Elijah Metcalf

1777 - 1861  (83 years)

• Name	Elijah Metcalf
  Birth	25 Dec 1777	Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Mar 1861	Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA
  Person ID	I575	Horton Test
  Last Modified	11 Nov 2025

  
  

  Father	Nathan Metcalf,   b. 8 Jul 1745, Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA d. Salisbury, Herkimer, New York, USA
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F213	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah Blakeslee,   b. 12 Oct 1787, New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States of America d. 26 Jan 1860, Rushford, Allegany County, New York, United States of America (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	12 Jan 1813	Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, USA
  Children	1. Zephi Brockett Metcalf,   b. 14 Jun 1821, Salisbury, Herkimer, New York, USA d. 23 Jan 1896, Arkansas City, Cowley, Kansas, USA (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Roxanna Metcalf,   b. 4 May 1816   d. 2 Jun 1890 (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Levi Metcalf,   b. 26 Sep 1817, Salisbury, Herkimer, New York, USA d. 30 Sep 1892 (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Lyman B. Metcalf,   b. 13 Apr 1815  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Racheal Metcalf,   b. 26 Oct 1819   d. May 1890 (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Elijah Metcalf,   b. 17 Jan 1823  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F207	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Nov 2025

  
  

• Notes

  This may be of interest to some, taken from the Centennail Memorial History of Rushford. ( Allegany Co. NY.) " the subject of this sketch was born in Chesterfield, Cheshire Co, NH, December 25,1777. He was one of a family of 10 children, when he was quite young his parents moved to Salisbury, Herkimer Co. NY., where he lived for many years. He was brbrought up on a farm and attended the ditrict school, making good use of what advantages he had for obtaining an education. He was converted at the first services of the first Methodist minister who preached in Salisbury. As there was no church, the meeting was held in a barn...............He was ordained deacon by Bishop Asbury at Paris, NY July 23, 1811.......circut preacher-territory including the Holland Purchase and Caledonia circut; all of the western NY west of the Genesse River, Erie co, Pa and all OH south of Cleveland............. In PA he met Hannah Blakeslee, a resident of VT, whom he married 13 Jan. 1813....................located and returned to salisbury............6 children born to them, 4 sons, and 2 daughters. In september 1832 family moved to Rushford, Allegany, NY........Here he and his family spent their remaining years...........His wife died Jan.26,1866 being nearly eighty years of age. He died March 1, 1861.