The Earle family : Ralph Earle and his descendants

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Angelo J. Earl, b. March 4, 1834; d. unm., Nov. 27,
1857.
2226-7. Nancy P. Earl, b. Oct. 27, 1S35 ; m. Dec. 16, i860,
Sheldon L. Wilkinson, of Chagrin Falls; d. Feb. 5,
1884, without issue.
2227-8. Josephine A. Earl, b. Jan. 29, 1838; m. 1st, Aug. 15,
1862, William A. Phelps (d. Aug. 21, 1863, in the U.
S. Army, at Baton Rouge, La., aged 32 years) ; 2d,
Feb. 22, 1877, Roderick W. Gorton.
2228-9. Adelaide M. Earl, b. Jan. 26, 1841.
[1129-6J. Nancy 7 Earl (James? Calebs William,* JohnJ
William, 2 Ralph 1
), dau. of James and Elizabeth (Soule)
Earl, b. Dec. 31, 1794, in Westport, Mass. ; removed
with her father to Galway, N. Y. ; m. Jan. 4, 1814,
Edwin Potter (/;. March 26, 1791 ; d. Feb. 13, 1863),
the son of a revolutionary soldier. She is still living in
Belleville, Jefferson Co., N. Y., is one of the few surviv-
ing widows whose husbands served in the war of 181 2,
and draws a pension from the government.
" The Potter family ranked among the well-to-do people of Ellisburgh.
They were farmers, and were independent. In-doors, every
nook and corner were kept in order. Regularity pervaded everything.
In the morning at the appointed hour the hush of silence
settled upon animated life. Every member of the family and the
stranger within its gates were awed to stillness ; then the worthy son
of the brave old revolutionary sire would read a chapter from the
Bible, after which all would kneel in prayer. In the evening before
retiring to rest, the same observance of the divine and common law
was held."
The children of Nancy and Edwin Potter were :
2229-1. Adelia D. Potter, b. March 12, 1815 ; m. 1st, May 1,
183S, Charles B. Taylor (d. May 19, 1843) ; 2d, Sept.
2230-2.
21, 1854, E. Sawyer.
Caroline Potter, b. Nov. 18, 1816; m. Jan. 15, 1838,
2231-3.
L. L. Kennedy.
Electa M. Potter, b. Aug. 31, 181S ; m.
1 841, L. M. Giddings (d. Nov. 24, 1851) ;
1st, May 4,
2d, Oct. 11,
1854, N - T
- Holley; d. July 20, 1S66.
2232-4. George Nelson Potter, b. 1819 ; m. 1st, May 22, 1842,
Mary N. Griswold (b. Jan. 2, 1823 ; d. June 10, 1859) >
2d, Dec. 18, 1859, Nancy Brown; lived in Ellisburgh,
and d. Sept. 19, 1876.
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