Looking for Theophilus Metcalf, b. 1818 in NY(?), moved to HI, d. 1866 in CA
I'm researching my ancestor, Theophilus Metcalf.I have a lot of conflicting and missing information about this person, and I would really like to find something that makes sense and that is accompanied by some proof.
He was born about 1818, presumably in New York, although I do not have documentation of that.He moved to Hawai'i some time in the 1840's, then later passed away in 1866 in Oakland, CA.
I have been verbally told that he is from the Michael Metcalf line that landed in Massachusetts around 1637, but have not seen any documentation of that.
I have also seen many references that says he is from Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York, but these have all been in publications based on someone else's research and were not primary sources.I have also seen a reference that says he is a nephew of Theron Metcalf, a chief justice of Massachusetts, but again, these references were not from primary sources.
I also have a document that looks like a will from his daughter, in which she states that his full name was Theophilus Sabin Metcalf, that his parents were Harry Irvine Metcalf and Elizabeth Camille Swanzy, and his grandparents were Lord George Dole Metcalf and Marie Sophie Alonzo of England.I have searched for these names without success. His wife here in Hawai'i was royalty, and I am open to the suspicion that he made his parents out to be higher in status than they really were in order to gain status here.
I have also searched the genealogies available online at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~adgedge/Research/Metcalfe,%20John/english%20metcalfe/pafg06.htm#296Chttp://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~adgedge/Research/Metcalfe,%20John/english%20metcalfe/pafg06.htm#296C ; at http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=wjhonson&surname=Metcalf%2C+Amoshttp://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=wjhonson&surname=Metcalf%2C+Amos ; and at http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=katsperson&recno=218http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SHOW&db=katsperson&recno=218.It would seem that there is a family line that continually passes on the name Theophilus, but it is not the same line that includes the Michael Metcalf mentioned above.
In the first weblink listed above, I found a reference for a Theophilus Edward Metcalfe, born in 1818, in England.However that's all the info there is about that person.
I would appreciate whatever help anyone could give me.Searching for Metcalf's is a huge job all on its own, but it seems there is a big hole right in the time frame and family line that I'm looking at.I would be grateful for anything that can be shared.
Thank you!!!
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Re: Looking for Theophilus Metcalf, b. 1818 in NY(?), moved to HI, d. 1866 in CA
Tianna Vittoria 5/04/11
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Re: Looking for Theophilus Metcalf, b. 1818 in NY(?), moved to HI, d. 1866 in CA
Jane Curci 1/01/11