Dorothy Eyre

Dorothy Paine

• Born 1598 in Lavenham, Suffolk, England
• Died 11 Aug 1650 at about age 52 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
• Daughter of William Paine III and Agnes Neves
• Wife of Simon Eyre — married before 1619 in England

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Biography

By 1619 Simon Eyre married Dorothy Paine, born about 1597 (aged 38 in 1635 [Hotten 66]), daughter of William and Agnes (N[e]ves%29 Paine [NEHGR 69:250]. She died at Boston 11 August 1650 [BVR 31].

His first wife; they had 10 children:

1. MARY, bp. Lavenham, Suffolk, 22 June 1619 [NEHGR 69:249] (aged 15 in 1635 [Hotten 66]); m. by about 1642 Joseph Tainter [TAG 65:19-21, and sources cited there].
2. ,THOMAS, b. about 1622 (aged 13 in 1635 [Hotten 66]); on 17 December [1648], Lucy Downing wrote to John Winthrop Jr.: my daughter Lucie was a little going to be married to Mr. Eyer,s son Thomas I mean, but he had not yet art enough to carry his ship, so they turned back, and now we are upon an earnest motion with Mr. William Norton, the man is very fair, but she hath not yet forgotten Mr. Eyers his fresh red [WP 5:290; see also Hale, House 518]; d. in Virginia before 2 October 1666, apparently unmarried (the inventory of the estate of Thomas Eyre, deceased in Virginia, was presented in court on 2 October 1666 by Joseph Taynter, administrator [MPR 2:321-22]).
3. SIMON, b. about 1624 (aged 11 in 1635 [Hotten 66]); m. by 1652 Lydia Starr (only known child b. Boston 6 August 1652 [BVR 36]; �Lydia wife of Mr. Simon Eire died at Boston 10 August 1653 [BVR 42]; on 12 January 1653[/4], power of administration to the estate of Mrs. Lydia Eire deceased is granted to Mr. Comfort Starre in behalf of his grandchild Simon Eire till it come to the age of fourteen years [SPR 2:137]).
4. REBECCA, b. about 1626 (aged 9 in 1635 [Hotten 66]); m. by 1647 Christopher Clark (on 25 December 1647, Mrs. Rebekah Clarke, the wife of Mr. Chrystofer Clarke, was admitted to Boston church [BChR 50]) [TAG 65:21; Hale, House 738].
5. CHRISTIAN, b. about 1628 (aged 7 in 1635 [Hotten 66]); m. by 1656 Anthony Stoddard [Hale, House 737; TAG 65:19].
6. ANNA, b. about 1630 (aged 5 in 1635 [Hotten 66]); m. Boston 5 March 165[1/]2 John Checkley [BVR 38].
7. BENJAMIN, b. about 1632 (aged 3 in 1635 [Hotten 66]); living 2 October 1660, when mentioned in will of uncle William Paine [SPR 1:346]; no further record.
8. SARAH, b. about 1635 (aged 3 months in 1635 [Hotten 66]); no further record.
9. JONATHAN, b. Watertown 20 March 1637/8 [WaVR 5]; on 22 September 1656, Jonathan Eyre signed a promissory note at Boston, to be paid in sugar at Barbados, and acknowledged it on 15 September 1658 [SLR 2:333]; on 6 September 1658, Jonathan Eyres of Boston, chirurgeon, signed a promissory note at Boston; no further record.
10. DOROTHY, b. Watertown 4 June 1640 [WaVR 7]; living 2 October 1660, when mentioned in will of uncle William Paine [SPR 1:346]; no further record.

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References

1. http://www.greatmigration.org/sample_sketch_simon_eyre.html
2. Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III. 1995. Vol II, C-F, p. 483-489