The last pre-Revolutionary War minister of St. Paul's Parish was Rev. Daniel Earl, familiar to tradition as "Parson Earl." Rev. Earl was born in the town of Bandon in Ireland. His charge not only included Edenton, but many mission stations scattered at great distances throughout the area now known as Chowan, Hertford and Gates counties. Rev. Earl (his name was sometimes spelled "Earle" by others in those days) settled fifteen miles above Edenton on the Chowan River, and named his residence Bandon, after his native town. Parson Earl was not only an able and faithful minister, but grew to be a successful farmer and fisherman. He was one of the pioneers in the shad and herring fishing in this country. Source: "The Religious and Historic Commemoration of the Two Hundred Years of St. Paul's Parish, Edenton, N. C." (1901).
Reverend Earl's first wife was Elizabeth Gregory with whom he had two daughters, Elizabeth Earl and Ann Earl. His second marriage was to Charity Jones. There were no children of the second marriage. Sources: The
Maternal Ancestors and Kindred of Margaret Jane Crocker, Wife of James Francis Crocker (October, 1909 version, reprinted in 1914); History of Perquimans County as Compiled from Records Found There and Elsewhere (1931) by Mrs. Watson Winslow; Will of Daniel Earl in Chowan County Records at N.C. Archives; and the 1790 Federal Census for Chowan County.
Reverend Earl's stated year of birth is an estimate. His commission as an Anglican Priest is dated September, 1756. This original document is located in the Sarah A. Johnson Papers (Collection # 379) at the Southern Historical Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill. Based on his 1756 ordination date, a birth year of 1730 is estimated.
Reverend Earl's death year of 1790 is corroborated by the fact that his widow, his second wife Charity Jones Earl, was listed as the head of household at the time of the 1790 Federal Census of Chowan County.
He was buried near the site of his old home (Bandon Plantation), but the modest slab, which once marked his resting place, has long since been covered by the drifting sands. Sources: "The Religious and Historic Commemoration of the Two Hundred Years of St. Paul's Parish, Edenton, N. C." (1901). His burial location on Bandon Plantation is corroborated by the burial location instructions stated in his 1785 will. His burial location is also described in the Sarah A. Johnson Papers, Collection #379 of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC Chapel Hill. In that collection, there is a typed copy of a letter from Nannie Johnson Baker (Ann Williams Taylor Johnson Baker) of Hickory, NC. She lived from 1824-1910 and was a granddaughter of Charles Johnson and Elizabeth Earl Johnson of Strawberry Hill and Bandon. Her letter states that Parson Earl is buried on Bandon Plantation at the high point of land formed by the Indian Creek and the Chowan River. His second wife Charity Jones Earl is buried beside him, as is his daughter Ann.
Part of original memorial:
Rev. Earl established the first classical school for boys in North Carolina, the initial school having been founded at a spot called Sarum, near the Gates County line. Daniel Earl, affectionately called "Parson" Earl was rector of St. Paul's, Edenton, during the Revolutionary period and a fiery patriot. On August 22, 1774 a mass meeting of citizens, presided over by Rev. Earl, gathered at the court house, and publicly denounced the unjust imposition of taxes and prosecutions and condemned the Boston Port Act, openly declaring that "the cause of Boston was the cause of us all."
In the original memorial a birth year of 1726 is stated. Also in the original memorial his ocean passage to North Carolina is documented.
Name: Daniel Earle
Year: 1756
Place: North Carolina
Primary Immigrant: Earle, Daniel
Source: FOTHERGILL, GERALD. A List of Emigrant Ministers to America, 1690-1811. London: Elliot Stock, 1904. 65p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1965.
Page: 25
Reverend Earl's first wife was Elizabeth Gregory with whom he had two daughters, Elizabeth Earl and Ann Earl. His second marriage was to Charity Jones. There were no children of the second marriage. Sources: The
Maternal Ancestors and Kindred of Margaret Jane Crocker, Wife of James Francis Crocker (October, 1909 version, reprinted in 1914); History of Perquimans County as Compiled from Records Found There and Elsewhere (1931) by Mrs. Watson Winslow; Will of Daniel Earl in Chowan County Records at N.C. Archives; and the 1790 Federal Census for Chowan County.
Reverend Earl's stated year of birth is an estimate. His commission as an Anglican Priest is dated September, 1756. This original document is located in the Sarah A. Johnson Papers (Collection # 379) at the Southern Historical Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill. Based on his 1756 ordination date, a birth year of 1730 is estimated.
Reverend Earl's death year of 1790 is corroborated by the fact that his widow, his second wife Charity Jones Earl, was listed as the head of household at the time of the 1790 Federal Census of Chowan County.
He was buried near the site of his old home (Bandon Plantation), but the modest slab, which once marked his resting place, has long since been covered by the drifting sands. Sources: "The Religious and Historic Commemoration of the Two Hundred Years of St. Paul's Parish, Edenton, N. C." (1901). His burial location on Bandon Plantation is corroborated by the burial location instructions stated in his 1785 will. His burial location is also described in the Sarah A. Johnson Papers, Collection #379 of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC Chapel Hill. In that collection, there is a typed copy of a letter from Nannie Johnson Baker (Ann Williams Taylor Johnson Baker) of Hickory, NC. She lived from 1824-1910 and was a granddaughter of Charles Johnson and Elizabeth Earl Johnson of Strawberry Hill and Bandon. Her letter states that Parson Earl is buried on Bandon Plantation at the high point of land formed by the Indian Creek and the Chowan River. His second wife Charity Jones Earl is buried beside him, as is his daughter Ann.
Part of original memorial:
Rev. Earl established the first classical school for boys in North Carolina, the initial school having been founded at a spot called Sarum, near the Gates County line. Daniel Earl, affectionately called "Parson" Earl was rector of St. Paul's, Edenton, during the Revolutionary period and a fiery patriot. On August 22, 1774 a mass meeting of citizens, presided over by Rev. Earl, gathered at the court house, and publicly denounced the unjust imposition of taxes and prosecutions and condemned the Boston Port Act, openly declaring that "the cause of Boston was the cause of us all."
In the original memorial a birth year of 1726 is stated. Also in the original memorial his ocean passage to North Carolina is documented.
Name: Daniel Earle
Year: 1756
Place: North Carolina
Primary Immigrant: Earle, Daniel
Source: FOTHERGILL, GERALD. A List of Emigrant Ministers to America, 1690-1811. London: Elliot Stock, 1904. 65p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1965.
Page: 25
The last pre-Revolutionary War minister of St. Paul's Parish was Rev. Daniel Earl, familiar to tradition as "Parson Earl." Rev. Earl was born in the town of Bandon in Ireland. His charge not only included Edenton, but many mission stations scattered at great distances throughout the area now known as Chowan, Hertford and Gates counties. Rev. Earl (his name was sometimes spelled "Earle" by others in those days) settled fifteen miles above Edenton on the Chowan River, and named his residence Bandon, after his native town. Parson Earl was not only an able and faithful minister, but grew to be a successful farmer and fisherman. He was one of the pioneers in the shad and herring fishing in this country. Source: "The Religious and Historic Commemoration of the Two Hundred Years of St. Paul's Parish, Edenton, N. C." (1901).
Reverend Earl's first wife was Elizabeth Gregory with whom he had two daughters, Elizabeth Earl and Ann Earl. His second marriage was to Charity Jones. There were no children of the second marriage. Sources: The
Maternal Ancestors and Kindred of Margaret Jane Crocker, Wife of James Francis Crocker (October, 1909 version, reprinted in 1914); History of Perquimans County as Compiled from Records Found There and Elsewhere (1931) by Mrs. Watson Winslow; Will of Daniel Earl in Chowan County Records at N.C. Archives; and the 1790 Federal Census for Chowan County.
Reverend Earl's stated year of birth is an estimate. His commission as an Anglican Priest is dated September, 1756. This original document is located in the Sarah A. Johnson Papers (Collection # 379) at the Southern Historical Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill. Based on his 1756 ordination date, a birth year of 1730 is estimated.
Reverend Earl's death year of 1790 is corroborated by the fact that his widow, his second wife Charity Jones Earl, was listed as the head of household at the time of the 1790 Federal Census of Chowan County.
He was buried near the site of his old home (Bandon Plantation), but the modest slab, which once marked his resting place, has long since been covered by the drifting sands. Sources: "The Religious and Historic Commemoration of the Two Hundred Years of St. Paul's Parish, Edenton, N. C." (1901). His burial location on Bandon Plantation is corroborated by the burial location instructions stated in his 1785 will. His burial location is also described in the Sarah A. Johnson Papers, Collection #379 of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC Chapel Hill. In that collection, there is a typed copy of a letter from Nannie Johnson Baker (Ann Williams Taylor Johnson Baker) of Hickory, NC. She lived from 1824-1910 and was a granddaughter of Charles Johnson and Elizabeth Earl Johnson of Strawberry Hill and Bandon. Her letter states that Parson Earl is buried on Bandon Plantation at the high point of land formed by the Indian Creek and the Chowan River. His second wife Charity Jones Earl is buried beside him, as is his daughter Ann.
Part of original memorial:
Rev. Earl established the first classical school for boys in North Carolina, the initial school having been founded at a spot called Sarum, near the Gates County line. Daniel Earl, affectionately called "Parson" Earl was rector of St. Paul's, Edenton, during the Revolutionary period and a fiery patriot. On August 22, 1774 a mass meeting of citizens, presided over by Rev. Earl, gathered at the court house, and publicly denounced the unjust imposition of taxes and prosecutions and condemned the Boston Port Act, openly declaring that "the cause of Boston was the cause of us all."
In the original memorial a birth year of 1726 is stated. Also in the original memorial his ocean passage to North Carolina is documented.
Name: Daniel Earle
Year: 1756
Place: North Carolina
Primary Immigrant: Earle, Daniel
Source: FOTHERGILL, GERALD. A List of Emigrant Ministers to America, 1690-1811. London: Elliot Stock, 1904. 65p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1965.
Page: 25
Reverend Earl's first wife was Elizabeth Gregory with whom he had two daughters, Elizabeth Earl and Ann Earl. His second marriage was to Charity Jones. There were no children of the second marriage. Sources: The
Maternal Ancestors and Kindred of Margaret Jane Crocker, Wife of James Francis Crocker (October, 1909 version, reprinted in 1914); History of Perquimans County as Compiled from Records Found There and Elsewhere (1931) by Mrs. Watson Winslow; Will of Daniel Earl in Chowan County Records at N.C. Archives; and the 1790 Federal Census for Chowan County.
Reverend Earl's stated year of birth is an estimate. His commission as an Anglican Priest is dated September, 1756. This original document is located in the Sarah A. Johnson Papers (Collection # 379) at the Southern Historical Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill. Based on his 1756 ordination date, a birth year of 1730 is estimated.
Reverend Earl's death year of 1790 is corroborated by the fact that his widow, his second wife Charity Jones Earl, was listed as the head of household at the time of the 1790 Federal Census of Chowan County.
He was buried near the site of his old home (Bandon Plantation), but the modest slab, which once marked his resting place, has long since been covered by the drifting sands. Sources: "The Religious and Historic Commemoration of the Two Hundred Years of St. Paul's Parish, Edenton, N. C." (1901). His burial location on Bandon Plantation is corroborated by the burial location instructions stated in his 1785 will. His burial location is also described in the Sarah A. Johnson Papers, Collection #379 of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC Chapel Hill. In that collection, there is a typed copy of a letter from Nannie Johnson Baker (Ann Williams Taylor Johnson Baker) of Hickory, NC. She lived from 1824-1910 and was a granddaughter of Charles Johnson and Elizabeth Earl Johnson of Strawberry Hill and Bandon. Her letter states that Parson Earl is buried on Bandon Plantation at the high point of land formed by the Indian Creek and the Chowan River. His second wife Charity Jones Earl is buried beside him, as is his daughter Ann.
Part of original memorial:
Rev. Earl established the first classical school for boys in North Carolina, the initial school having been founded at a spot called Sarum, near the Gates County line. Daniel Earl, affectionately called "Parson" Earl was rector of St. Paul's, Edenton, during the Revolutionary period and a fiery patriot. On August 22, 1774 a mass meeting of citizens, presided over by Rev. Earl, gathered at the court house, and publicly denounced the unjust imposition of taxes and prosecutions and condemned the Boston Port Act, openly declaring that "the cause of Boston was the cause of us all."
In the original memorial a birth year of 1726 is stated. Also in the original memorial his ocean passage to North Carolina is documented.
Name: Daniel Earle
Year: 1756
Place: North Carolina
Primary Immigrant: Earle, Daniel
Source: FOTHERGILL, GERALD. A List of Emigrant Ministers to America, 1690-1811. London: Elliot Stock, 1904. 65p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1965.
Page: 25
Inscription
Parson Earl is honored by a tablet inside St. Paul's Church in Edenton, N.C. that states:
The Reverend
DANIEL EARL
Born at Bandon Ireland
Died at "Bandon" Chowan Precinct 1790
Lay reader in this Parish 1757
Rector 1759
Faithful Servant of the public
In his home High School,
In promoting useful arts,
In civic enterprise prominent among patriots,
And in the spiritual pastorate of a large field.
The last Missionary of the Society for the
Propagation of the Gospel in North Carolina.
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