Joseph EYRE
1811 - 1866 (55 years)-
Name Joseph EYRE [1, 2, 3] Born 1811 Gender Male Death 1866 Died 14 Feb 1866 Newtown, PA 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 ??) , d. 4 Oct 1851, Attleborough, PA (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
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Notes - Eyre Genealogy compiled by Barclay Eyre 1921
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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.
- Eyre Genealogy compiled by Barclay Eyre 1921
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Sources - [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.".
- [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.".
- [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.".
- [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.".