The Earle family : Ralph Earle and his descendants

56 THE EARLE FAMILY [Fifth
continued active in promoting the interests of the Revolution.
Capt. Southgate engaged extensively in purchasing wild lands in
Maine. After the death of his oldest son he had occasion to visit
these lands from time to time, to dispose of them and to protect them
from trespassers. On the 7th August, 1806, having occasion to be
at Stillwater for this purpose, and wishing to pass a short distance
down the river, he got upon a couple of logs in the stream, and was
soon after thrown into the water in some way, and was drowned.
His body was soon recovered and buried at Kenduskeag Point, on
the banks of the Penobscot.
For the family of Mary (Earle) and Jonathan Sargent and their
descendants, see "Genealogy of the Sargent Family."
[170-4]. Elizabeth 5 Earle (Roberts RalphJ William?
Ralph 1
), dau. of Robert and Mary (Newhall) Earle, b.
Oct. 18, 1732, in Leicester, Mass. ; m. May 9, 1750,
John (b. 1721), son of John and Rebekah Whittemore,
and resided in Leicester and Spencer, Mass.
Their children were :
318-2
3 IQ-3
320-4
3 2I "5
322-6
3 23-7
324-8
John Whittemore, b. Dec. 1, 1750.
Mary Whittemore, b. Nov. 28, 1753.
Thomas Whittemore, b. April 28, 1755*
Phebe Whittemore, \ Twins, b. Nov. 5, 1756; d. in
Rebecca Whittemore, J 1759.
Israel Whittemore, b. Jan. 14, 1759.
Whittemore, b. April 20, 1764.
Ruth Whittemore, b. June 13, 1766.
[171-5]. George 5 Earle (Robert,** Ralph,* William?
1 Ralph ), son of Robert and Mary (Newhall) Earle, b.
March 3,
Mary (b.
1735, in Leicester, Mass. ; m. April 26, 1757,
March 13, 1738; d. May 16, 1824), dau. of
Thomas
Mass.
and Azubah (Rice) Baker, of Shrewsbury,
Removed to Chester, Vt., about 1770; commanded a company of
militia at the battle of Bennington, Vt., and on the 2d of July, 1806,
while engaged in his work, which was that of a gunsmith, "fell
and died almost instantly," probably from a disease of the heart.