The Earle family : Ralph Earle and his descendants

34 THE EARLE FAMILY [Third
i 71 6, conveyed for love and good will, one-half his farm to his son
Oliver, and in 1721, sold die other half to him for £1,100. He had
then returned to Portsmouth. He died at his homestead in War-
wick, R. I.
His will was executed in Warwick, April 27, 1727, and his wife
Mary was executrix. Inventory, £669. 19s. id.
The children of Thomas and Mary (Taber) Earle were :
92-1. William Earle; m. 1st, Mehitable Brayton ; 2d, widow
93-2.
94-3.
Abigail Lawton.
Thomas Earle.
Mary Earle; m. Jan. 31,
Baker, of Yarmouth, Mass.
1711, Elisha, son of Daniel
95-4. Oliver Earle ; m. Rebecca Sherman ; d. 1766.
96-5. Sarah Earle.
97-6. Lydia Earle.
9S-7. Rebecca Earle.
[ I 5~5]- Caleb 3 Earle ( William, 2 Ralph 1
), son of William
and Mary (Walker) Earle ; m. Mary , who, after
his death, m. Joseph Hicks. •
Their children were :
99-1. Caleb Earle.
100-2. Joan Earle.
[16-6]. John3 Earle (William, 2 1 Ralph ), son of William
and Prudence Earle; m. Feb. 27, 1700, Mary (d. after
1759), dau. °f Thomas and Sarah (Cook) Wait, of
Tiverton, R. I., and d. Aug. 12, 1759. They were
married by Joseph Church, Esq.
Richard Sherman, for thirty years Town Clerk of Portsmouth,
says (185S) that "in 1714, John Earl's dwelling house stood a few
rods south of the site of the hotel erected a few years ago at Bristol
ferry."
It appears by the records of Portsmouth, that John acted upon
coroner's juries in 1697, 1705 and 1712.
In 17H' the town of Portsmouth granted to him, in consideration
of twenty-four shillings, twelve acres of the common lands.