John "Proud_Eyre" EYRE (of Eyrecourt)

Birth: 1659, Clonfert
Death: 1704/1709

Father: John EYRE
Mother: Mary BYGOE

Family 1: Margery PRESTON

Marriage: 7 FEB 1677

                                                           _Robert EYRE _
                                 _Thomas EYRE ____________|_Joan Jane ___
               _Giles EYRE _____|
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              |                 |_Susan Elizabeth ROGERS _|______________
 _John EYRE __|
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|             |                  _Ambrose SNELGROVE ______|______________
|             |_Jane SNELGROVE _|
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|--John "Proud_Eyre" EYRE 
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|              _Philip BYGOE ___|
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|_Mary BYGOE _|
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Notes

!SOURCE: John Burke, Esq., A GENEALOGICAL AND HERALDIC HISTORY OF THE COMMONERS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, Vol. III, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1977, p. 292. Of Eyre Court Castle, who wedded Margery, daughter of Sir George Preston, of Craigmillar, in Midlothian, niece of the Duchess of Romonde, and had (with two daughters, Mary, m. in 1679, to George Evans, esq. of Caherass, and Elizabeth, the wife of Richard Trench, esq. of Garbally) two sons.

!SOURCE: Sir Bernard Burke, A GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF THE DORMANT, ABEYANT, FORFEITED, AND EXTINCT PEERAGES OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1978, p. 193. Esq., of Eyrecourt Castle, m. 7 February, 1677, Margery, dau. of Sir Geroge Preston, of Craigmillar, in Midlothian, niece of the Duhess of Ormonde, and had three sons, George, John, and Giles, of whom hereafter, and five daus., Mary; Elizabeth, m. to Frederick Trench, Esq., M.P.; Emilia, m. 1st. to William Wilson, Esq., and 2ndly, to John Rochfort, Esq. of Clogrenance; Margery, m. to Shuckburgh Whitney, Esq.; and Jane.

!SOURCE: A GENEALOGY AND HERALDIC HISTORY OF THE COMMONERS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, Vol. I, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1977, p. 594.

!SOURCE: BURKE'S IRISH FAMILY RECORDS, American Edition, Burke's Peerage Limited, London, 1976, p. 396. ("Proud Eyre"), of Eyrecourt, MP, b 1659, m 1st 7 Feb 1677, Margery, dau of Sir George Preston, of Craigmillar, and had issue.

!SOURCE: Sir Bernard Burke, BURKE'S GENEALOGICAL AND HERALDIC HISTORY OF THE LANDED GENTRY OF IRELAND, edited by L.G. Pine, 4th Edition, Burke's Peerage Ltd., London, 1958, p.259. M.P. of Eyrecourt (known as proud Eyre), b. at Clonfert 1659, m. 1stly, 7 Feb 1677, Margery, dau. of Sir George Preston, of Craigmillar, and had issue. He m. 2ndly, 26 Feb. 1693-4, Anne, widow of Matthew, Lord Louth, and dau. of William Hamilton, of Liscloony, and d. 1709.

!SOURCE: Rev. Allen Stewart Hartigan, M.A. in A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE FAMILY OF EYRE OF EYRECOURT AND EYRE OF EYREVILL IN THE COUNTY OF GALWAY, nd, p. 11. John Eyre, of Eyrecourt, m. Feb. 7, 1677, Margery Preston, dr. of Sir George Preston, of Craigmillar, and niece of the Duchess of Ormond. John Eyre died 1704, leaving issue.

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