The first land record we have of Edward Earle is in Calvert County Maryland about 1664 (age 36) as a bachelor. (Calvert County formed by order in the Council of Maryland 10 years earlier in 1654.)

The Commissioner of the Land Office at Annapolis, Md., states that on the 28th of November, 1664, Joseph Dawkins (abt.1635-1685) (Dockings) assigned 150 acres of land to Edward Earle. He also states that “Bachelor’s Hall,” in Calvert County, Md., containing 300 acres, was patented by Joseph Dockings and Edward Earle on September 15, 1665.