Edward (Ned) EYRE
- 1803
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Edward (Ned) EYRE (son of Richard HEDGES (HEDGES-EYRE) and Helena HERBERT); died in 1803. Notes:
Died intestate and without issue.
Thanks to his cousin Dorothea Herberts decription Edward Eyre has been included in a number of books on british eccentrics.
She describes as follows:
Living in County Waterford with his 'daughters and heiresses' Miss Dapper and Miss Kitsey a couple of fine spotted labradors.
Travelling in a glass coach drawn by four horses and dressing in brightly coloured silks and satins with contrasting linings, satin shoes with jet buckles, a fan or a muff and a complexion owing much to a paint box and once attended the races in 1780's wearing a pink suit complete with diamonte buttons and buckles.
Never coming downstairs before noon and living on a diet of tea, cold water, sweetmeats and pickles. Despite this strange diet she describes him as having enough energy to get through an immense fortune and was in debt most of his life despite owning a large part of Galway.
His unconventional nature was not restricted to his diet and dress as while staying in Galway he would invite 'all the beggars of Galway' to hot toast, tea and chocolate every morning.
She also relates an incident where he took exception to a neighbours nurse constant cooing over her family's new child by dressing one of his servants up as an infant and dandling him upon his knee infront of the nurse.
2. Richard HEDGES (HEDGES-EYRE) (son of Robert HEDGES and Mary EYRE); died in 1780. Notes:
Of Mount Hedges. Assumed the surname Eyre in conformity with his grandfathers will
Richard married Helena HERBERT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Helena HERBERT (daughter of Edward HERBERT and Francis UNKNOWN). Children:
- Frances Jane HEDGES died in 1816.
- 1. Edward (Ned) EYRE died in 1803.
- Helena EYRE
- Robert Hedges EYRE died in 1840.
Generation: 3
4. Robert HEDGES (son of Richard HEDGES). Robert married Mary EYRE. Mary (daughter of Edward EYRE and Jane MAYNARD) died before 5 Nov 1739. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Mary EYRE (daughter of Edward EYRE and Jane MAYNARD); died before 5 Nov 1739. Notes:
2nd daughter
Children:
- 2. Richard HEDGES (HEDGES-EYRE) died in 1780.
- Frances HEDGES
6. Edward HERBERT Notes:
Of Muckross
Edward married Francis UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Francis UNKNOWN (daughter of Lord KENMARE). Children:
- 3. Helena HERBERT
- Nicholas HERBERT died in 1803.
Generation: 4
8. Richard HEDGES Notes:
Of Macroom County Cork
Children:
10. Edward EYRE was born in 1663 (son of Edward EYRE and Jane MAYNARD); died on 5 Nov 1739; was buried est Nov 1739 in St. Nicholas's Church, Galway, Ireland. Other Events:
- Probate: 6 Nov 1749, London
Edward married Jane MAYNARD. Jane (daughter of Sir William MAYNARD) was born about 1671; died on 29 Dec 1760; was buried after 29 Dec 1760 in St. Nicholas's Church, Galway, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Jane MAYNARD was born about 1671 (daughter of Sir William MAYNARD); died on 29 Dec 1760; was buried after 29 Dec 1760 in St. Nicholas's Church, Galway, Ireland. Children:
- Son 1 EYRE died before 5 Nov 1739.
- Son 2 EYRE died before 5 Nov 1739.
- Son 3 EYRE died before 5 Nov 1739.
- Son 4 EYRE died before 5 Nov 1739.
- Daughter EYRE died before 5 Nov 1739.
- Jane EYRE and died.
- 5. Mary EYRE died before 5 Nov 1739.
- Elizabeth EYRE died after 29 Dec 1760.
- Margaret EYRE died in 1787.
14. Lord KENMARE Children: