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Simon Metcalfe
Simon Metcalfe (also spelled Metcalf) (c. 1741–1794) was a British American surveyor and one of the first American maritime fur traders to visit the Pacific Northwest coast. As early visitors to the Hawaiian Islands, Metcalfe and his son Thomas unwittingly provided Western military weapons and advisors for Kamehameha I,〔(Settlement - 1800 ), Hawaiian Encyclopedia〕 helping him win strategic battles and unify the Hawaiian Islands.
==Life==
Simon Metcalfe was born in London, England, April 23, 1741, the son of George and Anne Metcalfe, of Askrigg,Yorkshire but, due to a recent inheritance, living in Shadwell,London at the time of Simon's birth. Simon was baptized at 9 days old on May 1, 1741 at St.Pauls, Shadwell, County of Middlesex.< St. Paul's, Shadwell Parish Records> In his early life he trained for a career at sea with the East India Company.〔British Library - Haldimand Papers add. 21,841, f.11-12〕 He was married in Bolton on Swale, Yorkshire on May 12, 1763 to Catherine Humphrey, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Humphrey of that town. Simon stated at that time that his address was Dowgate Street, London and that he was a merchant. His brother Bernard Metcalfe was his witness. He and Catherine Humphrey had at least nine children. The family, Simon,Catherine and baby Elizabeth moved to the Province of New York about 1765, leaving son George in Yorkshire with Simon's brother Bernard to be educated. They settled first in New York City.〔(Simon Metcalf ), by Stefan Bielinski〕 Metcalfe found employment as a surveyor and worked on the survey of the Fort Stanwix Treaty line in about 1769, and was promoted to Deputy Surveyor in the Province of New York by 1770.〔
In 1771 Governor Dunmore of New York granted of land to Simon Metcalfe and his wife. This land was called Prattsburgh and is now part of Swanton and Highgate, Vermont.〔(An Outline of Swanton's History ), Swanton Historical Society〕 His family settled on this land and he established a fur trading post at the mouth of the Missisquoi River.〔
During the American Revolutionary War Metcalfe supported the American cause. He was taken prisoner by the British and held in Montreal. Three of his children were born in Montreal around 1777, 1779 and 1781. In Early August 1781 their son George arrived with the fleet from England to join the family in Montreal, shortly before Simon and Thomas escaped. In 1783 Catherine Metcalfe and 8 children we released from Canada.Property he owned on Lake Champlain was destroyed during the war. After the war was over Metcalfe settled his family in Albany.〔
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