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Walpole EYRE's parents: Kingsmill EYRE (bef1682-1743) and Susannah ATKINSON ( -bef1771)
Walpole EYRE's siblings: Elizabeth EYRE (bef1728-aft1771) and Samuel EYRE (1733?-1794)
Sarah JOHNSON's other family: with Jeremiah HODGES ( - )
Sarah JOHNSON's parents: John JOHNSON ( - ) and Elizabeth UNKNOWN ( - )
Sarah JOHNSON's brother: Godschall JOHNSON (1745- )
Family of Walpole EYRE and Sarah JOHNSON
| Husband: | Walpole EYRE (bef1734-1773) | |
| Wife: | Sarah JOHNSON (1744-1823) | |
| Children: | Henry Samuel EYRE (1770-1851) | |
| John Thomas EYRE (bap.1771, d.1811) | ||
| Sarah EYRE (bap.1772?, d.1774) | ||
| Walpole EYRE (1773-1856) | ||
| Marriage | Nov 1767 1 | |
Husband: Walpole EYRE
| Name: | Walpole EYRE | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Kingsmill EYRE (bef1682-1743) | |
| Mother: | Susannah ATKINSON ( -bef1771) | |
| Birth | bef 21 May 1734 | Pensioners Army Hospital, Chelsea, London, England |
| Baptism | 21 May 1734 (age 0) | Royal Chelsea Hospital, London, England 2 |
| Death | 18 Apr 1773 (age 38) | Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England 1 |
| Burial | 26 Apr 1773 | Burnham Parish Church, Buckinghamshire, England 3 |
Wife: Sarah JOHNSON
| Name: | Sarah JOHNSON 1 | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | John JOHNSON ( - ) | |
| Mother: | Elizabeth UNKNOWN ( - ) | |
| Birth | 25 Feb 1744 3 | |
| Baptism | 2 Mar 1744 (age 0) | St. Lawrence Jewry and St. Mary Magdalene, Milk Street, London, England 1,3 |
| Death | 28 Jul 1823 (age 79) | Eltham Church, Kent 1 |
Child 1: Henry Samuel EYRE
| Name: | Henry Samuel EYRE | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Birth | 26 Aug 1770 4 | |
| Baptism | 25 Sep 1770 (age 0) | St. Marylebone Church, Westminster, Middlesex, England 1 |
| Title | Col | |
| Census | 6 Jun 1841 (age 70) | 22 Bryanston Square, Marylebone, London, England |
| Death | 6 Mar 1851 (age 80) 1 | |
| Burial | 13 Mar 1851 | St. Marylebone Church, Westminster, Middlesex, England 2 |
Additional Information
| Census | Ind |
Child 2: John Thomas EYRE
| Name: | John Thomas EYRE | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Harriet Margaret AINSLIE (1784?-1856) | |
| Baptism | 5 Nov 1771 | St. John's Wood 5 |
| Death | 18 Apr 1811 | St. John's Wood 6 |
Child 3: Sarah EYRE
| Name: | Sarah EYRE 1 | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Baptism | 1772 (app) | Burnham, Wiltshire, England 1 |
| Death | 15 Apr 1774 | Burnham, Wiltshire, England 1 |
Child 4: Walpole EYRE
| Name: | Walpole EYRE | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Elizabeth Annabella JOHNSON (1795-1860) | |
| Birth | 1773 | |
| Baptism | 25 Aug 1773 (age 0) | St. John's Wood 5 |
| Occupation | Esquire | |
| Census | 6 Jun 1841 (age 67-68) | 22 Bryanston Square, Marylebone, London, England |
| Death | 23 Feb 1856 (age 82-83) | Marylebone reg district 5,7 |
| Burial | 1 Mar 1856 | St. Marys Church, St. Marylebone, Middlesex, England 2 |
Additional Information
| Census | Solicitor |
Note on Husband: Walpole EYRE
Walpole Eyre succeeded his uncle Henry Samuel Eyre, in the valuable St. John's Wood Estate. He was poisoned at a public
dinner at Salt Hill, Slough, by food cooked in a copper vessel. He was called Walpole after his godfather, Sir Robert Walpole.1
Note on Wife: Sarah JOHNSON
Sir Joshua Reynolds described Sarah as 'the most beautiful woman he had ever seen'.
Sources
| 1 | Rev A S Hartigan, "Eyre Notes and Queries (#1)" (Rev Allen Stewart Hartigan. MA,
TCD,, Broadwell,
Moreton-in-Marsh. Glos., 1911-1918). Page 71. |
| 2 | "Parish Record (on file)". |
| 3 | "IGI". |
| 4 | "A History of the Wiltshire Family of Eyre". |
| 5 | Rev A S Hartigan, "Eyre Notes and Queries (#1)" (Rev Allen Stewart Hartigan. MA,
TCD,, Broadwell,
Moreton-in-Marsh. Glos., 1911-1918). Page 72. |
| 6 | Ibid. |
| 7 | "GRO indexes". |