The Earle family : Ralph Earle and his descendants

128 THE EARLE FAMILY [Sixth
He went to Brattleboro in 1787 and was one of the early settlers of
the west part of the town. He bought the farm owned in 1 886 by
Mellen Goodenough, and lived there in an old log house until 1793,
when he built the frame house which is occupied by the present
owner. He was a very hard-working man. In the latter years of
his life he partially lost the use of his limbs so that he walked with a
long staff, but so anxious was he to work that he had leather fastened
to his pantaloons so that he could weed the garden working on his
knees. He lived and died upon the farm where he settled, and
where his son Samuel afterward lived.
Their children were :
iooi-i. Alpheus Earle, b. Oct. 12, 1791 ; m. Polly Boynton.
1002-2. Newhall Earle, b. Jan. 22, 1794; d. June 26, 1808.
1003-3. Samuel Earle, b. April 19, 1796; m. Lydia Marsh.
1004-4. Rufus Earle, b. July 5, 1798 ; m. Sept. 22, 1S22, Marilla
Stoddard; lived in Guilford, Vt., and d. Oct. 8, 1865;
no issue.
1005-5. Sarah Earle, b. Dec. 27, 1800; m. Ara Marsh.
1006-6. Phebe Earle, b. Dec. 31, 1803 ; m. Otis Lynde.
1007-7. Angelina Earle, b. Oct. 8, 1808 ; in. Levi Staples.
amin 6 Earle (Antipas? Benjamin,* Ralph?
[41 2-1] . Benj
William? Ralph 1
), son of Antipas and Mercy (Slade)
Earle, b. Sept. 27, 1761, in Leicester, Mass. ; m. 1st,
widow Sarah Bowen (d. June 7, 1824) ; issue, 2 ch. ; 2d,
Feb. 26, 1826, Mrs. Content (Hale) Chace, of Paxton,
Mass. ; issue, 1 ch. : d. in Leicester, Jan. 27, 1834.
His widow d. March 31, 1856, get. 64 years.
He owned and lived many years upon what is now the "Town
Farm " in Leicester.
Their children were :
100S-1. Slade Earle, b. Aug. 19, 1802 ; m. Mary Anthony.
1009-2. Benjamin Earle, b. Aug. 6, 1804; m. Mercy Anthony.
1010-3. Elizabeth Earle, b. Dec. 25, 1829; in. Nov. 12, 1850,
William Cutler Snow; 1 ch., d. in infancy.
[413-2]. Slade6 Earle (Antipas,* Benjamin? Ralph?
William? Ralph 1
), son of Antipas and Mercy (Slade)
Earle, b. Nov. 22, 1764, in Leicester, Mass. ;
Chace [477-5] (b. Jan. 8, 1765) ;
m. Elizabeth
d. Dec. 27, 1797.
lived in Leicester, and