The Earle family : Ralph Earle and his descendants

28 THE EARLE FAMILY [Third
From his will, executed March 2, 1770, and entered for probate
June 16, 1778, we make the following extract:
" Utcttt I Give and Bequeath Unto my true and Loving Wife Pernal
Earl : all my Indoors Moveable Estate also : my Sidesaddle and one
third part of my Liveing Stock of Cattle Sheep horses and Swine I
als° Give Her my Gould Sleave Buttens and my Silver Shoe Buckell
all wich I Give to Her and to Her Heirs and Assigns for Ever. I
also Give Her the Use and Improvement of my Now Dwelling
e ' House and y yard round s d House and orchard adjoyning s d yard
Dureing Her Natural Life. I also Give to my s d Wife the Keeping
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of One Rideing horse & y Keeping of one Cow to be kept weell or
with Sufficient Hay and grass on my Homesed farm Dureing her
Natural Life I also Give Her twelve Pound Lawfull mony to be paid
Her yearly and Every Year after my Desease Dureing Her Natural
life I also Give Her ten Bushels of Good Indian Coarn and ten
Pounds of Good Marchantable Sheeps Woll yearly and Every year
During Her Natural Life also Seven Coard of Wood yearly and
Every year as above s d she cuting & carting the same. All Which
I Give to my Said Wife Parnel Earl In Lew of Her thirds or Right
Dowry in my Esate."
[9-3]. William^ Earle (Ralfh? Ralph 1
), son of Ralph
and Dorcas (Sprague) Earle; m. Dec. 26, 1695, Hephzibah
(b. 1675), dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth Butts.
" I William Earle, son of Ralph Earle, of Dartmouth," in consideration
of sixty-five pounds sterling, convey to Peleg Slocum, "one
quarter part of the westermost Island called Elizabeth Island, alias
Cotohunko, containing, by estimation, one hundred and twelve
acres." August 29, 1693.
On the same day he conveyed to the said Slocum the use of one-
eighth part of the same island during the life of his father, Ralph.
February 3, 1696, in consideration of thirty pounds sterling, he
conveyed to Robert Havens one hundred acres of land in Dartmouth.
He was chosen constable in 1695, and again March 30, 1696.
The children of William and Hephzibah (Butts) Earle
were :
57-1. Sarah Earle, b. Dec. 18, 16965 m. Thomas Manchester,
of Tiverton, R. I., July 28, 1720.
58-2. Anna Earle, b. March 10, 1700; m. William King, of E.
Greenwich, R. I., Feb. 1, 1722.
59 - 3- Joseph Earle, b. Feb. 9, 1702.
60-4. Thomas Earle, b. Jan. 17, 1704.