The Earle family : Ralph Earle and his descendants

104 THE EARLE FAMILY [Sixth
river. On the east side of the river was a wild, wooded country.
My father made steel traps, and we caught sixty wolves in about four
years. My father enjoyed himself very well until my mother died.
She left us quite lonely, and I went to Vermont and got my brother
Lotan. He had a kind, good wife. I gave all up to him and went
for myself. With my trust in God, my faith being well founded, I
have prospered very well. I have seven of my sons and daughters
living near me and they are doing well."
The children of Guy and Cynthia (Smith) Earle were :
860-1. Eliphalet S. Earle, b. March 31, 1816; m. Christine
Watson.
S61-2.
862-3.
863-4.
Anna Maria Earle, b. March 16, 1818 ; m. 1st, William
Knox ; 2d, John Austin.
Henry Earle, b. Dec. 16, 1820; m. Laura Watson.
Rosina Earle, b. Dec. 6, 1823; m. March 28, 1843,
William H. Dodge, Hermon, N. Y. ; 1 ch., William E.
864-5.
865-6.
b. Dec. 5, 1857 ; m. June I, 1884, Nina Grems.
Otis Earle, b. Nov. 11, 1826; m. Sarah Williams.
Ashbel Earle, b. Feb. 14, 1830; m. Nov. 4, 1852, Sarah
Allen. They live on the old homestead of his father.
866-7.
867-8.
Fidelia Earle, b. Nov. 2, 1832 ; m. Sept., 1854, John J.
Haile (d. Sept. 4, 1885) ; d. April 11, 1S75, in Hermon,
N. Y. ; one dau., Ella F., b. July, 1858; m. April u,|
1877, W - H - McCuaig.
Warren Earle, b. Sept. 8, 1835 » m - Amorette L. Ranger.
6 Earle ( 'Robert£ Robert,* Ralphs William*
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Ralph 1
), son of Robert and Sarah (Hunt) Earle, and
grandson of Henry W. and Elizabeth (Rice) Hunt, of
Leicester, Mass., b. Dec. 17, 1762, in Leicester; m.
June 6, 1793. Patience (b. May 9, 1770; d. Nov. 11,
1849), dau. of William and Lydia (Arnold) Buffum, of
Smithfield, R. I. She was granddaughter of Joseph
and Margaret (Osborne) Buffum ; gr. -granddaughter of
Benjamin Buffum ;
gr.-gr.-granddaughter of Caleb and
Hannah (Pope) Buffum; and gr.-gr. -gr. -granddaughter
of Robert and Tamashr Buffum, who emigrated from
Yorkshire, England, and settled in Salem, Mass., about
the year 1638. They lived in Leicester, and he d. Nov.
29, 1832.