The Earle family : Ralph Earle and his descendants

ADDITIONS.
The following selections, mostly from information received too late
for insertion in its proper place, will contribute to the completeness
of the history of several families.
Upon the farm owned, in 1882, by Captain B. F. Wing, near the
head of the Apponaganset River, in Dartmouth, Mass., there is a
small cemetery containing from twelve to fifteen graves, two of
which, as appears from the inscriptions on the head-stones, are those
of Ralph Earle, Jr. [8-2], and Joseph Earle, Jr. [66-3]. There
are no inscriptions at any of the other graves. It is probable that
this was the private burial place of the Earles in that vicinity. All
the public burying-grounds in Dartmouth, at that time, are recorded
in the Town records.
[145-3]. Mary Earle. James Lawton, Jr., her husband, was a
saddler in Leicester, Mass. In 1739 he bought of Rev.
David Parsons, of that town, a grist-mill and forty acres
of land at the outlet of the Town meadow, one-half mile
west of the Academy, and near the eastern foot of Mt.
Pleasant, where the brick card-factory belonging to
Sargent Brothers now stands.
[383-8] • Rebecca
6 Earle (Marmaduke,* Robert ,* Ralph,*
William, 2 Ralph 1
), dau. of Marmaduke and Elizabeth
(Newton) Earle, b. Nov. 21, 1788, in Paxton, Mass.;
m. Sept. 1, 1805, James Thompson, 2d (b. Sept. 28,
1783 ; d. Sept., 1846) ; d. July 19, 1874.
Their children were :
959-1. Harvey M. Thompson, b. June 16, 1809 ; m. July 7, 1850,
Ellen Ross.
960-2. Elbridge G. Thompson, b. Feb. 25, 181 1.
961-3. Christopher G. Thompson, b. Dec. 9, 1812 ; d. Aug. 12,
1876.
962-4. Russell B. Thompson, b. Dec. 29, 1814; m.
56