The Earle family : Ralph Earle and his descendants

Il6 THE EARLE FAMILY [Sixth
interest, the business was continued for a short period in the Silas;
Earle factory at Leicester, and then removed to Worcester.
Silas Earle's homestead was the farm on Marshall street, in
Leicester, next east of the Town farm. It is now the property of
Thomas Southwick. The dwelling-house was built by Silas Earle,
in 1806.
He was a prominent and active member of the Society of Friends.
He was for many years a director in the Leicester Bank, and for
several years its president. In the year 1835 he represented the
town in the lower house of the State Legislature.
In the language of Washburn's History of Leicester, he " was
highly esteemed and respected in the town."
The children of Silas and Rachel (Thornton) Earle were
882- 1. Hannah Earle,* b. March 16, 1796; m. William Keese,
of Au Sable, N. Y. ; no issue.
S83- 2. Anna Earle, b. Dec. 26, 1797; m. Harvey Chace ;f d.
Dec. 27, 1 88 1, in Valley Falls, R. I. ; 2 ch., d. young.
884- 3. George Earle, b. Jan. 17, 1800; m. 1st, May 28, 1822,'
Elvira Earle [775-6]; • 2d, Nov. 11, 1824, Narcissa
Earle [910-2] ; d. March 23, 1827 ; issue, 1 son, George,
b. 1826; d. Sept. 25, 1826.
885- 4. Mary Earle, b. Feb. 9, 1802 ; d. unm., 1835.
886- 5. Elisha Earle, b. April 18, 1804; d. unm., Oct. 9, 1827.
887- 6. Robert Earle, b. May 18, 1806 ; m. 1830, Anna Maria
Brown, of Salem, Mass. ; d. May 27, 1886, in New
no issue.
888- 7.
889- 8.
890- 9.
Bedford, Mass. ;
Rachel Earle, b. Aug. 11, 1808; d. unm., 1836.
Silas Earle, b. March 29, 181 1 ; d. unm., 1833.
Stephen Earle, b. April 21, 1813 ; d. unm., at
when returning from Europe, in 1856.
sea,
*The following obituary notice is taken from the Friends'' Revictv, pub-
lished in Philadelphia, Pa. :
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"Died, on the 28th of 12th mo., 1859, Hannah E. [882-1], wife of William
Keese, of Keeseville, Clinton Co., N. Y., in the 64th year of her age; a useful
member of Peru monthly meeting of Friends, having for many years
acceptably filled the station of Elder, and other important and responsible
duties in the Church. Of a kind and benevolent disposition, and imbued in a
remarkable manner with the Christian virtue of preferring others to herself,
those in suffering, or in want, always found in her a kind and sympathizing
friend."
t Harvey Chace and his brother Samuel were the proprietors of the exten-
sive cotton manufactories in Valley Falls.
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