts, their sequence and timing are incorrect. And, there likely were more "moving parts" than these competing traditions suggest.
Rev. Samuel Whiting (1670-1725), pastor of the Windham First Church, was that church's settled minister from 1700 until his death in September 1725. He d. while visting his brother-in-law, Rev. Nathaniel Collins of Enfield, Conn. (at the time Enfield was part of Mass.) The wives of both Whiting and Collins were the older sisters of the widow Abiel (Adams) Metcalf. Rather than Thomas Clap, it is more likely that Elizabeth Metcalf and perhaps some of her sisters were temporary residents of their uncle Whiting at Windham versus adjoining Lebanon. In addition, in 1721, Anne Whiting, the eldest dau. of Rev. Whiting, m. Joseph Fitch of Lebanon, s. of the dec'd Rev. James Fitch, and member of a highly respected and well-connected family of Lebanon. Further, in 1698 at Lebanon, Joseph Fitch's older sister Ann m. Joseph Bradford [Maj. William,2 Gov. William,1] and was residing at Lebanon, he being the half uncle of the widow Abiel (Adams) Metcalf.
Rev. Thomas Clap (1703-1767) was a Harvard graduate. On Nov. 23, 1727, one day before her 15th birthday, Clap m. Mary Whiting, dau. of the dec'd Rev. Whiting. This was before, not after, Clap was ordained as pastor of the Windham Church on Aug. 3, 1728 as successor of his dec'd father-in-law. On Apr. 2, 1740, Clap was installed as Rector, not as President, of Yale College. He was elected President of the college in 1745, the year after Elizabeth Metcalf and Jonathan Lee married.
Whatever the circumstances were, on Oct. 26, 1744 at the Lebanon, Conn. Cong. Chh. [Bailey, 2:42], Elizabeth Metcalf m. as his first wife, Rev. Jonathan Lee, youngest s. of David Lee and Lydia Strong, b. July 10, 1718 per the printed vital records of Coventry, Conn. He d. Oct. 8, 1788 at Salisbury, Conn. They had eight children who are outlined in their father's memorial.
Elizabeth's father was the first minister of the Falmouth, Mass. Cong. Church, and d. at Falmouth in May 1723 when Elizabeth was only 5 years old. On an unknown date the widow Abiel (Adams) Metcalf and children purportedly removed to Lebanon, Conn. The tradition in the Metcalf Geneal. is that mother Abiel removed to Lebanon because extended Metcalf family were then residing at Lebanon. On the other hand, the tradition in the Lee Geneal. is that Elizabeth Metcalf was placed with the family of Rev. Thomas Clap, pastor of the Windham, Conn. Church and went with Clap to New Haven when Rev. Clapp was chosen President of Yale College. While residing with Clap at New Haven, Elizabeth Metcalf met Jonathan Lee.
Unfortunately, the facts, their sequence and timing are incorrect. And, there likely were more "moving parts" than these competing traditions suggest.
Rev. Samuel Whiting (1670-1725), pastor of the Windham First Church, was that church's settled minister from 1700 until his death in September 1725. He d. while visting his brother-in-law, Rev. Nathaniel Collins of Enfield, Conn. (at the time Enfield was part of Mass.) The wives of both Whiting and Collins were the older sisters of the widow Abiel (Adams) Metcalf. Rather than Thomas Clap, it is more likely that Elizabeth Metcalf and perhaps some of her sisters were temporary residents of their uncle Whiting at Windham versus adjoining Lebanon. In addition, in 1721, Anne Whiting, the eldest dau. of Rev. Whiting, m. Joseph Fitch of Lebanon, s. of the dec'd Rev. James Fitch, and member of a highly respected and well-connected family of Lebanon. Further, in 1698 at Lebanon, Joseph Fitch's older sister Ann m. Joseph Bradford [Maj. William,2 Gov. William,1] and was residing at Lebanon, he being the half uncle of the widow Abiel (Adams) Metcalf.
Rev. Thomas Clap (1703-1767) was a Harvard graduate. On Nov. 23, 1727, one day before her 15th birthday, Clap m. Mary Whiting, dau. of the dec'd Rev. Whiting. This was before, not after, Clap was ordained as pastor of the Windham Church on Aug. 3, 1728 as successor of his dec'd father-in-law. On Apr. 2, 1740, Clap was installed as Rector, not as President, of Yale College. He was elected President of the college in 1745, the year after Elizabeth Metcalf and Jonathan Lee married.
Whatever the circumstances were, on Oct. 26, 1744 at the Lebanon, Conn. Cong. Chh. [Bailey, 2:42], Elizabeth Metcalf m. as his first wife, Rev. Jonathan Lee, youngest s. of David Lee and Lydia Strong, b. July 10, 1718 per the printed vital records of Coventry, Conn. He d. Oct. 8, 1788 at Salisbury, Conn. They had eight children who are outlined in their father's memorial.
Elizabeth Metcalf, dau. of Rev. Joseph Metcalf and Abiel Adams, b. of record Mar. 6, 1716/17 at Falmouth, Mass. She d. of record Feb 22, 1762 at Salisbury, Conn. Her mother Abiel (Adams) Metcalf was the great granddau. of Gov. William Bradford of the 1620 Mayflower passage and his 2nd wife Alice Southworth [Abiel,4 Alice,3 (Rev. Wm. Adams), Maj. Wm.,2 Gov. Wm. Bradford,1].
Elizabeth's father was the first minister of the Falmouth, Mass. Cong. Church, and d. at Falmouth in May 1723 when Elizabeth was only 5 years old. On an unknown date the widow Abiel (Adams) Metcalf and children purportedly removed to Lebanon, Conn. The tradition in the Metcalf Geneal. is that mother Abiel removed to Lebanon because extended Metcalf family were then residing at Lebanon. On the other hand, the tradition in the Lee Geneal. is that Elizabeth Metcalf was placed with the family of Rev. Thomas Clap, pastor of the Windham, Conn. Church and went with Clap to New Haven when Rev. Clapp was chosen President of Yale College. While residing with Clap at New Haven, Elizabeth Metcalf met Jonathan Lee.
Unfortunately, the facts, their sequence and timing are incorrect. And, there likely were more "moving parts" than these competing traditions suggest.
Rev. Samuel Whiting (1670-1725), pastor of the Windham First Church, was that church's settled minister from 1700 until his death in September 1725. He d. while visting his brother-in-law, Rev. Nathaniel Collins of Enfield, Conn. (at the time Enfield was part of Mass.) The wives of both Whiting and Collins were the older sisters of the widow Abiel (Adams) Metcalf. Rather than Thomas Clap, it is more likely that Elizabeth Metcalf and perhaps some of her sisters were temporary residents of their uncle Whiting at Windham versus adjoining Lebanon. In addition, in 1721, Anne Whiting, the eldest dau. of Rev. Whiting, m. Joseph Fitch of Lebanon, s. of the dec'd Rev. James Fitch, and member of a highly respected and well-connected family of Lebanon. Further, in 1698 at Lebanon, Joseph Fitch's older sister Ann m. Joseph Bradford [Maj. William,2 Gov. William,1] and was residing at Lebanon, he being the half uncle of the widow Abiel (Adams) Metcalf.
Rev. Thomas Clap (1703-1767) was a Harvard graduate. On Nov. 23, 1727, one day before her 15th birthday, Clap m. Mary Whiting, dau. of the dec'd Rev. Whiting. This was before, not after, Clap was ordained as pastor of the Windham Church on Aug. 3, 1728 as successor of his dec'd father-in-law. On Apr. 2, 1740, Clap was installed as Rector, not as President, of Yale College. He was elected President of the college in 1745, the year after Elizabeth Metcalf and Jonathan Lee married.
Whatever the circumstances were, on Oct. 26, 1744 at the Lebanon, Conn. Cong. Chh. [Bailey, 2:42], Elizabeth Metcalf m. as his first wife, Rev. Jonathan Lee, youngest s. of David Lee and Lydia Strong, b. July 10, 1718 per the printed vital records of Coventry, Conn. He d. Oct. 8, 1788 at Salisbury, Conn. They had eight children who are outlined in their father's memorial.
Elizabeth's father was the first minister of the Falmouth, Mass. Cong. Church, and d. at Falmouth in May 1723 when Elizabeth was only 5 years old. On an unknown date the widow Abiel (Adams) Metcalf and children purportedly removed to Lebanon, Conn. The tradition in the Metcalf Geneal. is that mother Abiel removed to Lebanon because extended Metcalf family were then residing at Lebanon. On the other hand, the tradition in the Lee Geneal. is that Elizabeth Metcalf was placed with the family of Rev. Thomas Clap, pastor of the Windham, Conn. Church and went with Clap to New Haven when Rev. Clapp was chosen President of Yale College. While residing with Clap at New Haven, Elizabeth Metcalf met Jonathan Lee.
Unfortunately, the facts, their sequence and timing are incorrect. And, there likely were more "moving parts" than these competing traditions suggest.
Rev. Samuel Whiting (1670-1725), pastor of the Windham First Church, was that church's settled minister from 1700 until his death in September 1725. He d. while visting his brother-in-law, Rev. Nathaniel Collins of Enfield, Conn. (at the time Enfield was part of Mass.) The wives of both Whiting and Collins were the older sisters of the widow Abiel (Adams) Metcalf. Rather than Thomas Clap, it is more likely that Elizabeth Metcalf and perhaps some of her sisters were temporary residents of their uncle Whiting at Windham versus adjoining Lebanon. In addition, in 1721, Anne Whiting, the eldest dau. of Rev. Whiting, m. Joseph Fitch of Lebanon, s. of the dec'd Rev. James Fitch, and member of a highly respected and well-connected family of Lebanon. Further, in 1698 at Lebanon, Joseph Fitch's older sister Ann m. Joseph Bradford [Maj. William,2 Gov. William,1] and was residing at Lebanon, he being the half uncle of the widow Abiel (Adams) Metcalf.
Rev. Thomas Clap (1703-1767) was a Harvard graduate. On Nov. 23, 1727, one day before her 15th birthday, Clap m. Mary Whiting, dau. of the dec'd Rev. Whiting. This was before, not after, Clap was ordained as pastor of the Windham Church on Aug. 3, 1728 as successor of his dec'd father-in-law. On Apr. 2, 1740, Clap was installed as Rector, not as President, of Yale College. He was elected President of the college in 1745, the year after Elizabeth Metcalf and Jonathan Lee married.
Whatever the circumstances were, on Oct. 26, 1744 at the Lebanon, Conn. Cong. Chh. [Bailey, 2:42], Elizabeth Metcalf m. as his first wife, Rev. Jonathan Lee, youngest s. of David Lee and Lydia Strong, b. July 10, 1718 per the printed vital records of Coventry, Conn. He d. Oct. 8, 1788 at Salisbury, Conn. They had eight children who are outlined in their father's memorial.
Inscription
Here lyeth the Body
of Mrs. Elisabeth the
wife of the Rev. Jona-
than Lee. who depart-
ed this life Feb. 22. AD.
1762 in the 45 year
of her age.
[several lines of verse]
On the day Elizabeth died she was 44 years old, and Ætatis (i.e., Æ, "Aged," in the XX year of her Age) 45.
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