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Facts and Events
Records in Maryland
- A List of Captain Tobias Belt's Company Taken in the year of our Lord 1748, Frederick Co., MD.
- Listed below are the children of Mary Butt Metcalfe:
- Thomas Butt
- Richard Butt
- Vachell Madcalf
- George Madcalf
- Nicholas Butt
Land Records in Virginia
- 1755: Vachael METCALF obtained a patent for a tract of land adjoining a tract of 196 acres on the Potomac taken up in 1751 by Thomas CATON, who obtained a patent from FAIRFAX. CATON sold to William STORK, who in 1761 sold to Thomas BOYDSTONE, who deposed later in the case of BOYDSTONE vs. SHEPPARD that Vachael METCALF conveyed his tract to his brother George METCALF, from whom it descended to Allen METCALF, heir of George. George's wife died in 1803.
- Book 6 - pg. 461, 1 Feb. 1762
- [Lease] between Vachel Medcalf of County of Frederick [to] George Medcalf of County of Prince George's in Maryland... consideration of Five Shillings... tract of Land Containing One Hundred and Fifty Acres it being part of a greater Piece of three hundred Acres Lying on Potomack River the said Land being Granted to said Vachel Medcalf by way of Pattent Out of Propietors Office of Northern Neck date 1755... to river that Least from Shepherds Mill to Mr. Hickman's Plantation... Corner to Jeremiah York... Kent of one pepper Corn on Lady day...
- (Signed) Vachel Medcalf
- Wit: Richard (+) Butt, William (W) Green, Thos. Swearingen
- Recorded: 2 Feb. 1762
- Book 6 - pg. 462, 2 Feb. 1762
- [Release] Between Vachel Medcalf and Ann his wife of County of Frederick [to] George Medcalf of Prince George's County in Maryland.. consideration of twenty five Pounds.. 150 acres (same as above)...
- (Signed) Vachel Medcalf
- Ana (X) Medcalf
- Wit: same as above
- Recorded: 2 Feb. 1762
Records in Augusta County, VA
From Chalkley's:
- Vol. 2 - Boydstone vs. Sheppard--O. S. 69; N. S. 23. In 1757 Thomas Caton took up 196 acres on the Potomac and obtained patent from Fairfax. Caton sold to William Stork, who sold to Thomas Boydstone, orator, in 1767. In 1755 Vachael Metcalf obtained patent for a tract adjoining above which he conveyed to his brother, George Metcalf, from whom it descended to Allen Metcalf, heir of George. George's wife died 1803. Early in the 18th century the upper parts of Virginia were unknown and unsettled and many adventurers settled there, although the bounds of the Northern Neck were unknown whence arose dispute between Fairfax and the King, which was settled in 1745 and carried out by the Act of 1748, by which all persons were secured in their grants obtained from the Crown. Among the adventurers was the company of which Jest Hite was the head. They had obtained orders of Council for large tracts on condition of settling a certain number of persons thereon in a given time which, however, was frequently extended. On 12th June, 1734, a final order of Council was entered, giving the company until 25th December, 1735, to comply with terms of all former orders. Surveys were accordingly made, but no patents issued on account of caveats enter by Fairfax on his arrival in 1736. By the compromise between Fairfax and the King, Hite's Company were left entirely at the mercy of Fairfax for all lands for which patents had not been obtained, and in 1750 suit was brought by Hite's Company against Fairfax, in which in 1769 an interlocutory order was entered, in pursuance of which Thomas Marshall, and also Commissioners, made a report of the lands surveyed for Hite and of the persons by whom they were held. Copy deed dated 6th February, 1792, Thomas Boydstone of Berkley County to Joshua and John Writson Browning and Roseman Keating, all of Maryland. Recorded in Berkeley 21st February, 1792. Recites that John Browning, deceased, in his life time bought from Jost Hite 1,200 acres on Potomac in present Berkeley, then Orange, by title bond dated 6th November, 1736, which grantees are entitled to by several mesne devises under and from sd. John Browning. Anthony Turner deposes 13th February, 1798, that he came to Berkeley with his father, Anthony Turner, deceased, in 1740, when he was between eight and nine. He lived there until 1752, when he moved to New Castle, and made several moves before August, 1762, when he went to Carolina, remained there two years, returned to Virginia and in August, 1765, removed to North and South Carolina, made several other moves and is now living in Berkeley. In 1741-1742 Jeremiah Yorke was living on the land in controversy. John Hite, aged 43, deposes at same time as above. He is grandson of Jost Hite. Nicholas McIntire deposes 6th September, 1797, in Berkley: He has known the land (Terrapin Neck) upwards of 50 years. Jeremiah York and Van Swearingen were the first settlers. Presley Boydston, brother of Thomas and Benjamin Boydston, deposes. David Osborn deposes September, 1797: He was on the land first in 1766-67. Joseph Foreman deposes, that he knows the land since 1761. John Van Meter says he was born in Berkeley in the neighborhood of the land. John Welch, brother-in-law of Benj. Bordstone, deposes: He married a sister of Benjamin's wife. Thomas Boydstone is very old, without either wife or children. Jacob Bellar, born in 1736, moved with his father in 1742 on land adjoining Terrapin Neck. Defendants in this suit are, viz: Abraham Shepherd; Joshua and John Writson Browning; William Keating, Jr.; Thomas Sappington and Mary, his wife, late Keating; Richard Johnston and Sarah, late Keating; John and Mary and Sarah Williams, daughters and heirs of Rachel Williams, deceased, late Keating; heirs and representatives of Rozamond Keating, deceased, late Browning--also Benjamin Biggs and Priscilla Israel, his wife, late Priscilla Israel Metcalf; Benjamin Beaths and Margery, his wife, late Metcalf; George, John, Alien, Andrew, Thomas Metcalf. David Owens is son and heir of Lucy Owens, deceased, late Metcalf. Heirs, representatives and devisees of Allen Metcalf, deceased. Spa. addressed to Jefferson.
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2. VACHEL4 METCALFE (JOHN3, GEORGE2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1717 in Prince George's Co., Maryland.
He married ANN UNKNOWN.
Notes for VACHEL METCALFE:
Frederick Co. Land Abstract, Book 6, pgs 461, 462:
1 Feb 1762 - Lease between Vachel Medcalf of County of Frederick to George Medcalf of County of Prince George's in Maryland consideration of five shillings … tract of land containing one hundred and fifty acres it being part of a greater piece of three hundred acres lying on Potomack River the said Land being granted to said Vachel Medcalf by way of Patent out of Proprietor's Office of Northern Neck date 1755 to river that least from Shephard's Mill to Mr. Hickman's Plantation Corner to Jeremiah York Rent of one pepper corn on Lady day Signed Vachel Medcalf. Wit: Richard (+) Butt, William (W) Green, Thomas Swearingen. Recorded 2 Feb 1762.
2 Feb 1762 - Release between Vachel Medcalf and Ann, his wife of County of Frederick to George Medcalf of Prince George's County in Maryland consideration of twenty five pounds 150 acres (same as above) Signed Vachel Medcalfe, Ann (X) Medcalfe. Wit: same as above. Recorded 2 Feb 1762.
Calendar of Maryland State Papers, Archives of Maryand LVI, 504-506:
1758/59 - Vestrymen, Churchwardens and Freeholders of Prince George's Parish, Frederick County to Gov. Horatio Sharpe and the Upper & Lower Houses of Assembly. Petition for an act to divide the parish by a line drawn from the lower falls of Potomack to William Richardson's Bridge that Crosses Patuxent River by said Richardson's Dwelling Plantation or at any other place your honors think more convenient:
Vachel Medcalfe is one of the signers.
7 Jan 1755 - Vachel Medcalf received patent for 300 acres in Frederick County Virginia bordering Abraham James, Thomas Swearingen and Jeremiah York.
http://dennis-william-butt.com/Desc%20John%20Metcalfe.pdf
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