EARLS FAMILY CHRONICLES
© Christopher Earls Brennen
PREFACE
This chronicle of the EARLS family and particularly that branch of which the author is a part is the result of the painstaking research of Irene Calvert nee Earls. It was compiled from notes she gathered over many years by her nephew Christopher Earls Brennen during 1984/91. I am also very grateful to Peggy Rea, Eileen Gray, Alex English, Rev. Thomas Patrick Arnold and Jim Earls all of whom helped me with their own research. This does not pretend to be a history but merely a collection of notes. I hope it is reasonably accurate. I regret any unsuspected errors or omissions and hope that they will be brought to my attention by readers.
The first chapter is speculative and a little fanciful. But it is amusing to contemplate one's possible ancient ancestors. The remaining chapters are historical and document the Earls family from Henry Earls (1732-1799), our earliest known ancestor, down to the present day. This covers a span of eight generations. Chapters are devoted to direct ancestors and their brothers and sisters. The descendents of these siblings are all described immediately following the individuals. Chapters are also devoted to matrilineal ancestors such as the McCloy, Dick, Arnold, Mercer and Pickering families. Note that the chapters only contain reconstructed family trees and details on some of the individuals who belong to our family. The appendices contain additional reconstructed histories or notes which may or may not relate to our family. On the other hand, the datafiles at the end are simply a record of some of the raw information which was gathered during the research; much of that may have no connection to our family.
Christopher Earls Brennen
February 1991Last updated 7/30/99.
Christopher E. Brennen