William Earle – Boxford Massachusetts Branch

There was a small connection of Earls or Earles that had their family seat at Boxford, Mass., which we have designated as the Massachusetts branch. Dr. Pliny Earle felt quite sure that they were related to the Earles of Rhode Island, but the relationship or connection has not been made.

The founder of this family in America was William Earl, who came from England before 1719 and settled at Boxford, Mass. His name is variously spelled on the Boxford records and tax lists, oyls (small initial), ills, eiles, Ils and oils. His descendants of the present day, as represented by Mr. Frederick C. Earle of the firm of Seymour & Earle, New Haven, Conn., spell the name with a final “e”.

The genealogy of this family, as far as it is known to us, is as follows:

A—FIRST-GENERATION.

WILLIAM EARL, of England, settled at Boxford, Mass.; m., Nov. 10, 1719, Elizabeth Curtis, of Middleton, Mass.; ceremony performed by Rev. John Rogers; d. in Boston about 1735; taxed in Boxford 1719 to 1728; widow taxed 1736 to 1744. They had five children:

  1. Elizabeth b. Aug. 22, 1720-21
  2. William b. Mar. 22, 1722- 23
  3. John
  4. Jacob
  5. Mary.

B—SECOND-GENERATION.

ELIZABETH EARL (B 1), b. Aug. 22, 1720-21; m., Aug. 23, 1744, by Rev. Curtis, of Middleton, Mass., Ben Curtis, and had four children:

  1. Elizabeth (C 1)
  2. Huldah (C 2)
  3. Mary (C 3)
  4. Benjamin (C 4)

WILLIAM EARL, JR. (B 2) was b. in Boxford, Mar. 22, 1722- 23; d., 1799, in Rindge, N. H. He m., August 23, 1744, Martha Booth, of Middleton, by whom he had six children:

  1. John (C 5)
  2. Jacob (C 6)
  3. Mary (C 7)
  4. Stephen (C 8)
  5. Lydia (C 9)
  6. Martha (C 10)

JOHN EARL (B 3), was b. July 17, 1724-5; went into the army and never heard from; probably killed in some Indian skirmish.

JACOB EARL (B 4), was b. in Boxford, Feb. 13, 1725-6, bap. Nov. 12, 1727. Nothing further is known.

MARY EARL (B 5), was b. Jan. 10, 1727-8, bap. Jan. 28, 1728. No further account.

C—THIRD GENERATION.

ELIZABETH CLTRTIS (C 1), daughter of Elizabeth Earl, was b. in Middleton, Mass., March 4, 1745; m. John Case, of Antrim, N. H.

HULDAH CURTIS (C 2), daughter of Elizabeth Earl, was b. Dec. 14, 1746-7; said to have m. Asa Curtis.

MARY CURTIS (C 3), daughter of Elizabeth Earl, was b. at Middleton, Mass., Nov. 30, 1748; d. unmarried. 1845.

BENJAMIN CURTIS (C 4), son of Elizabeth Earl, was b. in Lvndboro, N. H., 1750; m. Nov. 22, 1779, Lydia Earl, of Boxford (his cousin), and d. March 1811, in Lvndboro.

JOHN EARL (C 5), son of William (B 2), was b. in Boxford, May 16, 1746; d. in Rindge, N. H., 1803; m. July 17, 1773, Rebecca Page, of Groton, Mass. They had children:

  1. Rebecca (D 1)
  2. Sally (D 2)
  3. Eunice (D 3)
  4. Nabby (D 4)
  5. Cally (D 5)
  6. Mary (D 6)
  7. Hepzibah (D 7)
  8. John (D 8)
  9. ?ata (D 9).

JACOB EARL (C 6), son of William, Jr. (B 2), was b. in Boxford, March 8, 1747-8; d. in Boylston, Mass., 1791; m. Feb. 10, 1769, Relief Bennett. They had children:

  1. Jacob (D 10)
  2. Relief (D 11)
  3. Jonathan (D 12)
  4. William (D 13)
  5. Anna B. (D 14)

MARY EARL (C 7), daughter of William, Jr. (B 2), was b. in Boxford, Jan. 8, 1749-50; d. in Rindge, unmarried, 1807.

STEPHEN EARL (C 8), son of William, Jr. (B 2), was b. in Rindge, N. H., Aug. 5, 1754; d. June 7, 1825, in Boston, at his son Hezekialrs house, in Hanover St.; m. May 11, 1780, Mary Rice, of Shrewsbury (see ‘‘Rice family”). They had children:

  1. Henry (D 15)
  2. John (D 16)
  3. Hezekiah (D 17)
  4. Lydia (D 18)
  5. Mary (D 19)
  6. Stephen (D 20)
  7. Sophia (D 21)
  8. Lucy (D 22).

LYDIA EARL (C 9), daughter of William, Jr. (B 2), was b. in Rindge, N. H., 1758; d. May 16, 1818; m. Ben. Curtis, Nov. 22. 1779.

MARTHA EARL (C 10), daughter of William, Jr. (B 2), was b. in Rindge, Mav 21, 1762; m. Nov. 13, 1783, Ben. Maynard, of Shrewsbury.

D—FOURTH GENERATION.

REBECCA EARL (D 1), daughter of John (C 5), was b. in Rindge, Feb. 21, 1774; d. in Bedford, Mass., Feb. 8, 1835; m., May G, 1794, Thos. Cutler, of Lexington.

SALLY EARL (D 2), daughter of John (C 5), b. in Rindge, Sept. 8, 1775; in. in August 1798, Isaac Smith, of Lexington.

EUNICE EARL (D 3), daughter of John (C 5), b. in Rindge, Sept. 16, 1777; was living in 1859; m., Dec. 4, 1805, Leonard Wellington, of Rindge, who d. May 22, 1849.

NARBY EARL ID 4), daughter of John (C 5), b. in Rindge, Aug. 16, 1779; d. July 18, 1859; m. Isaac Wood, of Rindge, Jan. 8, 1806, who d. July 8, 1848, 72 years old.

CALLY EARL (D 5), daughter of John (C 5), was b. Oct. 30. 1781; d., unmarried, 1862.

MARY EARL (D 6), daughter of John (C 5), b. Nov. 11, 17S4; was living in 1863; m., Feb. 26, 1808, David Wood, of Rindge; he d. July 19, 1883.

HEPZIBAH EARL (D 7), daughter of John (C 5), b. Feb. 26, 1787; d. Oct. 10, 1853; m., Jan. 26, 1808, Josiah Stratton, of Rindge, who d., Nov. 30, 1856.

JOHN EARL, JR. (D 8), son of John (C 5), b. in Rindge, Oct. 30, 1789; m., July 18, 1811, Rhoda Castle, of Burlington, Vt. They had eight daughters and one son,

  1. John H. (El).

?ATA EARL (D 9), daughter of John (C 5), b. in Rindge, Aug. 10, 1792; m., 1818, J. Avery Gillett, of Burlington, Vt.

JACOB EARL (D 10), son of Jacob (C 6), b. Dec. 31, 1771; d. Oct. 23, 1843; m., Oct. 9, 1798, Polly Burgess, of Hardwick, Mass. They had children:

  1. Abagail (E 2)
  2. Ira (E 3)
  3. Franklin (E 4)
  4. Eliza (L 5)
  5. Franklin (E 6)
  6. Daniel (E 7)
  7. Apollis (E 8)
  8. James P. (E 9)
  9. Ben F. (E 10)
  10. Ralph (E 11)
  11. Mary (E 12)

RELIEF EARL (D 11), daughter of Jacob (C 6), m. Raymond; left no issue.

JONATHAN EARL (D 12), son of Jacob (C 6), d. at age of 14.

WILLIAM EARL (D 13), son of Jacob (C 6), b. Feb. 22, 1781; d. at Springfield, Vt., April 26, 1855; m. April 29, 1807, Delia Maynard. They had children:

  1. Edward S. (E 13)
  2. Mary B. (E 14)
  3. William M. (E 15)
  4. Samuel M. (E 16)
  5. Relief B. (E 17)
  6. infant (E 18)
  7. Lucy M. (E 19)
  8. Warren K. (E 20)
  9. Anna E. (b. 1822, d. 1824)
  10. Emily M. (E 22)
  11. Alonsdan (b. 1826, d. young)
  12. Alonzo B. (E 24)

ANNA B. EARL (D 14), daughter of Jacob (C 6), b. 1782, d. unmarried, 1862.

HENRY EARL (D 15), son of Stephen (C 8), b. in Shrewsbury, Aug. 25, 1780; d. Oct. 2, 1809; m., 1807, Mary Ryder, of Wellfleet.

JOHN EARL (D 16), son of Stephen (C 8), b. in Shrewsbury, March 25, 1782; d. in Lowell, May 9, 1865; m., Sept. 19, 1806, Sally G. Harding.

HEZEKIAH EARL (D 17), son of Stephen (C 8), b. in Phillipton (Gerry), Feb. 15, 1784; d. in Boston, Mar. 30, 1857; m., Dec. l, 1811, Mary H. Popkin.

LYDIA EARL (D 18), daughter of Stephen (C 8), b. in Gerry, June 2, 1786; d. Sept. 22, 1808; m., Oct. 8, 1S07, Ben White, of Dartmouth.

MARY EARL (D 19), daughter of Stephen (C 8), b. April 10, 1789; d. Sept. 15, 1819; m., June 21, 1810, Nathan Stratton.

STEPHEN EARL, JR. (D 20), b. Aug. 5, 1791, d. in Princeton, April 13, 1825; m., May 1, 1814, Nabby Stone, of Greenwich.

SOPHIA EARL (D 21), daughter of Stephen (C 8), b. Sept. 15, 1793; d. 1825; m., Dec. 7, 1816, E. Gould.

LUCY EARL (D 22), daughter of Stephen (C 8), b. June 29, 1796; d., unmarried, 1833.

E—FIFTH GENERATION.

JOHN H. EARL (E 1), son of John (D 8), b. July 18, 1815; m., Jan. 8, 1840. Lorinda Mossman.

ABIGAIL EARL (E 2), daughter of Jacob (D 10), b. in Hard¬ wick, Mass., June 18, 1799; d. unmarried, 1859.

IRA EARLE (E 3), son of Jacob (D 10), b. March 28, 1801; m., Feb. 19, 1829, Iris Butterfield, of Petersham, Mass. They had children:

  1. Iris Melissa (FI)
  2. John Edwin (F 2)
  3. Mary E. (F 3).

ELIZA EARL (E 5), daughter of Jacob (D 10), b. May 29, 1805; m., April 18, 1844, Henry Clinton.

FRANKLIN EARL (E 6), 2nd of the name, son of Jacob (D 10), was b. Jan. 12, 1808; d. Jan. 7, 1813.

DANIEL EARL (E 7), son of Jacob (D 10), b. June 11, 1810, d. Aug. 13, 1813.

APOLLIS EARL (E 8), son of Jacob (D 10), b. April 22, 1812; d., single, 1865.

JAMES P. EARL (E 9), son of Jacob (D 10), b. June 13, 18—; m., April 1847, Anna Broadbank, of Charleston, S. C.

BEN F. EARL (E 10), son of Jacob (D 10), b. Sept. 7, 1814; m., Dec. 25, 1845, Sarah Deans, of Warren.

RALPH EARL (E 11), son of Jacob (D 10), b. Sept. 10, 1817; m., Feb. 27, 1845, Amanda R. Mackie, of Charleston, S. C.

MARY EARL (E 12), daughter of Jacob (D 10), b. July 6, 1821; d. Sept. 25, 1823.

EDWARD S. EARL (E 13), son of William (D 13), b. in Dublin, N. H., March 11, 1808; m., Dec. 22, 1833, Hannah Wheeler.

MARY B. EARL (E 14), daughter of William (D 13), b. July 15, 1809; d., unmarried, May 6, 1849.

WILLIAM M. EARL (E 15), son of William (D 13), b. in Dublin, N. H., Feb. 3, 1811; m. 1st, Oct. 3, 1842, Eliza Farrar; m. 2nd, 1852, Aynata ( ?) Pratt.

SAMUEL M. EARL (E 16), son of William (D 13), b. in Rutland Vt, July 12, 1813; m., Oct. 15, 1837, M. D. Wilkins.

RELIEF B. EARL (E 17), daughter of William (D 13), b. in Chester, Vt., June 10, 1815; d. 1818.

LUCY M. EARL (E 19), daughter of William (D 13), b. in Chester, Vt., Nov. 28, 1818; m., Jan. 20, 1859, Alva A. Smith.

WARREN K. EARL (E 20), son of William (D 13), b. Sept. 10, 1820; Sept. 19, 1846, Loarsa Hutchinson.

EMILY M. EARL (E 22), daughter of William (D 13), b. 1824; unmarried in 1859.

ALONZO B. EARL (E 24), son of William (D 13), b. Dec. 2, 1828; m., March 13. 1855. Marilla A. Lewis.

F—SIXTH GENERATION.

IRIS MELISSA EARLE (F 1), daughter of Ira (E 3), b. in Petersham, Dec. 16, 1829; d. March 24, 1855; m., June 22, 1852, Alexander T. Morrison, of Leicester.

JOHN EDWIN EARLE (F 2), son of Ira (E 3), b. Feb. 6, 1831; m., Nov. 20, 1855, Sarah S. Caldwell. They had:

  1. Edward Caldwell (G 1)
  2. Joseph Caldwell (G 2)
  3. Frederick Caldwell (G 3)
  4. Harry Prescott (G 4)
  5. John Williams (G 5)
  6. James Perkins (G 6)
  7. Leila Elizabeth (G 7).

MARY E. EARLE (F 3), b. Sept. 29, 1832; m. Henry D. Hatch, Dec. 3, 1851.

G—SEVENTH GENERATION.

FREDERICK CALDWELL EARLE (G 3), son of John Edwin (F 2), b. April 14, 1862; m. 1st, Oct. 19, 1886, Charlotte I. Lyon, by her, had:

  1. John Edwin Earle (H 1)
  2. Lyon Hooper Earle (H 2); m. 2nd, June 26, 1909, Adelia A. Stevens (Prescott). He lives in New Haven, Conn.

H—EIGHTH GENERATION.

JOHN EDWIN EARLE (H 1), son of Frederick C. (G 3), b. Oct. 2, 1887.

LYON HOOPER EARLE (H 2), son of Frederick C. (G 3), b. Sept. 9, 1893; m., May 29, 1916, Ruth Harris. They had Elizabeth (I 1), b. May 25, 1917.