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

Thanks for the reply. The reason I ask is there is Earl/le/ly people in north carolina that some of my other lines are related to, also Price and Hunt then McCurry, Mooney,Mauney, Melton, Taylor I thinke there is even a Baber or Barber in there also. Lots more that are to numerous to name. Then some of them come back to the Couch surname through some of the Ark. Couch people. A Mooney family from NC went to either Ms. or Mo., then on to Ark. Which I have found that My Duncan family wound up with my Mathis family in the same areas. Thanks anyway. Nancy --- emcht <emcht@oecadvantage.net> wrote: > 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 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com