John Eyre^[1]

1677 - 1745  (68 years)

• Name	John Eyre
  Born	1677
  Gender	Male
  Died	1745
  Person ID	I1165	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2020

  
  

  Father	John Eyre,   b. Abt 1659, Probably, Eyrecourt, Galway, Ireland ,   d. Abt 1709  (Age ~ 50 years)
  Mother	Margery Preston,   b. Abt 1658, Probably, Craigmillar, Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	7 Feb 1677	Probably, Craigmillar, Scotland
  Family ID	F367	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rose Plunkett, Hon  [1]
  Married	Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. John Eyre
  Last Modified	23 Feb 2020
  Family ID	F369	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John Eyre married Rose Plunkett, daughter of Lord Louth and inherited the family lands within two years of his father’s death.[xlv] The family of Teige Daly contested the Eyre’s acquisition of their father’s lands and a protracted case appears to have carried on in the courts from their sale as forfeited lands. Teige Daly’s fourth son Laughlin attempted to recover his father’s estate by proceedings in Chancery, taken against John, Samuel Eyre and Rev. Giles Eyre, Thomas Willington and Anne Lady Baroness of Louth.[xlvi] The High Court of Chancery in Ireland found in favour of Laughlin Daly in 1719. John Eyre lodged an appeal in England by January of 1720 against the decree dated 16th June 1719 of the High Court of Chancery in Ireland, seeking that the 1719 decree be reversed.[xlvii] The appeal was protracted, with Daly on at least one occasion unable to appear and his agent, John Burke, awaiting papers of Daly’s to arrive from Ireland and the proceedings thereby delayed.[xlviii] The appeal case of ‘Eyre versus Daly’, however, was eventually decided in May of 1730 in favour of Eyre.[xlix] John Eyre had at least two sons, John and Giles.[l] He died in 1741 and was succeeded by his son John.[li] Source: http://burkeseastgalway.com/eyre-of-eyrecourt-part-i/

  
  

• Sources

  [S240] Keith Eyre Jones Family History. Record originated from Keith Eyre Jones