Michael Metcalf(e), the Dornix Weaver, and Some Dedham Descendants is the story of Michael Metcalfe, who immigrated to Dedham, Massachusetts from England in 1637 as part of the Great Migration to New England. Michael Metcalfe's descendants were many, including the line from which the author, Michael French Metcalf, is descended. The book follows the migration of the author's family westward through western Massachusetts, southeastern Vermont, upstate New York, and St. Paul, Minnesota. George Putnam Metcalf II, an eighth-generation descendant of Michael Metcalfe, attended preparatory school and college in New England, where he grew close to the family of John Wilkins Carter, the founder of the Carter's Ink Company. George married one of the Carter daughters and moved to Concord, Massachusetts. He helped Carter's Ink Company survive the Great Depression of the 1930s. The story follows George's two sons through the war years of the 1940s and into the present day. The story serves to highlight the importance of family lore and myth that informs so much of what we know, or think we know, about our families--
- | Author: Michael French Metcalf
- | Publisher: Genealogy House
- | Publication Date: Apr 01, 2023
- | Number of Pages: 480 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover
- | ISBN-10: 1935052950
- | ISBN-13: 9781935052951
