Ralph EARLE

1606 - 1678  (71 years)

• Name	Ralph EARLE
  Birth	9 Feb 1606	Hereford, Herefordshire Unitary Authority, Herefordshire, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Arrival	1634	Boston, Massachusetts   [3]
  	Ralph Earle migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 101) Ralph arrived in 1634 at the Massachusetts Bay Colony in New England. He then settled in Portsmouth and later Newport, Rhode Island.[9] The earliest record of Ralph Earle in New England is on 1 October 1638 when he was one of 58 persons admitted as inhabitants to the "Island now called Aqueedneck." He signed his name on the "second Portsmouth Compact" on 30 April 1639. In a deed witnessed by his eldest son, Ralph conveyed thirty acres in Portsmouth, Rhode Island Colony, 24 Nov 1656, to Daniel Grinnell of Portsmouth.[11] See Research Notes - 1656 Deed for transcription.
  Biography	Ralph Earle, son and first-born child of Ralph Earle and Margaret Brown, was born in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England, likely just before his baptism there, in Saint Michael's Parish, 9 Feb 1606/07.[1][2][3] Ralph married at Saint Michael's Parish in Bishop's Stortford, 29 Jun 1631, Joan Savage.[4][5][6] The children of Ralph and Joan (Savage) Earle were named in his will dated 1673: Ralph Earle, bp. 22 April 1632 at St. Michael's in Bishop's Stortford.[7] He married Dorcas Sprague.[2] William Earle, bp. 11 May 1634 at St. Michael's in Bishop's Stortford.[8] He married (1) Mary Walker; m. (2) Prudence ____ .[2] Mary Earle, b. say 1636, in New England; m. William Corey. [2] Martha Earle, b. in New England; m. William Wood. Sarah Earle, b. in New England; m. Thomas Cornell Ralph Earle and his Descendants, by Pliny Earle. Published by Press of Charles Hamilton, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1888.
  Death	1678	Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, United States of America   [2]
  Person ID	I1198	Our Genealogy
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2026

  
  

  Father	Ralph EARLE,   b. 1580, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England d. 30 Mar 1657, Exeter, Essex, England (Age 77 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	1602	of Bishop's Stortfo, Heretfordshire, England
  Married	1602	of Bishop's Stortfo, Heretfordshire, England
  Married	1605	en
  Married	1605	en
  Married	25 Aug 1605
  Married	25 Aug 1605	Saint Michaels, Bishops Stortford, Hertford, England
  Married	25 Aug 1605	Saint Michaels, Bishops Stortford, Hertford, England
  Married	25 Aug 1605	St. Michaels, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England
  Married	1613	York, York Co., Maine Colony, British North America
  Married	1613	York, York Co., Maine Colony, British North America
  Married	29 Jun 1621	Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England
  Marriage	Abt 1625	Devon, England
  Married	29 Jun 1631	Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
  Married	29 Jun 1631	Saint Michaels, Bishops Stortford, Hertford, England
  Married	29 Jun 1631	Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
  Married	1659	en
  Family ID	F613	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joan SAVAGE,   b. 1609, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England d. 1680, Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, USA (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	St. Michael's Church, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England   [4]
  Married	29 Jun 1631	Saint Michaels, Bishops Stortford, Hertford, England   [5]
  Children	1. Sarah EARLE,   b. 1640, Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island, United States of America d. 1690, Tiverton, Newport County, Rhode Island, United States of America (Age 50 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. William EARLE,   b. 1634   d. 15 Jan 1715 (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F330	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2026

  
  

• Sources

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