Hi Robert I've got a database of all the population of Melford from the mid 1600s to 1861 and there are plenty of Medcalfs / Midcaps / Medcaps etc. The records are all at Bury St Edmunds, but if you let me have the details I can look them up for you - I also have lots of information from other records relating to Melford, things like poor records and the like, so if I know about your Medcalfs I can give you any of that sort of information which relates them. Lyn B ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Amies" <robert.amies@xtra.co.nz> To: <SUFFOLK@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 5:38 PM Subject: [SFK-UK] MEDCALD(E), METCALF(E), MIDCALF of Long Melford > > Last week I discovered that I am descended from the MEDCALFs of Long > Melford. Having not had dealings with Suffolk before I am hoping that > someone might be able to answer a couple of questions for me. > > Are the parish registers of Long Melford available on-line, or are they at > the County Records Office? If on-line, what is the URL for the website? > > Of course, if anyone on the list is interested in this family I would love > to hear from you. > > Thank you for reading this, and for your help. > > Kind regards > Robert Amies > Coventry > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SUFFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Hi Lyn The 1851 Census shows William MEDCALF or METCALF, aged 34, born Long Melford (though it does look like Long Milford). This would indicate a birth in 1826. Research at the Family Search (LDS) site shows: - Baptism of William MIDCALF, 28 Dec 1826, Long Melford (Parents: William and Abigail) - Marriage of William MEDCALF & Abigail HOWE, 9 Oct 1821, Long Melford - Birth of William MEDCALF, 1802, Long Melford (presumably, father of William (b1826)) (Parents: Abraham & Elizabeth) - Marriage of Abraham METCALFE/MEDCALF & Elizabeth PAINE, 28 Dec 1802, Long Melford - List of 20+ other MEDCALF events in Long Melford (1786 - 1850) I am seeking the parish registers so that I can confirm the above findings and discover siblings, etc, of the two Williams, and determine the relationships of any other MEDCALFs and/or spouses' families in the area. Any assistance that you can provide would be appreciated greatly. Kind regards Robert Coventry -----Original Message----- From: suffolk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:suffolk-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Lyn Boothman Sent: 11 August 2010 19:59 To: suffolk@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SFK-UK] MEDCALD(E), METCALF(E), MIDCALF of Long Melford Hi Robert I've got a database of all the population of Melford from the mid 1600s to 1861 and there are plenty of Medcalfs / Midcaps / Medcaps etc. The records are all at Bury St Edmunds, but if you let me have the details I can look them up for you - I also have lots of information from other records relating to Melford, things like poor records and the like, so if I know about your Medcalfs I can give you any of that sort of information which relates them. Lyn B ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Amies" <robert.amies@xtra.co.nz> To: <SUFFOLK@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 5:38 PM Subject: [SFK-UK] MEDCALD(E), METCALF(E), MIDCALF of Long Melford > > Last week I discovered that I am descended from the MEDCALFs of Long > Melford. Having not had dealings with Suffolk before I am hoping that > someone might be able to answer a couple of questions for me. > > Are the parish registers of Long Melford available on-line, or are they at > the County Records Office? If on-line, what is the URL for the website? > > Of course, if anyone on the list is interested in this family I would love > to hear from you. > > Thank you for reading this, and for your help. > > Kind regards > Robert Amies > Coventry > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SUFFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SUFFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Robert I've got to go and catch a train, so brief reply. Where did you find William in 1851 - I can't find him on Ancestry? Anyway I haven't got a baptism for William, but I may have mistranscribed because there's a baptism of Martha Ann Medcalf, d of Wm and Abigail, 27/12/1826 in my records. Mind you Martha Ann to William is a bit extreme for a mistranscription ??? I suppose I could have missed it if there were 2 Medcalf baptisms one after another. Anyway he definitely belongs to William and Abigail because he is there aged 15 (or thereabouts) in the 1851 census. I also have a burial of a William Medcalf aged 48, 15/12/1874 William Medcalf snr I can't find a baptism for either (and I've got a photocopy of the parish register for that period) but the fact that he's son of an Abraham Medcalf is confirmed by at his second marriage in 1846, when Abraham is described as a maltster. However which Abraham is a bit of an issue: he could be son of Abraham and Eliz nee Paine or of that Abraham's parents, Abraham and Elizabeth nee Foster. He would have been eldest son of the younger couple, towards the end of the older couple's children, of whom Abraham jnr was the eldest. So apart from whether any Paine relations matter here (and I do know Elizabeth Payne's parents and probably many generations) the confusion over parents isn't the end of the world because either way he's descended from Abraham and Eliz Foster, who married in 1781. Quick summary from then backwards: Abraham Medcalf, no baptism, nothing definite re parents; there is one Medcalf family he could be son of and if that could be proved I can link that line back to a John Medcalf who died in 1705. Elizabeth Foster d of Robert Foster and Susan Allen Robert Foster born 1720, son of Robert Foster 1725 and Deborah Macroe; this Robert bap either 1674 or 1694 Robert bap 1694 is son of Francis Foster and Mary, Francis is son of Edward Foster and Sarah nee Cadiold Robert bap 1674 is son of Edward Foster and Sarah nee Cadiold (so exactly same situation as with Wm Medcalf later) Edward Foster m Sarah Cadiold is son of Edward Foster m Elizabeth Shaw, and I can go no further back on Foster line Elizabeth Shaw is daughter of John Shaw and Elizabeth nee Stebbing, who married 1593, he died 1605 and his wife 1649. Probably the extended version of all that comes to 20 pages or so of information from my database, which I could sort out and send you at a later date - I am busy with a family illness at present so probably won't be able to do it until early September. I might have some more information about some of the other female lines as well. Come back to me with queries etc and whether you want all my info Lyn B ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Amies" <robert.amies@xtra.co.nz> To: <suffolk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 11:44 PM Subject: Re: [SFK-UK] MEDCALD(E), METCALF(E), MIDCALF of Long Melford > > Hi Lyn > > The 1851 Census shows William MEDCALF or METCALF, aged 34, born Long > Melford (though it does look like Long Milford). This would indicate a > birth in 1826. > > Research at the Family Search (LDS) site shows: > - Baptism of William MIDCALF, 28 Dec 1826, Long Melford (Parents: > William and Abigail) > - Marriage of William MEDCALF & Abigail HOWE, 9 Oct 1821, Long Melford > - Birth of William MEDCALF, 1802, Long Melford (presumably, father of > William (b1826)) > (Parents: Abraham & Elizabeth) > - Marriage of Abraham METCALFE/MEDCALF & Elizabeth PAINE, 28 Dec 1802, > Long Melford > - List of 20+ other MEDCALF events in Long Melford (1786 - 1850) > > I am seeking the parish registers so that I can confirm the above findings > and discover siblings, etc, of the two Williams, and determine the > relationships of any other MEDCALFs and/or spouses' families in the area. > > Any assistance that you can provide would be appreciated greatly. > > Kind regards > Robert > Coventry > > -----Original Message----- > From: suffolk-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:suffolk-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On > Behalf Of Lyn Boothman > Sent: 11 August 2010 19:59 > To: suffolk@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [SFK-UK] MEDCALD(E), METCALF(E), MIDCALF of Long Melford > > Hi Robert > I've got a database of all the population of Melford from the mid 1600s to > 1861 and there are plenty of Medcalfs / Midcaps / Medcaps etc. The records > are all at Bury St Edmunds, but if you let me have the details I can look > them up for you - I also have lots of information from other records > relating to Melford, things like poor records and the like, so if I know > about your Medcalfs I can give you any of that sort of information which > relates them. > > Lyn B > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Amies" <robert.amies@xtra.co.nz> > To: <SUFFOLK@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 5:38 PM > Subject: [SFK-UK] MEDCALD(E), METCALF(E), MIDCALF of Long Melford > > >> >> Last week I discovered that I am descended from the MEDCALFs of Long >> Melford. Having not had dealings with Suffolk before I am hoping that >> someone might be able to answer a couple of questions for me. >> >> Are the parish registers of Long Melford available on-line, or are they >> at >> the County Records Office? If on-line, what is the URL for the website? >> >> Of course, if anyone on the list is interested in this family I would >> love >> to hear from you. >> >> Thank you for reading this, and for your help. >> >> Kind regards >> Robert Amies >> Coventry >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> SUFFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SUFFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SUFFOLK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >