The Earle family : Ralph Earle and his descendants

Gen.] GENEALOGY. 63
410- 9. Ruth Earle, b. Sept. 19, 1772.
411-10. Esther Earle, b. March 18, 1774.
All except Samuel removed, as above, and it is said that
Alpheus lived in Camillus, Onondaga Co., N. Y.
[191-2]. Antipas 5 Earle (Benjamins -Ralphs William^
Ralph 1
), son of Benjamin and Abigail (Newhall) Earle,
b. in Leicester, Mass., June 1, 1737 (31 st of 3 d mo.,
1737, O. S.—Records of Smithfield Monthly Meeting of
Friends) ; m. April 9, 1761, Mercy (b. 11 th mo., 4 th
,
1744, O. S.), dau. of Edward and Deborah (Buffum)
Slade, of Swanzey, Mass. ; d. June 18, 1817.
He resided upon the farm given him by his father, the house
having been in the valley, about one-fourth of a mile east of the
original Ralph Earle homestead. His farm is now in part over-
flowed by the water of the Lynde reservoir, at its northern extremity.
The old house was taken down and a new one erected about the year
1858. _
Antipas died while absent, on a visit, and was interred in the
Friends' cemetery, Smithfield, R. I., about one mile southerly from
Woonsocket. He was a man of blameless life and conduct, and of
high moral principles, a sincere believer in the doctrines of the
Quakers, and a rigid observer of their testimonies and peculiarities.
The children of Antipas and Mercy (Slade) Earle were :
41 2-1.
413-2.
Benjamin Earle, b. Sept. 27, 1761 ;
Bowen ; 2d, Content Chace.
Slade Earle, b. Nov. 22, 1764;
m. 1st, widow Sarah
m. Elizabeth Chace
414-3.
415-4.
416-5.
[477-5]-
Jonathan Earle, b. Dec. 22, 1767 ; d. July 25, 1813.
Abigail Earle, b. April 7, 1774; m. George Read.
John Earle, b. Oct. 13, 1777; m. 1st, Axissarus Cole;
2d, Hannah E. Doty.
Of Jonathan [414-3], Gov. Washburn in his History of Leicester,
says, "He was an extensive card manufacturer; owned the place
on Mt. Pleasant, Leicester, where N. P. Denny, Esq., afterward
lived, and died unmarried ; a man of active enterprise and success in
business."
He was a member of the board of Selectmen in 1807 and 180S.