Captain John EYRE
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
Generation: 4
1. Captain John EYRE (son of Captain Richard EYRE and Anchoretta EYRE). Other Events:
- Baptism: 2 Nov 1767, Eyrecourt, County Galway, Ireland
John married Jane PUREFOY in 1787. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Richard EYRE died after 1831.
2. Captain Richard EYRE was born in 1722 in County Cork (son of Dean Giles EYRE and Mary COX); died on 31 Mar 1780 in Eyrecourt, County Galway, Ireland. Other Events:
- Baptism: 1722, Cork, Ireland
Notes:
Richard Eyre was M.P. and High Sheriff for Galway.
Richard married Anchoretta EYRE on 13 Jan 1764 in Modreeny Church, Modreeny, Tipperary, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Anchoretta EYRE (daughter of Samuel EYRE and Charity DANCER). Other Events:
- Baptism: 1746, Eyreville, County Galway, Ireland
Children:
- Col. Giles EYRE, of Eyrecourt was born before 19 Jul 1764; died on 18 Dec 1830 in Castle Lambert, County Galway, Ireland.
- Charity EYRE was born on 12 Apr 1765 in Eyrecourt, County Galway, Ireland; died before 18 Aug 1768 in Eyrecourt, County Galway, Ireland; was buried on 18 Aug 1768 in Eyrecourt, County Galway, Ireland.
- Capt. Thomas EYRE died on 11 Oct 1819.
- 1. Captain John EYRE
- Rev. Richard EYRE, D.D. was born on 20 Nov 1768; died on 25 Nov 1831.
- Jane EYRE was born before 16 Apr 1770.
- Samuel EYRE was born before 20 Aug 1772; died in Jul 1808 in Eyrecourt, County Galway, Ireland; was buried in Jul 1808 in Eyrecourt, County Galway, Ireland.
- Robert EYRE was born before 10 Oct 1773.
- Mary EYRE was born before 16 Dec 1779; died on 13 Dec 1810.
Generation: 3
4. Dean Giles EYRE (son of John EYRE, MP and Margery PRESTON); died on 17 Jan 1757 in Eyrecourt, County Galway, Ireland. Other Events:
- Baptism: 1697, Killaloe, Ireland
- Occupation: Between 1716 and 1749; Archdeacon of Ross
- Occupation: Between 1717 and 1730; Chancellor of Cork
- Occupation: 1727; Dean a Killaloe
- Occupation: Between 1730 and 1749; Prebendary of Droghta, Clonfert Cathedral
Notes:
Giles Eyre Dean of Killaloe
From 1716 to 1749, he was Archdeacon of Ross, and from 1717 to 1730 Chancellor of Cork, and from 1730 to 1749 Prebendary of Droghta, in Clonfert Cathedral.
He was appointed Dean of Killaloe 1727.Giles married Mary COX on 30 Dec 1717 in Cork, Ireland. Mary (daughter of Richard COX) died before 28 Aug 1740 in Eyrecourt, County Galway, Ireland; was buried on 28 Aug 1740 in Eyrecourt, County Galway, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Mary COX (daughter of Richard COX); died before 28 Aug 1740 in Eyrecourt, County Galway, Ireland; was buried on 28 Aug 1740 in Eyrecourt, County Galway, Ireland. Other Events:
- Baptism: Cork, Ireland
Children:
- John EYRE, (Lord Eyre of Eyrecourt) was born about 1720 in County Cork; died on 30 Sep 1781 in Eyrecourt, County Galway, Ireland; was buried after 30 Sep 1781 in Eyrecourt, County Galway, Ireland.
- 2. Captain Richard EYRE was born in 1722 in County Cork; died on 31 Mar 1780 in Eyrecourt, County Galway, Ireland.
- Capt. Robert EYRE died in 1792 in Eyrecourt, County Galway, Ireland; was buried in Mar 1792.
- James EYRE
- Susannah EYRE
6. Samuel EYRE (son of John EYRE and Mary WILLINGTON); died in Aug 1789. Other Events:
- Baptism: 1721, Eyreville, County Galway, Ireland
Notes:
Succeeded not only to the Clare and Tipperary estates, but to Eyreville, on the death of his uncle, Governor Stratford Eyre.
Samuel married Charity DANCER on 20 Dec 1741 in Eyreville, County Galway, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Charity DANCER (daughter of Sir Thomas DANCER, Bart.). Other Events:
- Baptism: 1718
Children:
- Capt. Thomas Dancer EYRE died on 1 Oct 1799 in Dublin, Ireland.
- Elizabeth EYRE
- Chichester EYRE died on 17 May 1804.
- 3. Anchoretta EYRE
- Mary EYRE
Generation: 4
8. John EYRE, MP was born about 1659 in Clonfert, County Galway, Ireland (son of Col. John EYRE and Mary BIGOE); died in 1704. Other Events:
- Baptism: 1659, Clonfert, County Galway, Ireland
Notes:
John Eyre of Eyrecourt Castle eldest son of the Right Honourable Col. John Eyre was M.P.
for Co. Galway in the Parliament of 1692 and 1695 to 1699.John married Margery PRESTON on 7 Feb 1677. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Margery PRESTON (daughter of Sir George PRESTON). Other Events:
- Baptism: 1650, Craigmillar, Scotland
Notes:
Margery Preston was the niece of the Duchess of Ormond.
Children:
- George EYRE died in 1711.
- John EYRE died in Oct 1745.
- 4. Dean Giles EYRE died on 17 Jan 1757 in Eyrecourt, County Galway, Ireland.
- Mary EYRE
- Elizabeth EYRE
- Emilia EYRE
- Margery EYRE
- Jane EYRE
10. Richard COX was born in in Dunmanway. Children:
- 5. Mary COX died before 28 Aug 1740 in Eyrecourt, County Galway, Ireland; was buried on 28 Aug 1740 in Eyrecourt, County Galway, Ireland.
12. John EYRE (son of Col Samuel EYRE, (Eyre of Eyreville) and Jane EYRE); died after 31 Dec 1761. Other Events:
- Baptism: 1689, Eyreville, County Galway, Ireland
Notes:
Of Woodfield and Thomastown, who succeeded to the other and chief estates.
John married Mary WILLINGTON in 1720 in Eyreville, County Galway, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Mary WILLINGTON (daughter of John WILLINGTON). Other Events:
- Baptism: 1700
Children:
- 6. Samuel EYRE died in Aug 1789.
- Edward EYRE died after 31 Dec 1749.
14. Sir Thomas DANCER, Bart. was born in in Modreeny House, Tipperary, Ireland. Children: