The Earle family : Ralph Earle and his descendants

30 THE EARLE FAMILY [Third
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John Borden, b. 1675.
Amky Borden, b. May 30,
Tiverton, R. I.
1678; m. Benjamin Chase, of
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Joseph Borden, b. Dec. 3, 1680.
Thomas Borden, b. Dec. 13, 1682;
Catharine (b. Feb. 23, 1689), dau.
m. April
of John
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and
1717,
Alice
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(Teddeman) Hull, of Jamestown, R. I.
Hope Borden, b. March 3, 1685.
Mary Borden.
William Borden, b. Aug. 15, 1689 ; m. July 7, 1715, Alice
(b. Oct. 22, 1692), dau. of John and Alice (Teddeman)
Hull, of Jamestown ; one son, William.
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Benjamin Borden.
[12-2] . William 3 Earl ( William, 2 Ralfli1 ), son of William
and Mary (Walker) Earle, was b. in Portsmouth, R. I. ;
m. Elizabeth , and settled in Dartmouth, Mass.,
where he was chosen juryman in 1694, and constable in
1695 and 1696. On the 5th of July, 1695, his father,
who had lived in Dartmouth for some years, but had
returned to Portsmouth, conveyed to him, in consideration
of "love and affection," the homestead from which
he had removed in the former town.
It appears that William was engaged in a small way in the shipping
business, owning, in company with another man, a sloop with which
he carried on a coasting tirade between the ports of southern New
England, New York and New Jersey.
In December, 1697, he removed to Springfield, N. J. ; bought a
farm there and passed the rest of his life upon it. The exact date of
his death is not known; but his will is dated Sept. 23, 1732, and
was proven May 10, 1733. In it after small legacies of money and
furniture to his apparently only surviving daughters, Mary Borden
and Martha Shinn, he gave the whole of the remainder of his estate,
both real and personal, to his son William.
William was a member of the Society of Friends. His descend-
ants followed his example in their religious relations and many of
them still remain in membership with that society.
William's name upon the records is written without the final e;
and as all of his descendants, so far as appears, have adopted that
orthography, wc here conform to their custom in that respect.