The Earle family : Ralph Earle and his descendants

Gen.] GENEALOGY. 41
[84-4]. Elizabeth 4 Earle (Ralph,* William, 2 Ralph 1
),
dau. of Ralph and Mary (Hicks) Earle, b. Dec. 24,
1696, in Freetown, Mass. ; m. at Newport, R. I., July 5,
17 16, Robert (b. Jan. 5, 1696), son of Robert and Mary
(Wodell) Lawton, of Portsmouth, where their children
were born.
Their children were :
156-1
157-2
153-3
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160-5
Job Lawton, b. Jan. 10, 171 7.
Robert Lawton, b. Nov. 17, 171S.
Elizabeth Lawton, b. July 17, 1720.
George Lawton, b. Dec. 2S, 1721.
Mary Lawton, b. Dec. 17, 1723.
[ 85-5]- Sarah4 Earle (Ralph,* William, 2 1 Ralph ), dau.
of Ralph and Mary (Hicks) Earle, b. Jan. 18, 1698, in
Freetown, Mass. ; m. Sept. 6, 1714, Stephen Manches-
ter, of Tiverton ; and resided in Tiverton.
Their children were :
161-1. Edward Manchester, b. Nov. 1, 1718.
162-2. Martha Manchester, b. July 31, 1720.
[87-7]. Patience 4 Earle (Ralph,* William, 2 Ralph 1
),
dau. of Ralph and Mary (Hicks) Earle, b. Nov. 24,
1702, in Freetown, Mass. ; m. Benjamin Richardson, a
housewright ;
and d. in 1755, in Leicester.
She was buried in the Friends' burying-ground, her grave being
next north of that of her mother.
The children of Patience and Benjamin Richardson were :
163-1. Abigail Richardson, b. Dec. 30, 1725.
164-2. Benjamin Richardson, b. Feb. 20, 1731 ; m. in 175S,
Eunice, dau. of Dudley Wade Swan, of Leicester.
165-3. Elizabeth Richardson, b. July 9, 1734; m. Nathan
Earle [168-2].
166-4. Nathaniel Richardson, b. Jan. 15, 1737; m. Ruth
Gilkey, of Plainfield.
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