The Earle family : Ralph Earle and his descendants

Gen.] GENEALOGY. 89
The children of Ralph and Sarah (Gates) Earle were:
711-1. Phebe Earle, b. Jan. 25, 1775
West Boylston, Mass. ; had issue.
712-2. John Earle, b. May 13, 1777; m. Lydia Harrington.
713-3. Ralph* Earle.
; m. Gen. Pierce, of
[301-2] . Clark 6 Earle (Ralph,* William,* Ralph,* William,?
Ralph 1
), son of Ralph and Phebe (Whittemore) Earle,
b. April 17, 1753
; m. 1st, Hepsibeth Howard (d. Feb.
15, 1799)5 of Winchendon, Mass. ; issue, five children;
2d, Matilda (Butterworth) Chace, widow of Israel Chace,
of Worcester, Mass. ; issue, two children ; d. July, 1814,
• in Leicester. The children, with the exception of the
youngest, b. in Worcester, were born in Paxton. His
widow, Matilda, d. Nov. 10, 1843, in Worcester, at the
house of her son, the late Anthony Chase, who for many
years was the Treasurer of Worcester County.
Clark was one of Capt. Phinehas Moore's company of minutemen
who marched from Paxton to Cambridge on the alarm of the
19th of April, 1775.
Their children were :
714-1. Sophia Earle, b. June 15, 1777
715-2. Betsey Earle, b. Dec. 4, 17S0; d. Oct. 24, 1783.
716-3. Ralph Earle, b. Jan. 11, 17S3; d. unm., 1807.
717-4. Dexter Earle, b. Nov. 7, 17S6; m. Susan Eaton.
; m. Ithamar Bigelow.
718-5. Betsey Earle, b. Oct. 29, ; m. 1st, 1805, Jonathan
Day ; 2d, Josiah Cook.
719-6. Hepsibeth H. Earle, b. Dec. 4, 1801 ; d. Feb. 13, 1802.
720-7. Caroline M. Earle, b. April 2, 1804; d. June 10, 1804.
*This Ralph, like his father, was an artist. He was in London improving
himself in the art of painting in 1809 and 1S10. After his return to America
he married a neice of Gen. Andrew Jackson ; and, during a considerable part
of the presidency of the latter, he (Ralph) was one of the President's house-
hold in Washington. He painted a full-length picture of Jackson, which, at
the time, was highly commended. He died in New Orleans. His wife lived
but a short time after marriage, and died without issue.
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