Calef Family History
9 Generations to Doris Gibson Muise

...1 Robert CALEF - 1719
.......+Mary (Wife of Robert CALEF)- 1719
..........2 John CALEF- 1748
..............+Deborah KING
..................3 Joseph CALEF 1718 - 1793
.....................+Elizabeth JEWELL 1723 -
.........................4 Joseph CALEF- 1804
.............................+Eunice SILVER 1769 - 1855
.................................5 James CALEF 1792 - 1858
....................................*2nd Wife of James CALEF:
.......................................+Susan DEMERITT
.............................................6 Frances CALEF 1848 - 1935
.................................................+Moses Boyce DAVIS 1841 - 1909
...................................................7 Albert Eugene DAVIS 1875 - 1952
.......................................................+Mary Betsy GRANT 1879 - 1953
.........................................................8 Beatrice Viola DAVIS 1902-1996
.............................................................+Edward Frederick GIBSON 1901-1979
................................................................9 Doris  GIBSON 1939-
....................................................................+Paul J. MUISE 1931-

This old New England name is supposed to be of Scottish origin and was written "Calfe" in colonial records. The family, of whom we have no records previous to Robert Calef, settled in Roxbury MA in 1638.  During the first century of Massachusetts history, Robert Calef helped put down the Salem Witchcraft trials; and he was the author of several books, among which was the "More Wonders of the Invisible World" in which he denounced the theories of Cotton and Increase Mather, who were responsible for the witchcraft troubles of Salem.  Information from Grant E Davis