The Earle family : Ralph Earle and his descendants

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283-4. Oliver Earle, b. March 21, 1745 ; m. Mary Earle [293-3].
284-5. Reuben Earle, b. May 8, 1747; m- Mary Harrington.
285-6. Jabez Earle, b. Jan. 7, 1754-
286-7. James Earle, b. April 10, 1757
2S7-8. Joel Earle, b. July 6, 1759
; m. Deborah Sargent.
; m. Persis Witt.
[144-2]. Elizabeth 3 Earle ( William,* Ralph,* William, 2
1 Ralph ), dau. of William and Anna (Howard) Earle, b.
May 12, 1715, in Freetown, Mass. ; was taken with her
father's family to Leicester, Mass. ;
and m. in 1736, John
Potter, Jr. (d. 1797), of Leicester. A housewright.
Their children were :
288-1. William Potter, b. Feb. 23, 1738.
289-2. Lois Potter, b. 1741.
290-3. Mary Potter, b. June 29, 1745.
[146-4]. David5 Earle (William,* Ralph,* William, 2
1 Ralph ), son of William and Anna (Howard) Earle, b.
Aug. 16, 1721, in Leicester, Mass. ; m. Martha [167-1],
dau. of Robert and Mary (Newhall) Earle ;
d. about 1766.
He lived for some years on the farm next east (and in the limits of
Worcester) of the farm upon which his father lived, and sold to
Jabez Green ; after which he removed to the farm next north of the
Leicester Town farm. _
The children of David and Martha (Earle) Earle were :
291-1. Sarah Earle ; m. in 1767, John Beard, and resided, 1791
in Ward, now Auburn, Mass.
292-2. David Earle, b. July 15, 1748; m. Rebecca Brown.
293-3. Mary Earle, b. Oct. 18, 1750; m. Oliver Earle [283-4].
294-4. Martha Earle, b. April 2, 1752 ; m. James Wicker, and
295-5.
296-6.
297-7.
resided, 1791 , in Paxton, Mass.
Thaddeus Earle, b. April 29, 1754; m. Dorothy Shaw.
Jacob Earle, b. March 28, 1756; d. unm., about 1776.
Abigail Earle, b. Dec. 29, 1759; m. Timothy Newton,
298-8.
and resided, 1791, in Barnard, Vt.
John Earle, b. May 13, 1762 ; m. Eunice Allen.
Martha Earle, the widow of David, m. 2d, April 7, 1768,
Hezekiah Ward, who came from Grafton and owned the farm
now belonging to the town.
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