Joseph EYRE

Joseph EYRE

Male 1811 - 1866  (55 years)

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  • Name Joseph EYRE  [1, 2, 3
    Born 1811 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1866 
    Died 14 Feb 1866  Newtown, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I374  USA Early
    Last Modified 15 Feb 2015 

    Father Isaac EYRE,   b. 19 Apr 1778,   d. 26 Jan 1843  (Age 64 years) 
    Mother Eleanor COOPER,   b. Abt 1773, Camden, NJ (1778 ??) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Oct 1851, Attleborough, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 78 years) 
    Married 1801 
    Family ID F61  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth BROWN 
    Children 
     1. Eliza W EYRE,   b. 1842,   d. 1890  (Age 48 years)
     2. Florence B EYRE,   b. 1844,   d. 1914  (Age 70 years)
     3. Henry Anthon EYRE,   b. 1848,   d. 1885  (Age 37 years)
    Last Modified 28 Jun 2021 
    Family ID F122  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Eyre Genealogy compiled by Barclay Eyre 1921
      p.5
      Joseph Eyre was a Sea Captain and spent his active life in his vocation. He made frequent voyages to England, and was in China a number of times, from whence he brought many treasured relics.
      He was twice around the Cape of Good Hope, and was in California during the gold fever of '49. He was once shipwrecked, in which his Bible was the only thing saved. A granddaughter has this
      among her treasures. His wife was Elizabeth Brown of Newtown, Penna., where the family resided. The had three children.

  • Sources 
    1. [S39] Delaware County American, Abstract # 18205 "February 23, 1866. DEATH OF CAPT. EYRE. - The Doylestown INTELLGENCER notices the death, in Newtown, Bucks county, on the 11 inst. of Capt. Joseph Eyre, a gentleman well known in this place, where h e has relatives residing. He was for many years a Captain in t.".

    2. [S39] Delaware County American, Abstract # 18210 "February 23, 1866. Death Notice At Newtown, Bucks county, PA of consumption, on Wednesday, February 14th, 1866, Captain Joseph Eyre, in the fifty fifth year of his age.".

    3. [S39] Delaware County American, Abstract # 18225 "February 28, 1866. Death Notice At Newtown, Bucks county, PA of consumption, on Wednesday, Feb 14th, 1866, Captain Joseph Eyre, in the 55th year of his age.".