The Earle family : Ralph Earle and his descendants

58 THE EARLE FAMILY [Fifth
A very good likeness of Thomas, painted, in 1S00, by his cousin
Ralph Earle, is in the possession of his granddaughter, Mrs.
Melinda Earle (Nye) Chandler, of Springfield, Mass.*
The children of Thomas and Hannah (Wait) Earle were:
334-1. Asaiiel Earle, b. Dec. 21, 1761 ; m. Persis Newhall.
335-2. Hannah Earle ; m. Joseph Newhall.
336-3. William Earle ; d. in infancy.
337-4. William Earle ; d. unmarried, in 1800.
; m. Eunice South-
338-5. Sylvanus Earle, b.
gate.
March 28, 1773
339-6. Winthrop Earle, b. May 5, 1775 ; m. Persis Bartlett.
340-7. Electa Earle, b. April 27, 1778 5 m - Luther Nye.
341-8. Betsey Earle; m. 1st, Zenas Studley ; 2d, Bliss.
342-9. Polly Earle; d. unmarried, Sept. 29, 1804.
[ I 73~7] • Esek
5 Earle (Robert,* Ralph,* William, 2 Ralph 1
),
son of Robert and Mary (Newhall) Earle, b. Feb. 10,
1741, in Leicester, Mass.; m. in 1762, Mehitable Snow,
of Leicester (who d. in 1810, in Champion, N. Y.). At
the time of his marriage, he lived in Rutland, Mass-
afterward in Leicester; then removed, in 176401- 1765,
to Chester, Vt., and subsequently, but before 1777, to
Chesterfield, Vt., and about 1804, to Champion, Jeffer-
. son Co., N. Y., where he died Oct. 24, 1823.
He was one of the pioneers in the settlement of the country, and,
as a writer says of him, "loved hunting and trapping, and made
traps with which he caught a great number of wolves, bears and
panthers."
343-
The children of Esek and Mehitable (Snow) Earle were :
1. Persis Earle, b. March 26, 1763 ; m. Ellery Partridge.
344- 2. Ashbel Earle, b. March 17, 1765 ; m. 1st, Betsey Smith ;
2d, Azubah Lord.
345- 3. Phila Earle ;
m. Paid Penniman.
346- 4. John Earle, b. May 14, 1771 ; m. 1st, Abigail Chase
2d, Mary Avril.
*It represents him in the ruffled shirt and knee-breeches with silver buckles
fashionable in his time; and in the back-ground there is a view of his resi-
dence, with the row of Sycamores in front.