The Earle family : Ralph Earle and his descendants

70 THE EARLE FAMILY [Fifth
[216-4]. Thomas 5 Earle (Oliver,* John,* William?
Ralph'), son of Oliver and Ruth (Hall) Earle, b. March
4, 1746, in Portsmouth, R. I. ; m. Nov. 21, 1769, Ruth
W., dau. of Noel Freeborn, and lived in Portsmouth till
after the birth of his second child. No further trace of
him has been found. He probably died there.
Their children were :
497-1. Eleanor Earle, b. Aug. 13, 1770; m. Nov. 22, 1795,
George Sisson.
498-2. Noel Freeborn Earle, b. Dec. 24, 1774.
[217-5]. Mary 5 Earle (Oliver,* John,* William, 2 Ralph 1
),
dau. of Oliver and Ruth (Hall) Earle, b. June 4, 1748,
in Portsmouth, R. I. ; m. Dec. 22, 1768, Matthew, son
of John Cook.
Their child was :
499-1. Ruth Hall Cook, b. Nov. 30, 1770?
Aug. 23, 1787, Peter Barker, Jr. Seven children.
[ 2 1 8-6] . Ruth
i n Portsmouth; m.
5 Earle ( Oliver,* John ,* William, 2 Ralph l
)
dau. of Oliver and Ruth (Hall) Earle, b. Aug. 25, 1750,
in Portsmouth, R. I. ; m. Nov. 2, 1769, Thomas, son of
William Borden, of Freetown, Mass., and lived in Free-
town.
Their children were :
500-1. George Borden, b. Feb. 8, 1770-
501-2. Susanna Borden, b. March 4, 1772.
502-3. Hannah Earle, b. April 17, 1774.
[232-1]. Lawton 5 Earle (William,* John,* William, 2
Ralph 1
), son of William and Mary (Lawton) Earle, b.
April 2, 1 741, in Dartmouth (now Westport), Mass. ; m.
Nov. 14, 1765, Mary Palmer, of Little Compton, R. I. ;
d. about 1 77 1. His widow m. Christopher Earle [244-5].
" Lawton Earl's ear mark for his creatures is a hole in the left ear,
and a slit in the end of the same." Recorded in Westport, July 30,
1796.
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