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Dictionary of National Biography (1894), vol. 37: Metcalf, John (1717–1810), by Thomas Seccombe

Dictionary of National Biography (1894), vol. 37: Metcalf, John (1717–1810), by Thomas Seccombe · Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900

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Dictionary of National Biography (1894), vol. 37: Metcalf, John (1717–1810), by Thomas Seccombe Secondary

Dictionary of National Biography (1894), vol. 37: Metcalf, John (1717–1810), by Thomas Seccombe · Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900

For “Occupation (Road builder)” FROM 1765 TO 1792 of John Metcalf

"He finally relinquished road-making in 1792"; Wikipedia: first contract 1765 (Minskip–Ferrensby), c. 180 miles of turnpike built in Yorkshire, Lancashire, Derbyshire and Cheshire, retired 1792.
Dictionary of National Biography (1894), vol. 37: Metcalf, John (1717–1810), by Thomas Seccombe Secondary

Dictionary of National Biography (1894), vol. 37: Metcalf, John (1717–1810), by Thomas Seccombe · Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900

For “Married” 1739 of John Metcalf & Dorothy Benson

"In 1739 he surprised the country-side by eloping with a publican's daughter named Dorothy Benson, on the night before her marriage with a certain Dickinson, and he married her the next morning."
Dictionary of National Biography (1894), vol. 37: Metcalf, John (1717–1810), by Thomas Seccombe Secondary

Dictionary of National Biography (1894), vol. 37: Metcalf, John (1717–1810), by Thomas Seccombe · Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900

For John Metcalf (1717–1810)

"born at Knaresborough, of poor parents, on 15 Aug. 1717" … "He finally relinquished road-making in 1792, and, after an unsuccessful venture in the cotton business, retired to a small farm at Spofforth, near Wetherby" … "dying on 26 April 1810, at Follifoot, near Knaresborough, was buried at Spofforth." [Follifoot is unsupported by any other source.]