S/O Arthur and Isabell[Lady Levens]Metcalf
William was baptised 12~11~1820
From the Bishop's Transcript of Cartmel Parish Records which includes the Church of St Paul's at Lindale England
William was 9 years old when he sailed to America with his family from Liverpool to NY.NY. on the ship named ENVOY on 7~June~1830 and settled in Jackson Co. Ohio.
Some time after the 1850 U.S. Census, Henry, Tom, and William formed the partnership to supply horses or mules to the Gold Rush miners. In her unpublished manuscript, Esther Chapman says, "William and Henry took a string of fine horses to trade in California during the '49 gold rush. The horses were seen in California, but the men were never heard from."
Family traditions says that although Thomas their brother, had made two trips to California to sell horses or mules to the miners, his wife, being superstitious, refused to let him make the third trip. Tom's brothers William and Henry made the trip instead and they were never heard from again-presumably having been killed by indians, although no records exit.
William was baptised 12~11~1820
From the Bishop's Transcript of Cartmel Parish Records which includes the Church of St Paul's at Lindale England
William was 9 years old when he sailed to America with his family from Liverpool to NY.NY. on the ship named ENVOY on 7~June~1830 and settled in Jackson Co. Ohio.
Some time after the 1850 U.S. Census, Henry, Tom, and William formed the partnership to supply horses or mules to the Gold Rush miners. In her unpublished manuscript, Esther Chapman says, "William and Henry took a string of fine horses to trade in California during the '49 gold rush. The horses were seen in California, but the men were never heard from."
Family traditions says that although Thomas their brother, had made two trips to California to sell horses or mules to the miners, his wife, being superstitious, refused to let him make the third trip. Tom's brothers William and Henry made the trip instead and they were never heard from again-presumably having been killed by indians, although no records exit.
S/O Arthur and Isabell[Lady Levens]Metcalf
William was baptised 12~11~1820
From the Bishop's Transcript of Cartmel Parish Records which includes the Church of St Paul's at Lindale England
William was 9 years old when he sailed to America with his family from Liverpool to NY.NY. on the ship named ENVOY on 7~June~1830 and settled in Jackson Co. Ohio.
Some time after the 1850 U.S. Census, Henry, Tom, and William formed the partnership to supply horses or mules to the Gold Rush miners. In her unpublished manuscript, Esther Chapman says, "William and Henry took a string of fine horses to trade in California during the '49 gold rush. The horses were seen in California, but the men were never heard from."
Family traditions says that although Thomas their brother, had made two trips to California to sell horses or mules to the miners, his wife, being superstitious, refused to let him make the third trip. Tom's brothers William and Henry made the trip instead and they were never heard from again-presumably having been killed by indians, although no records exit.
William was baptised 12~11~1820
From the Bishop's Transcript of Cartmel Parish Records which includes the Church of St Paul's at Lindale England
William was 9 years old when he sailed to America with his family from Liverpool to NY.NY. on the ship named ENVOY on 7~June~1830 and settled in Jackson Co. Ohio.
Some time after the 1850 U.S. Census, Henry, Tom, and William formed the partnership to supply horses or mules to the Gold Rush miners. In her unpublished manuscript, Esther Chapman says, "William and Henry took a string of fine horses to trade in California during the '49 gold rush. The horses were seen in California, but the men were never heard from."
Family traditions says that although Thomas their brother, had made two trips to California to sell horses or mules to the miners, his wife, being superstitious, refused to let him make the third trip. Tom's brothers William and Henry made the trip instead and they were never heard from again-presumably having been killed by indians, although no records exit.
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