The Earle family : Ralph Earle and his descendants

6\ THE EARLE FAMILY [Fifth
The homestead mentioned is on the north side of the road, at the
top of the hill, one mile west of the Town Hall, and is now owned
and occupied by the brothers Horace A. and Watson Smith.
[195-1J. William 5 Earle (William? Thomas,* William?
Raljyh 1
), son of William and Mehitable (Brayton) Earle,
b. in i7|-f O. S.j at Portsmouth, R. I. ; m. 1st, Jan. 15,
1741, Sarah (b. April 1, 1725), dau. of Joseph and Sarah
(Durfee) Dennis, of Portsmouth, by whom he had two
children; 2d, March 6, 1760, widow Catherine (Williams)
Lunt, of Taunton, by whom he had one child. It is
believed that he d. in Portsmouth.
He was a Justice of the Peace in Portsmouth in 1744.
The children of William Earle were :
41 7-1. Robert Earle, b. Feb. 26, 1743.
418-2. William Earle, b. Aug. 27, 1747.
419-3. Samuel Earle, b. Oct. 20, 1760.
[196-2]. David 5 Earle (William? Thomas,* William, 2
jRalflh 1
), son of William and Mehitable (Brayton) Earle,
b. July 11, 1722, in Portsmouth, R. I. ; m. Oct. 23, 1746,
Abigail (b. 1729), dau. of John and Abigail (Abbott)
Lawton, and lived in Newport, R. I.
Their children were :
420-1. Mehitable Earle, b. July 31, 1748; m. 1st, Oct. 9,
1767, Thomas Townsend ; 2d, Nov. 2, 1805, Asa ( a *
Quaker preacher), son of Caleb and Content Russell, of
New Bedford, Mass. " She was a very lovely and agreeable
woman."
421-2. David Earle, b. March 28, 1750.
422-3. Thomas Earle, b. Nov. 11, 1751 ; m. March 2, 1775,
Elizabeth (b. Oct. 28, 1756), dau. of Philip and Elizabeth
(Casey) Wanton, of Newport, R. I.
423-4. John Earle, b. Oct. 28, 1753
424-5. William Earle, b. Sept. 19, 1755.
425-6. Sarah Earle, b. Sept. 4, 1756.
426-7. Isaac Earle, b. Sept. 20, 1757.
; d. young.