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

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.]

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

For Dorothy Benson (1717–1778)

"Mrs. Metcalf died at Stockport in 1778." ODNB (2004, C. S. Hallas) gives "Dorothy Benson (1716/17–1778)".