Thomas Earle of the sixth generation from Edward Earle, Sr., was born in New York City in 1767. There he lived and died. His wife, Matilda Harrison, of Orange, N. J., survived him and died in Jersey City. His mother was Anna de la Montague, a descendant of the celebrated French emigrant Johannes de la Montague, and he was likewise connected by blood and marriage with some of the most wealthy and aristocratic families of New York. His son, Thomas Earle (7), born in New York in 1809, married (1) Euphemia Demarest and (2) Cornelia, daughter of Dr. Stephen Has- brouck. By his first wife he had issue of the eighth generation two children: Caroline M., who died in infancy, and Ralph D., who is living. By his second wife he had issue of the eighth generation four children: Emma (wife of Daniel Van Winkle, Jr.), Frank Hasbrouck, Ida C. (wife of Willard C. Fisk, of Jersey City), and Annie E. (deceased).

Frank Hasbrouck Earle (8), the subject of this sketch, was born in New York City, May 27, 1852. In 1855 his father and family took up their residence in Jersey City. He was educated in Public School No. 3, Jersey City, and in Hasbrouck Institute, from which he was graduated with high honors. His education completed, he entered the office of Bacot, Post & Camp, then the leading civil engineers of Jersey City. After four years' service there he began the business of surveying and engineering for himself and has been eminently successful therein. In 1586 he formed a business partnership with E. W. Harrison under the firm name of Earle & Harrison, which firm still exists. He has, for over thirty years, been identified with all the most important engineering and surveying; projects in Hudson County.

Mr. Earle is a hard worker, thoroughly devoted to his calling, with every detail of which he is familiar. He married, December 29, 1881. Jennie E., daughter of John Baldwin, of Newark, and has four children: Frank Hasbrouck Jr., and Harold Baldwin (both students in the Newark Academy), Louis de la Montague, and Donald.