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Rebecca EYRE

Rebecca EYRE

Female 1778 - 1826  (47 years)

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  1. 1.  Rebecca EYRE was born on 13 Nov 1778 (daughter of John EYRE and Rebecca SHARPLESS); died on 30 Sep 1826 in Unmarried, Aston, PA.

    Notes:

    WILLS OF DELAWARE CNTY, PA 1789-1835 by Robert G Swift, p.203
    EYRE, Rebecca. Aston.
    Feb 13, 1818 - Nov 21, 1826.
    Sisters Sarah PALMER wife of George PALMER, Beulah E THOMAS wife of Townsend THOMAS and her six children: Rebecca, Mary, Beulah, Elma, Townsend and Sarah THOMAS.
    Executors: Brother in law Townsend THOMAS, sister Beulah his wife and friend Enos SHARPLESS of Lower Providence
    Witnesses: Isaac SHARPLESS and Henry SHARPLESS.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John EYRE was born about 1736 (son of William EYRE and Mary DAVID); died on 4 Jun 1812 in Upper Chichester, PA.

    Other Events:

    • Death: 4 Jun 1812, Upper Chichester, PA

    Notes:

    Early Church Records of Delaware Cnty, PA, Vol II by Henry C Peden Jr & John Pitts Launey, p.200.
    John EYRE and Isabella CAMPBELL of Chicheser md: 29th of 4th mo 1799. John EYRE d: 4th of 6th mo 1812. Isabella md: 2nd Robert INNIS.
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    Delaware cnty, PA Will # 364
    EYRE, John. Upper Chichester
    20 Oct 1811 - 12 Jun 1812
    To wife Isabella home and property conveyed by Caleb EYRE, etc. Daughter Maryann, heirship to all real estate if she survives her mother, otherwise to heirs of wife, Isabella.
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    History of Chester county, PA; under Sharpless a reference to a Rebecca Sharpless who married John Eyre.Married 1st in Chester Meeting 13 Dec 1759
    Prominent member of Chichester Meeting of which he was appointed an Elder in 1776.
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    1904 Descendant chart by W B Broomall of Chester, PA credits John EYRE & Rebecca SHARPLESS w/a dtr, Jane EYRE, and credits Jane as having md:George Palmer. John Hill Martin in his Chester (and
    its vicinity) Delaware County In Pennsylvania 1877, p.59 credits John EYRE & Rebecca SHARPLES w/children:William b:1763, Caleb b:1767, Sarah b:1772, Rebecca b:1778, and Beulah b:1806 a twin
    sister. Martin makes no mention of a Jane born to John and Rebecca. Could Sarah who md: George Palmer be Sarah Jane EYRE? Who was Beulah a twin to? Did Beulah's twin die at birth or shortly
    thereafter?
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    ABSTRACTS OF CHESTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA LAND RECORDS, Vol 4, 1753-1758 by Carol Bryant, 1998, FamilyLine Publications (now WillowBend Books)
    pp.10-11
    Deed. On 14 Aug 1753 Benjamn MADDOCK of Springfield, cordwainer, & Elizabeth his wife to John GALBREATH of Springfield, shopkeeper. Benjamin MADDOCK & Elizabeth his wife for

    John married Rebecca SHARPLESS on 13 Dec 1759. Rebecca was born on 22 Oct 1740; died on 3 Feb 1796. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Rebecca SHARPLESS was born on 22 Oct 1740; died on 3 Feb 1796.

    Notes:

    Of Nether Providence at time of marriage, 13 Dec 1759History of Chester County, PA: Under Sharpless, a reference to a Rebecca Sharpless who married John Eyre

    Children:
    1. William EYRE was born on 22 Feb 1763; died about 1782.
    2. Caleb EYRE was born on 7 Sep 1767; died on 11 Jun 1805 in Unmarried.
    3. Sarah EYRE was born on 19 Apr 1772; died on 10 Aug 1861 in Childless.
    4. Jane EYRE
    5. Beulah EYRE was born on 13 Nov 1778; died on 26 Apr 1861 in Upper Chichester twp, PA.
    6. 1. Rebecca EYRE was born on 13 Nov 1778; died on 30 Sep 1826 in Unmarried, Aston, PA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William EYRE was born on 5 Dec 1698 in Bethel Twp, Pennsylvania (son of Robert EYRE and Ann SMITH); died between 1763 and 1764.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Farmer

    Notes:

    From: FREDVAIL@aol.com [11 Oct 1998
    Will written 24 Aug 1763, probated 06 Apr 1764; one of his daughters (Ann??) married Joseph Askew
    American Families, pg.2677: William Eyre, of Bethel Twp, b: 05 Dec 1698; md:Mary, daughter of Lewis David, and granddaughter of Lewis David of Llandewi Velfre Pembrokeshire Wales; head of the
    5th Co of the Welsh Tract in PA, and d: 1736 leaving a son, Isaac Eyre of Chester, PA, Justice of Middletown twp 1798.
    Will provides for wife, Mary. To son, Lewis, plantation purchased of Joseph Wood in Upper Chichester containing about 45 aces, also 100 pounds. To son, William, plantation where I now live in
    Bethel containing about 200 acres. To son, Robert, plantation in Chichester purchased of John Fairlamb, Esq., containing 100 acres. To son, John messuage and lot of ground in Boro of Chester
    purchased of John Fairlamb, Esq., also 20 pounds. To daughter, Jane, wife of Robert Wilson, 10 pounds. To son, Isaac, 200 pounds. To daughter, Ann Eyre, 100 pounds. To son-in-law, Joseph Askew,
    5 shillings. To grandchildren, viz., John, William and Parker Askew, 5 pounds each at 21. Executors: Wife, Mary, and sons, Lewis and William. Witnesses: Adam Clayton, Joseph Buffington, John
    Power.

    William married Mary DAVID. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mary DAVID (daughter of Lewis DAVID and Florence UNKNOWN).
    Children:
    1. Lewis EYRE was born about 1726; died before 16 Dec 1771 in Unmarried.
    2. William EYRE was born about 1729; died on 18 Nov 1814 in Unmarried.
    3. Rebecca EYRE
    4. 2. John EYRE was born about 1736; died on 4 Jun 1812 in Upper Chichester, PA.
    5. Jane EYRE
    6. Isaac EYRE was born in 1740; died on 23 Oct 1825 in Chester, Pennsylvania.
    7. Ann EYRE was born about 1739; died on 3 Dec 1812 in Unmarried.
    8. Robert EYRE was born about 1742 in Bethel Twp, PA; died on 20 Jun 1823 in Harrison cnty, OH; was buried in West Grove.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Robert EYRE was born between 30 Jan 1648 and 30 Jan 1649 in Possibly Wiltshire, England; died between 21 Jan 1707 and 21 Jan 1708 in Bethel, Pennsylvania, USA.

    Notes:

    According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, King Charles I of Great Britiain was executed for treason in London 30 Jan 1649.

    Robert married Ann SMITH after 1 Aug 1684 in Pennsylvania. Ann (daughter of Francis SMITH and Anne) was christened in in Possibly Chirton, Wiltshire; died before 21 Nov 1726 in Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Ann SMITH was christened in in Possibly Chirton, Wiltshire (daughter of Francis SMITH and Anne); died before 21 Nov 1726 in Pennsylvania, USA.

    Notes:

    LDS IGI: Chirton, Wiltshire Parish Register
    Batch number: Dates Source Call No. Type Printout Call No. Type

    Children:
    1. Francis EYRE was born about 1685; died after 1732.
    2. Robert EYRE was born about 1686; died between 1729 and 1732 in New Castle, Delaware.
    3. Ann EYRE
    4. Jane EYRE was born about 1692 in Bethel Twp, PA; died between 1717 and 1720.
    5. 4. William EYRE was born on 5 Dec 1698 in Bethel Twp, Pennsylvania; died between 1763 and 1764.

  3. 10.  Lewis DAVID

    Lewis married Florence UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Florence UNKNOWN
    Children:
    1. 5. Mary DAVID


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