Their children listed in Keene Vital Statistics were:
Benjamin Metcalf ( 1791),
Abijah Metcalf (1795, married Caroline Eliza Sturtevant),
Betsey Gamage Metcalf (1797, never married),
Abigail Metcalf Wilson (1801, married Jehiel Wilson),
Edwin Gray Metcalf (1804, married Eliza Dwinnell and Martha Sturtevant),
Frederick William Metcalf (1806, married Amanda McCoy),
Mary E. Metcalf Kidder (1811, married Arba Kidder),
Alvah Ellis Metcalf (1813, married Harriet Maria Willis),
Sarah Colony Metcalf Foster (1815, married Warren Foster), and
Thankful Stocker Metcalf (1820, never married).
The family (Fradrick Medcalf) appeared in the 1800 census of Keene. The family consisted of 2 boys under ten, one man between 26 and 45, one girl under ten, and one woman between 26 and 45.
Esther died on February 27, 1847 at the age of 74 years in Keene. Frederick died September 16, 1849. They are buried together in the North Cemetery in Keene.
Some Puritans gave their children hortatory names (from the Latin for “encourage”) like Thankful, hoping that the children would live up to them. The names were used for several generations.
Three daughters of William Towne and Joanna Blessing were wrongly accused of practicing witchcraft in Salem. Rebecca Towne Nurse, Mary Towne Estey, and Sarah Towne Bridges Cloyes were persecuted in 1692. The children of people in the line below are all descendants of Mary Estey.
