Mary Chickering

1630 - 1698  (68 years)

• Name	Mary Chickering
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	1630  [1]
  Land/House	Nov 1646 (Age 16)
  She transferred all of her interest in a parcel of land in Suffolk, England to her cousin, John Chickering, the son of Henry Chickering in November 1646.
  Moved To	Abt 1652 (Age 22)	Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts   [8, 11]
  John and Mary came to Medfield, Massachusetts about 1652, with their three children.
  Death	15 Mar 1697/98	Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts   [1, 8, 9, 11, 12]
  Burial	—	Vine Lake Cemetery, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts   [1]
  		Gravestone of Mary (Chickering) Metcalf Plot: Grave #470
  Person ID	I139	| Roy Line
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2021

  
  

  Family	John Metcalfe,   b. 5 Sep 1622, Norwich, Norfolk, England d. 8 Oct 1690, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	22 Mar 1647	Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
  		Marriage Record of Mary Chickering and John Metcalf
  Age at Marriage	She : ~ 17 years and 3 months - He : 24 years and 6 months.
  Children	1. John Metcalfe,   b. 21 Mar 1648, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts d. 1738, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age 89 years)   2. Michael Metcalfe,   b. 20 Sep 1650, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts d. 9 Dec 1691, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age 41 years)   3. Mary Metcalfe,   b. 2 Oct 1652, Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts d. probably young   4. Elizabeth Metcalfe,   b. Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts d. 27 Nov 1735, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts   5. Joseph Metcalfe,   b. 22 Nov 1658, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts d. 1741, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age 82 years) + 6. Experience Metcalfe,   b. 16 Oct 1661, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts d. 18 Feb 1730/31, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age 69 years)   7. Hannah Metcalfe,   b. 13 Oct 1664, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts d. 20 Dec 1719, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age 55 years)   8. Mary Metcalfe,   b. 2 Jun 1668, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts d. 17 Feb 1726/27, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age 58 years)
  Family ID	F173	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Aug 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Parents: Many sources list her as the daughter of Francis and Anne (Fiske) Chickering. In this they take the lead of Savage (1860), but he was proved wrong by Clarence Almon Torrey in 1940. [9]

  
  

• Event Map		Marriage - 22 Mar 1647 - Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Child - John Metcalfe - 21 Mar 1648 - Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Child - Michael Metcalfe - 20 Sep 1650 - Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Moved To - Abt 1652 - Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Child - Mary Metcalfe - 2 Oct 1652 - Dedham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Child - Joseph Metcalfe - 22 Nov 1658 - Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Child - Experience Metcalfe - 16 Oct 1661 - Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Child - Hannah Metcalfe - 13 Oct 1664 - Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Child - Mary Metcalfe - 2 Jun 1668 - Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Death - 15 Mar 1697/98 - Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Burial - — - Vine Lake Cemetery, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S14] Find-a-Grave website, (http://www.findagrave.com), Memorial ID 90971369 Mary Chickering Metcalf. [S1904] Goodwin, Nathaniel. Genealogical Notes on Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts, (Hartford, Connecticut: Nathaniel Goodwin, 1856). [S95] Hanson, Robert Brand. The Vital Records of Dedham, Massachusetts volume 3: Marriages, (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1989). [S699] Harris, Luther Metcalf. "Metcalfe Family,", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume VI (1852)). [S188] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Marriage Record of Mary Chickering and John Metcalf. [S1905] Metcalf, Isaac. Metcalf Genealogy, (Cleveland, Ohio: The Imperial Press, 1898). [S808] Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May 1692 on the Basis of Farmer's Register, volume III, (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1861). [S82] Tilden, William S. History of the Town of Medfield, Massachusetts 1650-1886 , (Boston: George H. Ellis, Printers, 1887). [S1222] Torrey, Clarence Almon. "Francis Chickering of Dedham, Massachusetts", (New Haven, Connecticut: The American Genealogist, volume XVII, number 2, October 1940). [S91] Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriage Prior to 1700, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985). [S485] Wheeler, Daniel Merrick. The Wheeler Family of Rutland, Mass. and Some of their Ancestors, (Pittsfield, Massachusetts: by the author, 1924). [S93] Woods, Henry Ernest. Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts to the year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903).