Michael Metcalf, son of Leonard Metcalf, was born 17 June 1587 in Tatterford, Norfolk, England. He married Sarah Elwyn, daughter of Thomas Elwyn and Elisabeth, 13 October 1616 in Hingham, Norfolk. They had eleven children. They emigrated in 1637 and settled in Dedham, Massachusetts. Descendant, Isaac Metcalf, son of Peletiah Metcalf and Lydia Easty, was born 3 February 1783 in Royalston, Massachusetts. He married Lucy Heywood in 1810. They had no children. He married Anna Mayo Stevens Rich (1787-1866), a widow with three children, in 1821. They had four children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Massachusetts, Ohio, New Hampshire and Maine. Includes DeWitt, Ely, Howes, Putnam, Williams and related families.