Pedigree of Calef.[1]
Robert Calef, probably from England, settled in Roxbury, Mass., previous to 1700; rented Lands in Dorchester, 1709; is styled Clothier; died 13th April, 1719, aged 71, as by his Grave-stone in the old Burying-ground, Roxbury. = Mary ... died November 12th, 1719.
1. Joseph, went to Ipswich as early as 1692; a Physician; d. 28th Dec., 1707, in his 36th Year. = Mary; ... she m., 2dly, Thomas Choate, of Ipswich.
i. Robert, born 12th Dec., 1693, had a Grant of Mill-privilege in Ipswich, 1715; died 12th July, 1730. = Margaret, da. of Dea. John Staniford; d. 7th October, 1727.
John, b. 1725; Physician of great Respectability; a Loyalist in the Revolution; d. at St. Andrews, N. B., 1812. = Mary, dau. of Nathaniel Rogers, of Ipswich.
- John, Capt. of a Vessel; drowned at Plum Island on his return Voyage from the W. Indies, 1782.
- Margaret, born 15th October, 1748; m. Dr. Daniel Scott, of Boston.
- Mary, bapt. 24th March, 1750; m. Capt. John Dutch, of Ipswich.
- Joseph, living in 1754.
ii. Joseph, b. 20th May, 1695, in Ipswich. Administrator on Estate of his Grandfather.
iii. Samuel b. 25th January, 1697; d. Sept. 1st. 1720.
iv. Ebenezer.
v. Peter,[2] (perhaps, Physician, of Charlestown,) d. 11th October, 1735 = Sarah Foster, 19th July, 1723.