Col. John EYRE

Col. John EYRE

Male - 1685

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  • Name John EYRE 
    Title Col. 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 22 Feb 1623  Brickworth, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Occupation 1661 
    Mayor of Galway 
    Died 22 Apr 1685  [3, 4
    Buried 24 Apr 1685  Church of Donanaught. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Probate 8 Jun 1685 
    Person ID I4448  Chap 08 Eyrecourt
    Last Modified 6 Jan 2013 

    Father Giles EYRE,   b. 1572 
    Mother Jane SNELLGROVE,   b. Abt 1582 
    Married 1603 
    Family ID F131  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary BIGOE,   d. 23 Jun 1716 
    Married 1662  [2, 3, 5
    Children 
     1. John EYRE, MP,   b. Abt 1659, Clonfert, County Galway, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1704  (Age ~ 45 years)
     2. Col Samuel EYRE, (Eyre of Eyreville),   d. Bef 1734
     3. Mary EYRE
     4. Anne EYRE
    Last Modified 25 Jul 2011 
    Family ID F2  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Notes 
    • Col. The Right Hon. John Eyre of Eyrecourt Castle, Co Galway,
      he and his younger brother Edward Eyre went over to Ireland in
      the Army of General Ludlow. He married Mary dau. and heiress of
      Phillip Bigoe, who was High Sheriff of King's County in 1662.
      John Eyre was a Privy Councillor for Ireland. [3, 5]

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] Eyre Notes & Queries, Rev A S Hartigan, (Rev Allen Stewart Hartigan. MA, TCD,, Broadwell, Moreton-in-Marsh. Glos., 1911-1918), Page102 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S7] Parish and Mi Cemetery records, D Eyre, (Citation), Pedigree Eyrecourt #0016 dated 11/8/97 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S277] Eyrecourt & Eyreville, Rev A S Hartigan, (Rev A S Hartigan, Trinity College, Dublin, 1905), Page 11 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S1] Eyre Notes & Queries, Rev A S Hartigan, (Rev Allen Stewart Hartigan. MA, TCD,, Broadwell, Moreton-in-Marsh. Glos., 1911-1918), Page 103 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S1] Eyre Notes & Queries, Rev A S Hartigan, (Rev Allen Stewart Hartigan. MA, TCD,, Broadwell, Moreton-in-Marsh. Glos., 1911-1918), Page 102 (Reliability: 3).