Earle, George (1735-1806). gunsmith. Robert Earle, father of George, was born in Leicester, Massachusetts, in 1706 and died in 1796. Fond of equestrianism, he rode until he had reached the age of eighty-nine, traveling at these advanced years from Leicester to Chester, Vermont, in one day. Robert's son, George Earle, was born in 1735, and moved to Chester, Vermont, as a young man. He was captain of a company of Chester (Vermont) militia throughout the Revolutionary war, and his son, Frederick Earle, served throughout the Revolution as a private in his father's company. A gunsmith, George Earle passed away in 1806, and his son in 1847 at Chester, Vermont.
