Thomasine (Prince) Earle (abt. 1746 - abt. 1781)

Born about 1746 in Frederick County, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of John Earle — married about 1765 (to 1781) in Virginia

Descendants

Died about 1781 at about age 35 in South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Thomasine/ Thomasson Prince was born about 1746. She is believed by some researchers to be the daughter of John Prince and Sarah Berry. However, Thomasine is not listed in her father's will. See Will here. John Prince.

Thomasine was the first wife of John Earle (1737-1815). It is believe the married about 1765 in either Virginia or South Carolina. John and Thomasine had five children.

Thomasine died about 1781 (aged 34–35) in South Carolina, United States. It is not known where she is buried. ^[1]

Children of John Earle and Thomasine Prince include:

1. John Baylis Earle (1766-1836) see research notes below
2. Ann Berry Earle Lewis, 1766–1845
3. Elizabeth Sorrell Earle Hannon, 1771–1802
4. Caroline Matilda Earle, born 1774
5. George Washington Earle, 1777–1821

Research Notes

John Baylis Earle, (23 Oct. 1766–3 Feb. 1836) drummer boy and militiaman of Revolutionary North Carolina, planter-enslaver, congressman, and longtime adjutant general of South Carolina, was born probably in Virginia as were his parents, Thomasson Prince and the frontiersman John Earle, who described himself to the Virginia House of Burgesses on June 12, 1770 as "late of the county of Frederick but now of the province of South Carolina." After pioneering settlement just below where the North Pacolet River entered Ninety-Six District (now Spartanburg County), S.C., the father established his growing household a few miles upstream in what became known as the Earle's Fort neighborhood of Rutherford (now Polk) County, N.C. From here he weathered the Revolution as a captain of Rangers, while John Baylis, the eldest son, took up the drum and before the arrival of peace blossomed into a Morgan District militiaman. The father helped site the courthouse for Rutherford County, became a justice of the peace, was named coroner, and by the turn of the century enslaved fifteen people and was called Colonel John Earle. ^[2] John Baylis Earle, (23 Oct. 1766–3 Feb. 1836) drummer boy and militiaman of Revolutionary North Carolina, planter-enslaver, congressman, and longtime adjutant general of South Carolina, was born probably in Virginia as were his parents, Thomasson Prince and the frontiersman John Earle, who described himself to the Virginia House of Burgesses on June 12, 1770 as "late of the county of Frederick but now of the province of South Carolina." After pioneering settlement just below where the North Pacolet River entered Ninety-Six District (now Spartanburg County), S.C., the father established his growing household a few miles upstream in what became known as the Earle's Fort neighborhood of Rutherford (now Polk) County, N.C. From here he weathered the Revolution as a captain of Rangers, while John Baylis, the eldest son, took up the drum and before the arrival of peace blossomed into a Morgan District militiaman. The father helped site the courthouse for Rutherford County, became a justice of the peace, was named coroner, and by the turn of the century enslaved fifteen people and was called Colonel John Earle. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74363793/thomasine-earle
2. ↑ Earle, John Baylis by H. B. Fant, 1986; Revised by Jared Dease, Government and Heritage Library, December 2022.
3. ↑ Earle, John Baylis by H. B. Fant, 1986; Revised by Jared Dease, Government and Heritage Library, December 2022. Source: Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, 6 volumes, edited by William S. Powell. Copyright ©1979-1996 by the University of North Carolina Press. Used by permission of the publisher. For personal use and not for further distribution. publisher.https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/earle-john-baylis https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/earle-john-baylis

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 4 Mar 2023), "Record of EARLE, JOHN", Ancestor # A035426.