Edward Earle, (II)

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https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Earle-18

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Place of Birth: The birthplace of "The Great Tilse" or Doncaster, Yorkshire for Edward Sr. are purely speculation and have been proposed based on theories from the book "History and Genealogy of the Earles of Secaucus"

There is no basis for connecting the Edward Earle who arrived in Maryland in 1662, with the Edward Earle who sailed from Gravesend England to Virginia in 1635.

The reality is we do not have any sources for where in England Edward was born.

Father's Name: We currently have no basis for identifying the given name of Edward Sr.'s father, nor any basis for determining where in England Edward Sr. came from. Edward Earle (abt.1590-) from Yorkshire as a speculative father for Edward Earle Sr. and has been added to many family trees.

Unsourced Family Trees from Ancestry.com or Familysearch are not credible sources.

For theories about where in England Edward Earle Sr. may have originated see: Possible English Origins of Edward Earle of Secaucus NJ. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Possible_English_Origins_of_Edw...

We know his approximate year of birth based on his death record at the Bergen Reformed Church, which states he was "in his 84th year". This means that Edward was born about 1628 and died in 1711.

We know that he arrived in Maryland in 1662 (sourced) and had a land partnership by 1664 with Joseph Dawkins.

He married Hannah Baylis in 1665, but we don't know where. He was living in Maryland, so they may have been married in Maryland, but her family were from New York. In 1664 the British took New Amsterdam Colony from the Dutch and renamed it New York. Edward Sr. may have traveled to New York in 1664 or 1665, and this may be where he met Hannah Baylis.

He was still in a land partnership with Joseph Dawkins until 1671, but after that, he does not appear in any Maryland records.

In 1673 Edward is recorded in a New Jersey record (New Jersey Archives, Vol. IX, 1st Series, pp. 454-7) in a purchase agreement for Secaucus Island NJ. The completion of the sale and transfer of the Island of Secaucus to Edward Earle took place on April 24, 1676. We know that Edward Sr. was in New York for several years before he acquired possession of Secaucus. In the deed, he is described as "Edward Earle of New Yorke, Planter."

He purchased Secaucus Island from Nicholes Varlet and Nicholas Bayard for two thousand Dutch dollars on April 24, 1676, and so acquired what was known as the largest plantation in New Jersey.

Edward Earle and his wife Hannah had only one child, Edward Jr., but we do not know his birth year (no birth record). He is estimated to be born about 1666-1667. Edward Jr. died in 1713, just two years after his father. Edward, Jr. had 12 children who reached adulthood.

Compró la isla de Secaucus en Nueva Jersey en 1676