The Earle family : Ralph Earle and his descendants

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Stephen Earl, of Gerry, adopted an orphan named Benjamin
H. White, who, after Stephen's death, was adopted by his son
Hezekiah. The boy's name was changed to Benjamin White
Earl. He m. in 1829, Elizabeth Albin, in New York city.
They lived in some of the middle States, and afterward in
Ohio, where he d. at Steubenville, about i860. Their children
were: 1, William S., b. 1837. 2, Benjamin H., b. 1840.
3, Francis A., b. 1844. 4, John K., b. 1846. 5, Edward
A., b. 1850. 6, James F., b. 1853.
8. Being in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1879, I met Mr.
Porter W. Earl, then a resident, with his family, of that city.
I was strongly impressed with his very striking family resem-
blance to the descendants of the fifth and sixth generations of
Ralph Earle who were living in Leicester, Mass., and its
vicinity from fifty to seventy years ago. This resemblance
was so marked as to leave no doubt upon my mind that he is
a descendant of Ralph. He stated that his father, Stephen H.
Earl, whose mother was either a Hopkins or a Williams,
removed from Newport, R. I., or its vicinity to Vermont and
there, at the age of 33 years, married Sarah Porter. Their
children were: 1, Sarah, who m. Christian Ingersoll. 2,
William, d. in Hamburg, N. Y. 3, Porter W., b. in 1802,
in Peru, N. Y. 4, Mary; and 5, Eliza.
The children of Porter [ ?] W. were : 1 , Porter M. , d. unmarried.
2, William, m. and lives in Colorado. 3, Harriet, m.
and lives in Peoria, 111. 4, Mary, m. Baxter, and lives
in Cedar Rapids. 5, Ella, living unmarried with her father.
Mr. Earl further stated in regard to his father, Stephen H.,
that he was taken prisoner by the British at Newport in the
Revolutionary war ; and that he died at Hamburg, near
Buffalo, N. Y., in 1838. Perhaps the true position of this
family among the descendants of Ralph and Joan may here-
after be discovered. Porter [?] W. now resides in Peoria, 111.
9. James S. Earle, the founder of the picture gallery in
Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa., was the son of Henry
Earle, who removed from Winchester to London, Eng., and