Call Family History
So far as we can trace them in history, the Call family is shown to be English in origin. Thomas Call, the first ancestor of whom we have any definite record, was born about 1597 and first appeared in Hernhill, Kent County, England where he was married in April of 1619. He had children born in Hernhill and nearby Faversham where he followed the profession of tile maker and husbandman (farmer). In 1629-30 there were four individuals of the Call or Caule surname, Thomas, Paul, John and Ann who were buried in Hernhill. Any or all of them may have been children of Thomas. Two of them, John and Ann, have been thought by some to be his parents. Thomas left Faversham and came to America with his family in 1636-37.
There are some interesting traditions concerning the origin of the Call Family. Rufus Call, a son of our ancestor Joseph Call, related the following tradition in 1866 at age 97. “Near 1575 there was a Scotch boy by the name of William McCall who was a footman to Lord Sprague of Scotland. The Lord’s daughter fell in love with young McCall and they ran away together and came to America where they were married.” James Bigelow, grandson of James Call (brother of the above Joseph) gave this account. “The name McCall was changed to Call just prior to the American Revolution. The Mc was thought to be too strong a suggestion of a foreign country, especially Ireland and the name was changed to prove loyalty of the family to the American cause. They came from Scotland by way of Ireland.”
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There are some interesting traditions concerning the origin of the Call Family. Rufus Call, a son of our ancestor Joseph Call, related the following tradition in 1866 at age 97. “Near 1575 there was a Scotch boy by the name of William McCall who was a footman to Lord Sprague of Scotland. The Lord’s daughter fell in love with young McCall and they ran away together and came to America where they were married.” James Bigelow, grandson of James Call (brother of the above Joseph) gave this account. “The name McCall was changed to Call just prior to the American Revolution. The Mc was thought to be too strong a suggestion of a foreign country, especially Ireland and the name was changed to prove loyalty of the family to the American cause. They came from Scotland by way of Ireland.”
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