Biographical Sketch of Samuel Metcalf Leave a Comment / New Hampshire / May 14, 2011 Last Updated on August 27, 2012 by SAMUEL METCALF, after serving in the French and Revolutionary armies for seven years, came to this town from Franklin, Mass., and settled at Brighton, and was the progenitor of the Metcalf family in town. Surnames:Metcalf, Topics:Biography, Locations:Croydon New Hampshire, Sullivan County NH,Collection:Partridge, Dennis N. Croydon New Hampshire Genealogy.