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Christopher EYRE's parents: Thomas EYRE (bap.1535, d.1628?) and Elizabeth ROGERS (1549-1612)
Christopher EYRE's siblings: Robert EYRE (1569?-1638), Giles EYRE (bap.1572), Melior EYRE (bap.1573), Lyonell EYRE (bap.1573), Thomas EYRE (bap.1575, d.1575), Nicholas EYRE (bap.1575, d.1575), Francis EYRE (bap.1576, d.1591), Thomas EYRE (bef1580-1633), John EYRE (bap.1582, d.1657), Elizabeth EYRE (bap.1584), William EYRE (bap.1585, d.1649), Catherine EYRE (bap.1586), Jane EYRE (bap.1587), Anne EYRE (bap.1588), Rebecca EYRE (bap.1589) and Eilynor EYRE (bap.1590, d.1592)
Family of Christopher EYRE and Hester SMITHES
| Husband: | Christopher EYRE (bap.1578, d.1624) | |
| Wife: | Hester SMITHES ( - ) | |
| Marriage | 1603 1,2 | |
Husband: Christopher EYRE
| Name: | Christopher EYRE | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Thomas EYRE (bap.1535, d.1628?) | |
| Mother: | Elizabeth ROGERS (1549-1612) | |
| Baptism | 25 Apr 1578 | Salisbury, Wiltshire, England 2,3 |
| Death | 5 Jan 1624 | Salisbury, Wiltshire, England 1,4 |
Wife: Hester SMITHES
| Name: | Hester SMITHES | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Baptism | London, Middlesex, England 2 | |
Note on Husband: Christopher EYRE (1)
Christopher Eyre founded the Weekly Lectureship at St. Thomas's Church, Salisbury. He was one of that little group of Merchant
Princes of the reign of James I , who did so much for themselves, and uncounsciously so much for the future of the
British Empire. His mothers brother Robert Rogers who was a prosperous merchant and probably assisted his nephew in his
business career.
Christopher Eyre was one of the orginal members of the East India Company which was founded on 31st Dec, 1600.2
Note on Husband: Christopher EYRE (2)
Will proved 11 jan 16545
Sources
| 1 | "Downloaded Ancestry Web # 146 (#255)". |
| 2 | Rev A S Hartigan, "Eyre Notes and Queries (#1)" (Rev Allen Stewart Hartigan. MA,
TCD,, Broadwell,
Moreton-in-Marsh. Glos., 1911-1918). Page 53. |
| 3 | LDS, "IGI Data base downloaded from FHC Geelong. (#16), Subject: Parish Record" (1984). |
| Unknown. |
| 4 | Rev A S Hartigan, "Eyre Notes and Queries (#1)" (Rev Allen Stewart Hartigan. MA,
TCD,, Broadwell,
Moreton-in-Marsh. Glos., 1911-1918). Page 54. |
| 5 | Sir Richard Colt Hoare, Bart, "History of Modern Wiltshire, Volume 5Hundred of Alderbury and Frustfield.(#269)" (1820). Pedigree Eyre Frust No 1 Page 56. |