The Earle family : Ralph Earle and his descendants

94 THE EARLE FAMILY [Sixth
ing been ordered there to watch the enemy's fire, when a cannon ball
knocked the rails from under him. As our troops were retreating,
he perceived that a British officer was close upon him with uplifted
sword. He turned, fired, and instantly killed the officer.
The children of Caleb Earle were :
724-1. Jehiel Earle. 7 25~ 2 - Betsey Earle.
[326-2]. Frederick 6 Earle (George,* Robert,* Ralph,*
William, 2 1 Ralph ), son of George and Mary (Baker)
Earle, b. Oct. 11, 1759, in Leicester, Mass. ; m. July 6,
1791, Elizabeth (b. Feb. 21, 1771 ; d. Sept. 4, 1825),
dau. of John and Elizabeth Young ; d. June 23, 1847.
He was a private in the company commanded by his father at the
battle of Bennington. He lived in Chester, Vt.
Their children were :
726- 1.
727- 2.
728- 3.
729- 4.
730- 5.
731- 6.
732- 7.
Frederick Earle, b. April 26, 1792; d. Aug. 29, 1812.
Harriet Earle, b. Aug. 11, 1794; m. Daniel Tarbell.
William Young Earle, b. July 19, 1796; m. Amelia
Adams.
Ethan Earle, b. Oct. 27, 179S; m. Mary T. Pierce.
Xenophon Earle, b. April 4, 1801 ; m. Marcia Olcott.
George Earle, b. June 7, 1803 ; m. Angeline Merrill.
Eliza Earle, b. Nov. 10, 1805 ; m. Dexter Field, of
733- 8.
Chester, Vt.
Mary F. Earle,
Sherman ; 2d,
b. April 26, 1809; m. 1st, Alfred
Shakspeare 3d, Azel Ingalls ; ; d.
734- 9.
735-10.
Oct. 5, 1872, in Chester, Vt.
Halford Earle, b. Oct. 21, 181 1 ; ?n. Elizabeth Barker.
Susan Earle, b. Jan. 28, 1815 ; m. Nov. 8, 1S35, Thomas
Warren (b. March 18, 1806), son of Jesse and Mary
(Dudley) Heald, of Chester, Vt.
[3 2 7-3]- Artemas6 Earle (George,* Robert,* Ralph,*
William, 2 Ralph 1
), son of George and Mary (Baker)
Earle, b. Jan. 23, 1762, in Leicester, Mass. ; removed
when young with his father to Chester, Vt. ; m. Jan. 25,
1787., Sally Tarbell, and lived in Chester, where his
children were born. He afterward removed to Brown-
ville, Jefferson Co., N. Y., and d. there Feb. 1, 1839.
He was a farmer and sometimes worked at shoemaking.