The Earle family : Ralph Earle and his descendants

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518-2. Robert Earle, b. June 14, 1792 ; d. Jan. 30, 1S13, in the
U. S. army,- at Sackett's Harbor, N. Y.
519-3.
520-4.
521-5.
Christopher Earle, b. Sept. 13, i794' m - Mary Wheeler.
David Earle, b. Jan. 23, 1798; m. Selima A. Fuller.
Mary Earle, b. April 19, 1800; m. George Davis; d.
522-6.
523-7.
524-8.
525-9.
Aug. 6, 1869.
Barney Earle, b. Jan. 29, 1802 ; ;;/. Eliza Rutan.
Philip Earle, b. May 23, 1S03 ; m. Phebe A. Allen.
Hannah Earle, b. Dec. 9, 1805 ; m. Norton Briggs.
Edah Hicks Earle, b. Jan. 25, 1807 ; m. March 15, 1S26,
Elihu Mosher ; ; issue, one son, William,
d. July 31, 1835
who lives in Orleans Co., N. Y.
[238-7]. 'Robert 5 Earle (William,* John,* William, 2
jRalfl/1 1
), son of William and Mary (Lawton) Earle, b.
Sept. 4, 1757, in Dartmouth (now Westport), Mass. ; m.
May 12, 1778, Mary Cory (5. March 27, 1756), dau. of
Thomas and Abigail Cory, of Westport ; his children
were all born in Westport, but he removed, in 1814, to
New Braintree, Mass. ; and d. 1833.
He was commissioned Captain in 1781, afterward Major (in a regiment
of which George Claghorn was Colonel), and Lieutenant-
Colonel about 1799. He was Justice of the Peace, and Deputy
Sheriff of Bristol Co., and a man of much energy and practical talent.
1788, Feb. 27. "Robert Earl Capt's ear mark for his creatures
is a slit behind the left ear, and a halfpenny behind the right."
[Westport Records.
Major Robert Earl was grand juror and Town Treasurer of West-
port in 1790, and Town Clerk in 1790 and 1796.
The children of Robert and Mary (Cory) Earle were :
526- 1. Mary Earle, b. Aug. 16, 1778; m. (intentions pub.
Nov. 2, 1796), Joseph Taber, of Little Compton, R. I.
527- 2. Abigail Earle, b. Feb. 6, 1780; m. 1st, Doane Atwood,
of Sturbridge, Mass. ; 2d, Nicholas Gardner, of Warwick,
R. I.
528- 3. Martha Earle, b. July 18, 1782; m. Mai-ch 21, 1802,
Stephen Borden, of Fall River, Mass.
529- 4. Ruhama Earle, b. March 20, 1784; m. Serrell Metcalf.
530- 5. Sarah Earle, b. March 15, 1786; d. May 11, 1786.
531- 6. William Earle, b. March 24, 1787 ; m. Sophia Witt.
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