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EDWARD EARLE
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EDWARD EARLE, known as Edward Earle, Jr.. came to Bergen (now
Jersey City, N. J.) early in the spring of 1676, from Maryland. He was an
Englishman, or of English descent. On the 24th of April, following his arrival at Bergen, he purchased Secaucas Island, taking a deed therefor
from Samuel Edsall and Peter Stoutenburgh, executors of the will of
Nicholas Varlett, who first purchased it from the Indians. Earle's deed
recites that the area of the island was about 2,000 acres. Three years
later he sold one-half of the island to Judge William Pinhorne for £500,
including one-half of all the stock, " Christian and negro servants." A
schedule attached to this deed discloses what improvements and personal
chattels were on the island at this time, and enumerates "one dwelling
house, containing two lower rooms and a lean-to-below-stairs and a loft
above, five tobacco houses, one horse, one mare, two colts, eight oxen, ten
cows, one bull, four yearlings, seven calves, thirty or forty hogs, four negro
men, and five Christian servants." Edward Earle died December 15, 1711.
He married, February 13, 1688, Elsie Vreeland. After his death his
widow, Elsie Vreeland, went to Hackensack, where, on the 24th of June,
1716, she married Hendrick Meyer, by virtue of a license from the Governor
of New Jersey, dated May 8, 1716. Edward, Jr.'s children by Elsie Viceland were seven in number: Edward, born in 1690; a son, born 1692;
Hannah, born in 1685; Marmaduke, born in 1696; John, born in 1698; a son
born 1703; and a daughter born in 1704. all of these children eventually
settled within the limits of Bergen County and mostly at English Neighborhood.
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