The Earle family : Ralph Earle and his descendants

Gen.] GENEALOGY. 7
The children of Lawton and Mary (Palmer) Earle were :
503-1. Lawton Earle, b. Nov. 15, 1767; m. (intentions pub.
Nov., 1789), Ruth Borden, of Tiverton, R. I. He removed
to the State of New York with his uncle Paul.
He had no children by his first wife, but is said to have
had a second, by whom he had issue.
504-2. Elizabeth Earle, b. about 1770; d. unm.
[233-2] . John 5 Earle ( William,* John,* William, 2 Ralph 1
),
son of William and Mary (Lawton) Earle, b. Nov. 12,
1745, being twin with his brother Caleb, in Dartmouth
(now Westport), Mass.; m. April 11, 1770, Priscilla,
dau. of David Hilliard (b. Sept. 26, 1749; d. May 30,
1840), of Little Compton, R. I. ; d. Feb. 22, 1828.
He lived in Westport some years after marriage, and then removed
to New Bedford, Mass., where he died. His wife died in Little
Compton, R. I., at her daughter Lydia's.
John was Collector of Westport in 1788 and 1799, and Warden in
1791.
"June 7, 1789. John Earl's ear mark for his creatures is a fork in
each ear, and a hole in the right."
The children were all born in Westport.
Their children were :
505-1. Lydia Earle, b. Oct. 28, 1772; d. Nov. 15, 1773.
506-2. Benjamin Earle, b. Nov. 11, 1774; m. Mary Soule.
507-3. Abel Earle, b. July 16, 1776; d. Nov. S, 1776.
508-4. Hilliard Earle, b. April 15, 177S ; m. Mary Ware.
509-5. Lydia Earle, b. Sept. 3, 1780; m. June 24, 179S, Hiram
Soule, of Westport.
510-6. Peleg Earle, b. March 18, 1783 ; d. unm., July 1, 1805,
at sea.
511-7. Thomas Earle, b. July 19, 1786; m. Mary Brown.
[234-3] . Caleb5 Earle ( William,* John,* William, 2 Ralph 1
),
son of William and Mary (Lawton) Earle, b. Nov. 12,
1745, twin with his brother John, in Dartmouth (now
Westport), Mass.; m. Dec. 6, 1764, Elizabeth Brightman,
of Dartmouth ; resided in what is now Westport
until after the birth of the following children, and removed
with all his children to Galway, N. Y.
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