Thanks Ellen, You are really given us much now. Keep it up. Robert H. Couch ---------- >From: "emcht" <emcht@oecadvantage.net> >To: COUCH-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [COUCH] VA Couches? >Date: Thu, Oct 2, 2003, 10:50 AM > >The name Earle was first spelled de Erleia (Herlie) and started out about >1160 as Lord of Beckington, Somerset, England. >They married into several lines but it appears that John Earle was the >founder of the American and was born 1612 at Nye, Winscombe Parish, >Somersetshire, which was a village about 10 miles south of Bristol. >In about 1637 John Earle married Mary Symons and they had four children >(known) and came to St. Mary's County Maryland about or after 1649. The >Symons family was in Va before that time however. The first land patent was >in Northumberland County VA. I have not researched these names and am not >qualified to quote or cite all references. >Let me try to state my connection to this Line and I will start with my >grandmother: > >Ora Emma Couch Hunt dau of >Nancy M. Wilson dau of >Mary "Polly" Prince Earle dau of >Baylis Earle II son of >"Judge" Baylis Earle I son of >Samuel Earle III son of >Samuel Earle II son of >Samuel Earle I son of >John Earle son of >Sir Richard Earle II so of >Richard Earle I son of >Robert Earle II son of >John Earle VII son of >Robert de Erleigh son of >Sir John de Erleigh VI son of >John de Erleigh V son of >John de Erleigh IV son of > John de Erleigh III son of > Phillip de Erleigh son of >Barry de Erleigh son of >William de Erleigh II son of >John de Erleigh II son >of William de Erleigh son of >John de Erleigh I. > >This is not gospel and I have never attempted to research this line. That >is for those who want to go back to being apart of the English royalty. >As you can see I have not added dates for any of these names nor did I list >their brides as that would just put stuff out for someone to copy and pass >out as being a fact on record. However , the records for the American >descendants are found in VA, Maryland, the Carolinas, some went to KY and >scattered westward. It appears they came with money > >I would like to add a PS that gives some clues that I have found >interesting: > >Mary Prince Earle lived to celebrate her Golden Wedding Anniversary. She >died in 1807 at age 63 (married at age 13) and is buried in the family >cemetery at Earlesville. In 1810 (I believe this date is correct) Bayliss >added a two-story, red brick addition to his home with white columns in >front. The house is known today as Four Columns and is listed in the >National Register of Historic Places. The site of the Earle plantation was >in Spartanburg County. > >Baylis Earle was 23 when he married Mary Prince and lived to the age of 90 >plus. He was also buried in the family cemetery which is a few hundred >yards west of Four Columns and seven of his 14 children are also buried >there. > >Sorry this is so long but just background for this mess called genealogy. >good searching. ellen > > > > >==== COUCH Mailing List ==== >Please note that this mailing list is operated by rootsweb and administered >by a volunteer. It is not connected with the CouchGenWeb. > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >