The Earle family : Ralph Earle and his descendants

50 THE EARLE FAMILY [Fifth
243-4. Ruth Earle, b. Oct. 11, 1747 ; m. Dec. 24, 17S9, Jonathan
Davis, of Westport.
244-5. Christopher Earle, b. May 8, 1750; m. widow Mary
(Palmer) Earle.
245-6. Mary Earle; m. 1st, 1774, Oliver Hicks; 2d, Constant
Macomber.
FIFTH GENERATION.
[120-5]. Benjamin 5 Earle (Daniel^ John,* Ralph*
Ralph 1
), son of Daniel and Grace (Hicks) Earle, b.
June 22, 1736, in Tiverton, R. 1. ; m. Aug. 25, 1760,
Mary , and lived in Tiverton.
Their children were :
246-1. John Earle, b. July 21, 1761.
247-2. Rufus Earle, b. June 5, 1763.
24S-3. Benjamin Earle, b. July 11, 1765.
249-4. William Earle, b. April 2, 1768.
[121-1]. William 5 Earle (Benjamin^ John,* Ralph*
Ralph 1
), son of Benjamin and Rebecca (Westgate)
Earle, of Warwick, R. I., b. Feb. 12, 1727 ; m. Dec. 10,
1752, Mary Brown {b. Jan. 21, 1733
; d. Aug. 22, 1800),
of Providence, R. I., dau. of George Brown, of Dover,
England; resided in Providence, and d. Dec. 30, 1804.
Their children were :
250-1. Mary Earle, b. Oct. 11, 1753; m. Joseph Tillinghast
d. Aug. 28, 1797.
251-2. John Earle, b. Jan. 27, 1756; m. Mary Spaulding.
252-3. William Earle, b. Feb. 17, 1758; m. Tillinghast.
253-4. Benjamin Earle, b. June 30, 1760; m. Dec. 25, 1794,
Betsey Gordon; d. Sept. 11, 1797.
254~5- George Earle, b. Dec. 27, 1762; d. unmarried, March
19, 1844.
255-6. Sarah Earle, b. March 11, 1767; d. Oct. 10, 1768.
256-7. Oliver Earle, b. June 8, 1770; ?n. 1st, Fanny Holroyd
2d, Sally W. Arnold.
257-8. Sarah Earle, b. July 27, 1772; m. Charles Sheldon, of
Providence, R. I.
;