The Earle family : Ralph Earle and his descendants

60 THE EARLE FAMILY [Fifth
The late Rev. John Nelson, for more than half a century the
eminently worthy pastor of the First Congregational Church in
Leicester, informed the compiler of this book, that, in 1S12, he
visited the district school in this neighborhood, at the time of its
" examination," and that of the forty pupils present, twenty-one
were the grandchildren of Robert and Sarah Earle.
The children of Robert and Sarah (Hunt) Earle were:
355- 1. Pliny Earle, b. Dec. 17, 1762; m. Patience Buffum.
356- 2. Jonah Earle, b. Aug. 10, 1765 ; m. Elizabeth Southgate.
357- 3. Silas Earle, b. May 26, 1767 ; m. Rachel Thornton.
35S- 4. Elizabeth Earle, b. July 5, 1769 ; m. David Hoag.
359- 5. Persis Earle, b. Sept. 19, 1771 ; m. Edward Hallock.
360- 6. Henry Earle, b. March 13, 1774; m. 1st, Martha
Aldrich ; 2d, Miriam Fry ; 3d, widow Ruth (Keese)
Earle.
361- 7. Lydia Earle, b. Jan. 16, 1776; m. 1st, John Fry; 2d,
Enoch Breed.
362- 8. Timothy Earle, b. March 2, 1778 ; m. Ruth Keese.
363- 9. Sarah Earle, b. Jan. 1, 1781 ; m. Jonathan Fry, of
Bolton, Mass. ; and d. in 1805, without issue.
364-10. Hannah Earle, b. April 9, 1784; d. Nov. 3, 1795.
[175-9]. Lydia 5 Earle (Robert,* Rutyh? William*
1 Ralph ), dau. of Robert and Mary (Newhall) Earle, b.
Aug. 15, 1746, in Leicester, Mass. ; m. 1st, in 1766,
John Wilson ; 2d, Micah Johnson ; 3d, Jonas Newton.
Her children were all by her first marriage. After the
third marriage she removed, with all her surviving chil-
dren, to Vermont, where she d. in 181 2. Several of the
oldest children were born in Leicester.
Their children were :
365- 1. Mary Wilson, b. July 17, 1768; m. May 9, 1793,
Frederick Parker.
366- 2. Catherine Wilson, b. Aug. 17, 1770; m. Nov. 13,
1788, Jonathan Green; d. April 16, 1842; issue, 6
children.
367- 3. Esther Wilson, b. Oct. 11, 1772 ; m. Nov. 5, 1789, Dr.
Thomas Hersey ; d. in 1794, without issue.
368- 4. Daniel Wilson, b. Dec. 6, 1774; m. Jan. 3, 1798, Sally
issue, 7 children.
Upham ;
369- 5. Miriam Wilson, b. Feb. 15, 1777; m. Jan. 11, 1798,
Charles Woodworth d. ; March 1, 1827 ; issue, 9 children.