Maj. Samuel Earle III

(Major) Samuel EARLE, III, son of Samuel Earle II and Phyllis Bennett,

• was born in Abt. 1692 in Westmoreland County, Virginia
• educated at the College of William and Mary.
• lived for a while in Old Frederick County, Virginia where he was elected the 1st Member of the House of Burgesses from Frederick County holding the seat that would later be held by future (President) George WASHINGTON whose father, Augustine WASHINGTON owned land that was adjoining land owned by Samuel EARLE, I who was the paternal grandfather of the aforementioned (Major) Samuel EARLE, III.
• Earle's Ferry near present Front Royal, Virginia
• Member of House of Burgesses 1743-1744.
• High Sheriff of Frederick, VA, 1742.
• Church Warden, 1751.
• Justice of Co Court, Frederick, VA 1749-1752.
• Major-Col George William's Fairfax Colonial Regiment.
• Planter, Attorney at Law
• Lived in or owned land in Prince William, Stafford, Fauquier and Frederick Counties, VA.
• Married Anna Sorrell and Elizabeth Holbrook

Sources:

• The Earles and The Birnies, by Joseph Earle Birnie, publ 1974, p 37
• http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA/2...
• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/g/o/r/Barbara-J-Gordon/G... The Venturers - the Hampton, Harrison, Earle Families of Va, S.C. & Tex.

See http://oatesfamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/EARLE-NARRATIVE.pdf

Major of George William Fairfax Colonial Regiment, Attorney & Representative of the House of Burgess, Member of House of Burgesses.

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Grandfather Samuel Earle 1st was born in England in 1640 and died in 1696 in Virginia. Grandfather Thomas Hayles (Samuel Earle 1's father in law) was born circa 1613 and was "of Westmoreland, Virginia"

Page 93: "FOURTH GENERATION ...Samuel Earle 3rd, only son, so far as we know, of Samuel 2nd and his wife, Phillis, was born in Westmoreland county in 1692, resided subsequently in Prince William, Stafford and Fauquier counties, and finally settled in Frederick county, Va. As he was the ancestor of all the southern Earles this now became the second home of the race.

He was educated at William and Mary College, was a planter, attorney-at-law, member of the House of Burgesses from Frederick county in 1742-44, colleague of Lord Fairfax as justice of the county 1749 to 1752, collector of tobacco 1748, High Sheriff, church warden of the parish in 1751, and Major of George William Fairfax's colonial regiment.

His first wife was Anna Sorrel or Sorel, or Sorrell, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Sorrel of Westmoreland county. They were married in 1746....

There is much conflict as to the order of births in this family, and which children belonged to the first and second marriage... we have reached the conclusion... in assigning the first five children to the first marriage: Samuel 4th, Judge Baylis, b. 1734; Col. John, b. 1737; Rachel and Hannah.

...Samuel 3rd married as his second wife Elizabeth Holbrook, daughter of Randolph (Randall) and Jeannett Holbrook of Prince William county. The date of the marriage was after 1748 and after the removal to Frederick county... the probable family of Samuel 3rd and Elizabeth Holbrook, Ezais, the second Samuel, Col. Elias, Isaiah (Zion or Ezias), Elizabeth, Theodosia, Mary and Lettie. This makes 13 [children] in all.