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Michael Earle (1722-1787)
MSA SC 3520-384

Biography
Born: October 19, 1722, in Queen Anne's County; eldest son.
Native: Fourth generation.
Resided: Queen Anne's County; Fredericktown, Cecil County, by 1752.
Died: Will probated on December 19, 1787, in Cecil County.

Family Background
Father: James Earle, Jr. (ca. 1694-1739).
Mother: Mary (1702- ca. 1736), daughter of Richard Tilghman (1672/73-1738/39).
Stepmother: Sarah Crapp Chetham.
Uncles: William Tilghman (1711-1782); Edward Tilghman (1713-1786); James Tilghman (1716-1793); and Matthew Tilghman (1717/18-1790).
Aunts: Elizabeth Earle (ca. 1694-?), who married William Turbutt (1683/84-1739); Henrietta Maria Tilghman (1707-1771), who married first, George Robins (1697-1742), and second, William Goldsborough (1709-1760); and Anna Maria Tilghman (1709-1763), who married first, William Hemsley (1703-1736), and second, Robert Lloyd (ca. 1712-1770).
Brothers: Richard (1727-1728); Richard Tilghman Earle (1728/29-1788); Joseph (1732-1732); and James (1734-1810).
Half Brother: Joseph Earle (1739-1777).
Stepbrother: James Chetham; Edward Chetham.
Sisters: Anna Maria (1725-1795), who married Thomas Ringgold (1715- 1772); Henrietta Maria (1730-1767), who married William Hemsley (1736/37-1812).
Stepsisters: Hannah Chetham; Suzannah Chetham (1736-?).
First Cousins: William Hemsley (1736/37-1812); Richard Tilghman (1740-1809); Matthew Tilghman (1760-ca. 1801); James Tilghman ( 1743-1809); Peregrine Tilghman (ca. 1741-1807); James Tilghman, Jr. (ca. 1748-1796); William Tilghman (1756-1827); Deborah Lloyd, who married Peregrine Tilghman (ca. 1741-1807); Margaret Tilghman (1742-1817), who married Charles Carroll, Barrister (1723- 1783); Anna Maria Tilghman, who married William Hemsley (1736/37-1812); Elizabeth Tilghman, who married James Lloyd (1745-1820); Anna Maria Robins (1732-1806), who married Henry Hollyday (ca. 1725-1789); Margaret Robins (1734-1808), who married William Hayward (?-1791); Henrietta Maria Robins (1736-1791), who married James Lloyd Chamberlaine (1732-1783); Anna Maria Turbutt, who married Edward Tilghman (1713-1786), and Elizabeth Turbutt (?-ca. 1760), who married Thomas Harris (?-1760).
Nephew: Thomas Ringgold (1744-1776).
Other Kinship: His great-grandfather was Philemon Lloyd (1646-1685).
Married: Mary, eldest daughter of Dominick Carroll (?-ca. 1737) and wife Mary; stepdaughter of John Baldwin. Her sisters were Juliana, who married Edward Tilghman (1713-1786); Eleanor (?-1779), who married James Earle (1734-1810); Anastatia, who married Henry Ward Pearce; and Susanna (?-by 1759).
Children: Probably died without progeny.

Private Career
Education: Literate.
Religious Affiliation: Anglican.
Social Status and Activities: Mr., 1749; Gent., 1749; a member of the Tuesday Club.
Occupational Profile: commander of a merchant ship, 1744; merchant, 1753.

Public Career
Legislative Service: Lower House, Cecil County, 1751-1754, 1754-1757 (Bills of Credit 1-6), 1757-1758 (Bills of Credit 1, Cv, 2), 1758-1761 (Bills of Credit Cv 1, 1, Cv 2, 2, 3), 1762-1763 (Bills of Credit 1, 2), 1765-1766 (Bills of Credit 2, 4; Accounts 4).
Local Offices: Sheriff, Cecil County, 1748-1751; deputy commissary, Cecil County, 1749-1757; justice, Cecil County, commissioned 1751 and 1754; North Sassafrass Parish Vestry, Cecil County, in office 1763-1765.

Wealth During Lifetime
Personal Property: Assessed value £1,158.0.0, including 24 slaves and 1,166 oz. plate, 1783.
Land at First Election: 1,065 acres in Frederick and Cecil counties (at least 405 acres from wife's dower and 660 acres by purchase).
Significant Changes in Land Between First Election and Death: Purchased an additional 692 acres in Cecil County and sold 1,056 acres in Cecil and Frederick counties, 1755-1769; owned a total of 631 acres in Cecil County, 1783.

Wealth at Death
Personal Property: Total Estate Value, £1,821.16.1 current money (including 26 slaves and 35 books); Final Balance, £1,177.2.8.
Land: ca. 631 acres in Cecil County.
Additional Comments: His principal heirs were his brothers Richard Tilghman Earle (1728/29-1788) and James (1734-1810); his nephews James Earle and Michael Earle; and his niece, Henrietta Earle.

Source: Edward C. Papenfuse, et al, eds. A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789. Vol I. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1979, p. 294-295.
 

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