The Earle family : Ralph Earle and his descendants

Gen.] GENEALOGY. 49
From '•'•The Medley or New Bedford Marine Journal" of
April 21, 1797 : " Died at Westport, on the 15 th inst., William Earl,
in the 88 th year of his age ; a worthy, respectable farmer, and with
truth can be said to have been ' an honest man—the noblest work of
God !
' "
He resided near the head of Westport river, in that part of Dartmouth
which was during his life set off as Westport. After his
decease his farm, containing about 200 acres, was divided into four
parts, and owned, in i860, by Willard Slocum, his house being near
the site of the old homestead, Canaan Dyer, Restcome Manchester
and Stephen Cornell. William's house was a fine specimen of the
best rural architecture of the time.
The children of William and Mary (Lawton) Earle were :
232-1. Lawton Earle, b. April 2, 1741 ; m. Mary Palmer.
233-2.
234-3.
John Earle, b.
Hilliard.
Caleb Earle, b.
Nov.
Nov.
12, 1745; m. Priscilla
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12, 1745; m. Elizabeth f
' Twinb -
Brightman. Dartmouth Records say 1746. J
235-4.
236-5.
237-6.
William Earle ; m. Edith Brownell.
Pardon Earle ; d. unmarried.
Stephen Earle, b. May 4, 1754; m.
2d, Priscilla Hicks.
1st, Mary Hicks;
238-7.
239-8.
Robert Earle, b. Sept. 4, 1757; m. Mary Cory.
Paul Earle; m. 1st, Hannah Hicks; 2d, Elizabeth Betts.
[106-6]. John4 Earle (John,* William* Ralph 1
), son of
John and Mary (Wait) Earle, b. Nov. 10, 1717, at Portsmouth,
R. I. ; m. 1st, Jan. 5, 1740, Elizabeth Hall, of
Portsmouth, by whom he had four children ;
2d, May 25,
1749, Tabitha Hall, of Portsmouth, by whom he had two
children; 3d, in 1773, widow Deborah Brownell. No
issue.
He resided in Portsmouth until after his second marriage, then
went to Westport, Mass., and lived in the neighborhood of his
brother William, near the head of Westport river.
The children of John Earle were :
240-1.
241-2.
242-3.
George Earle, b. Aug. 17, 1742; m. Susanna Hilliard.
Oliver Earle, b. Nov. 16, 1743 ; m. Ruth Potter.
Elizabeth Earle, b. May 28, 1745; m. Oct. 11, 1769,
Isaac Case, Jr., of Dartmouth.
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