EARL, Martha [216] ^{1 2}

  General Notes:

Data from Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy - Burlington MM :
- "1718,11,22. Thomas (Shin), Burl. Co., m Martha Earl, dt William, Burl. Co., at house of Wm. Earl, Springfield Twp., N.J."
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From the "History of SHINN Family <http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/glchit.pl?file=%2F_glc_%2F3047%2F3047_81.html&query=gaskill%20&Welcome=1033476748> :
1"The family of Earls, who now are and for several generations have been Lords
of Heydon Manor, is of great antiquity, and had its origin in the adjacent town of
Salle, which is very remarkable for giving rise to three of the ancient families of
Norfolk County, England, viz.: Fountaine, Briggs and Earl." Bloomfield's History
of Norfolk, Vol. III, p. 531. "Its greatest name was Erasmus Earl, baptized September
20, 1590, died September 7, 1667. He graduated from three schools and practically
monopolized the law business of Norfolk; was secretary for the English at the treaty of Uxbridge; was granted the degree Serjeant at Law; was successively Steward
and Recorder of Norwich; was of Commission of Oyer and Terminer to Norwich and
afterwards to York; was a member of the Long Parliament from Norwich; was
Private Serjeant to Oliver Cromwell and afterwards to Richard and was Serjeant to
the Commonwealth. He was pardoned by Charles H, again granted the degree Serjeant at Law and continued in great reputation to the end of his days. He is buried in the East Chapel of the North Isle under an exceedingly large tomb, over which is the mural monument with his arms and a long inscription." Bloomfield, Vol. II,
p. 531.

It is a tradition in the New Jersey family that it sprang from Norfolk County, but
the author of "Ralph Earl and His Descendants" holds that it is a tradition in the
Massachusetts family that it sprang from Somerset County, near Exeter. William
Earl of Springfield Township, N. J., was a grandson of Ralph Earle of Taunton, Mass.
William was a ship owner and carried on a trade for many years between Massachusetts and New Jersey. In 1697 he removed to New Jersey and purchased land in Springfield Township, upon which he lived until his death. One of his first acts after his change of residence was to change the spelling of his name by dropping the finale, a change which his descendants have respected and followed for more than two centuries.
Whether Ralph Earle migrated from Norfolk or Somerset is a matter of little
consequence. The Earles in England now have a habitat in nearly all of its southern
counties and run back into time when the Saxons were masters of the land.
William was a Quaker and never had much respect for Massachusetts, his birthplace, on account of its narrow religious spirit.
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In the site <http://pages.prodigy.net/mike-sta4d/josiahst/d41.htm#P4485> : Martha is not mentionned as a daughter of William EARL. Is there a problem ? I trust my family archives...

  Noted events in her life were:

• Religion. Quaker

Martha married Thomas SHINN Jr [215] [MRIN: 80], son of Thomas SHINN Sr [213] and Mary STOCKTON [214], on 22 Nov 1718 in Springfield, Burlington Co., NJ.^{1 2 3} (Thomas SHINN Jr [215] was born on 6 Nov 1694 in Springfield, Burlington Co., NJ ^{1 3} and died on 27 Feb 1753 in Mount Holly, Burlington, NJ ^{1 4}.)