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John Eyre

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Watertown, MA
Death: June 17, 1700 (46)
Boston, MA
Immediate Family:

Son of Dr. Simon Eyre and Martha Eyre
Husband of Katherine Winthrop
Father of Catherine Noyes; Bethia Walley; John Eyre and Mrs Anna Mallory
Brother of Maria Mosley
Half brother of William Whittingham; Martha Clarke; Judith Whittingham; Mary Tainter; Thomas Eyre and 10 others

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About John Eyre

Son of Simon Eyre and his second wife, Martha (Hubbard) Whittingham

From http://www.greatmigration.org/sample_sketch_simon_eyre.html

JOHN EYRE b. 19 February 1653[/4?] [sic] [BVR 41], bp. Boston 22 January 1653/4 [BChR 326]; m. 20 May 1680 Catharine Brattle, daughter of Thomas Brattle (this marriage date is given by Savage and by many secondary sources, but has not been found among published vital records; eldest known child b. Boston 27 March 1682 [BVR 157]; on 13 March 1683/4, Nathanel Oliver, John Eyre & Joseph Parson in right of their wives (three of said children) participated in the distribution of the estate of Capt. Thomas Brattle late of Boston deceased [SPR NS 2:392-95]).


From page 336 of Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: A Record of ..., Volume 1 edited by Cuyler Reynolds

Dr. Oliver Noyes married (first), 1702, Ann, daughter of Governor Belcher; (second) February 6, 1718, Mrs. Katherine (Eyre, Eire, Eyers) Jeffries, born July 20, 1694, died May 6, 1760, daughter of John and Catherine (Brattle) Eyre, who were married May 20, 1680, and had children: Katherine, Bertha and John Eyre. Dr. Oliver Noyes died March 16, 1721.
John Eyre was the youngest son of Simon Eyre, a surgeon of Watertown, Massachusetts, who came to America in the ship "Increase," from London, embarking April 15, 1635, with wife Dorothy, aged thirty-eight, and children: Mary, aged fifteen; Thomas thirteen; Simon, eleven; Rebecca, nine; Christian, seven; Ann, five; Benjamin, three; Sarah, three months. John, his youngest son, was born in Massachusetts, probably at Watertown. Simon was representative, selectman and clerk of the town.


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John Eyre's Timeline

1654
February 19, 1654
Watertown, MA
1661
1661
Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
1694
July 20, 1694
Boston, Suffolk County, Province of Massachusetts, Colonial America
1695
July 24, 1695
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States
1700
June 17, 1700
Age 46
Boston, MA
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