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Personal data Sarah Earle 

• She was born about 1647 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island Colony.
• She died after June 15, 1690 in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America.
• A child of Ralph Earle and Joan Savage

Household of Sarah Earle

(1) She is married to Thomas Cornell.

They got married in the year 1668 at Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island.

(2) She is married to David Lake.

They got married in the year 1677 at Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island.

Notes about Sarah Earle

== Biography ==

Sarah first married Thomas Cornell. David Lake was her 2nd husband.
Sarah was named in her father’s will as “Sarah, widow to the late deceased Thomas Cornell.”
Sarah was born in about 1647. Her place of birth has been listed as Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island (see above) and as Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts. Portsmouth seem more likely due to the detailed record of [[Earle-82 | Ralph Earle]] (her father) activities there from 1639 til his deathhttp://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcmanigle/1769.htm.

=== Note ===: Note: {geni:about_me} Who killed Rebecca Cornell on the afternoon of Feb. 8, 1673, as she sat alone in her room in her home in Portsmouth? To this day no one knows for certain, yet one man, her son, Thomas, was convicted (on evidence that now seems wholey spurious) and executed for the crime. At one time she had hinted at suicide and at another declared that in the spring she was going to live with her other son, Samuel, but feared that she might be made away with before then. Finally, one witness who accompanied by Sarah Cornell, had visited Thomas Cornell while he was in jail asserted that the wife and husband had conversed apart and that he had heard one say to the other "If you will keep my secret, I will keep yours."
:: :: Such is the main bulk of the testimony. There is one more episode in the case, however and it might well be mentioned. Four days after the murder the brother of Rebecca Cornell testified that the ghost of his sister had appeared at his bedside and spoken to him twice, calling attention to her burns and wound and implying that she had been murdered. Strange as it seems, according to the Cornell Family Genealogical records, this bit of flimsy testimony had the most to do with the indictment and sentencing of Thomas Cornell.
:: :: The case caused a great deal of feelings among the people of the colony, as well it might and its true solution remained a mystery. Two years later it was revived briefly in the indictment of Sarah Cornell, the widow of Thomas Cornell for either perpetrating the crime or "for being abetting or consenting thereto" it may not be wrong to assume that her acquittal was in a large measure due to public sentiment. There had been time to do a whole lot of sane thinking since the hanging of Thomas Cornell. The people had reasoned to question the high handed proceedings, which rushed his execution. Whether Thomas Cornell was actually guilty or not we cannot say. The "Friends Records" say that "Rebecca Cornell, widow, was killed strangely at Portsmouth in her own dwelling house". But they name no murder. Even we, who are not lawyers, would question much of the evidence. While one prominent lawyer, once asked about the case, simply said, "there was no evidence".
:: :: Sarah Cornell, wife of Thomas Cornell, Jr., probably thought the same, for she named a daughter, born after her husband's death, "Innocent". Undoubtedly as a living protest against her husband's unjust execution, which was rather typical of the time. - Source of Information: John T. Pierce, Sr., 52 Cedar Ave., Portsmouth, R.I., 02871 (As of June 1987) and Steven Alsip, Corbin, KY
:: :: Thomas second married Sarah Earle (4211) , daughter of Ralph Earle (1156) (25 Aug 1605-1678) & Joan Savage (ca 1606-aft 15 Sep 1699). Born ca 1647 in Portsmouth, RI. Sarah died in 1690 in Tiverton, MA (Now RI).210
:: :: Sarah was named in her father’s will as “Sarah, widow to the late deceased Thomas Cornell.”
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:: Their children include:
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:: i.Sarah Cornell (ca 1671-16 Jan 1749)
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:: ii.Innocent Cornell (ca 1673-aft 15 Nov 1720)
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:: Her marriage to David Lake was her second
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:: With David Lake she had 5 children

'''Name:''' Sarah Earle.
Source: [[#S135831243]] Book Title: A genealogical history of the Jennings Families in England and America : In three volumes - Vol 1 - {{Ancestry Record|61157|677953}}

'''Marriage'''
Husband David Lake.
Wife Sarah Earle.
Child: Sarah Lake.
Child: David Lake.
Child: Jonathan Lake.
Child: Joel Lake.
Child: Joseph Lake.
Marriage
1677 or 1678
Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island; or Little Compton, Rhode Island

Source: [[#S-2072556736]] Birth year: 1646; Birth city: Dorchester; Birth state: MA. Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepool&h=4354806&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Birth date: 1646 Birth place: Dorchester, Suffolk Co, MA Death date: 1709 Death place: Little Compton, Newport Co, R Marriage date: 1678 Marriage place: Little Compton, Newport Co {{Ancestry Record|4725|4354806}}

* Fact: Burial (November 1690) Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America

== Sources ==


* "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 10 October 2021, 22:14), entry for Sarah Earle (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:2X9W-ZVS ); contributed by various users.*https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr02/rr02_469.html#P11119
*Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, Vol. I, p 440*The Earle family : Ralph Earle and his descendants, p 26 [https://archive.org/stream/earlefamilyralph00inearl#page/26/mode/2up]
* {{Ancestry Tree|23628812}}* North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. {{Ancestry Record|61157|0}}

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