The Earle family : Ralph Earle and his descendants

Gen.] GENEALOGY. 99
Winthrop was educated at Leicester Academy and at Yale College,
where he graduated in 1826. He was an amiable and promising
young man ; but soon after he was graduated he was attacked by
consumption which terminated in death.
[340-7]. Electa 6 Earle ( Thomas £ Robert,* Ralphs
William? Ralph 1
), dau. of Thomas and Hannah (Wait)
Earle, b. April 27, 1778, in Leicester, Mass. ; m. Jan.
17, 1810, Luther Nye, of New Braintree, Mass., where
she d. April 26, 1847.
Their children were :
798-1. Electa Nye, b. July 6, 1813 ; ?n. David Wetherill ; d.
Dec. 28, 1851 ; no issue.
799-2. Melinda E. Nye, b. April 27, 1816; m. Jan. 18, 1848,
Marcus M. Chandler (d. July 21, 1887, in Springfield,
Mass.).
800-3. Harriet Nye, b. June 11, 1S18; m. Thomas Hale; d.
April 27, 1853 ; one dau., Luella, b. 1851 ; d. 1852.
801-4. Winthrop E. Nye, b. July 4, 1820 ; d. unm., Nov. 3, 1838.
[341-8]. Betsey 6 Earle (Thomas,* Roberts Ralph,*
William, 2 Ralph 1
), dau. of Thomas and Hannah (Wait)
Earle, b. about 1780, in Leicester, Mass.; m. 1st, Oct.
5, 1799, Zenas Studley, of Leicester ; issue, 1 ch. ; 2d,
Bliss ; 2 ch. She was living in 1858 in Illinois.
Their children were :
802-1. Zenas Studley, b. Jan. 24, 1801 ; m. Caroline Stowell
(Worcester, Mass.).
803-2. Solomon Bliss.
804-3. Eliza Bliss ; m. Morse.
[343-1] . Persis6 Earle (EsekS Roberts Ralphs William, 2
Ralph 1
), dau. of Esek and Mehitable (Snow) Earle, b.
March 26, 1763, in Leicester, Mass. ; m. Ellery Par-
tridge ;
Their children were :
d. in Brownville, Jefferson Co., N. Y.
805-1. Elkenny Partridge; lives in Macomb, St. Lawrence
Co., N. Y.
There were other children whose names have not been learned.