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NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL REGISTER
Volume 69, Year 1915, Pages 248-251
GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH IN ENGLAND
EYRE or AIRES
(Contributed by Miss Elizabeth FRENCH, an communicated by the Committee on English
Research... Continued from page 159) [This transcriber does not have page 159.]
FROM THE PARISH REGISTERS OF LAVENHAM, CO. SUFFOLK#
#NOTE: These registers have been searched for EYRE entries from 1558 to 1653, inclusive but for
VALE entries from ____ [not readable on my xerox copy] to ____ inclusive [possibly 1558-1582].
*Up to 1570, in these registers the year is reckoned as beginning on 1 January.
1565 John Vale buried 26 February.*
1567 Jeffrye Janing and Alice Vale married 7 June.
1575 John Vale and ______ married 19 May.
1578 Roger Cha’delor and Joane Vale married 28 October.
1582 Symon Aires and Susan Vale married 7 February (1582/3).
1585 Susan daughter of Symon Aires baptized 18 October.
1588 Symond son of Symon Aires baptized 21 June.
1588 John Butcher and Cecilye Aires married 4 October.
1589 Susan daughter of Symon Aires buried 20 June.
1591 Anna daughter of Symon Aires baptized 23 April.
1593 John son of Symon Aires baptized 5 January (1593/4).
1596 Joseph son of Richard Aires baptized 10 October.
1596 Anthonye son of Symon Aires baptized 24 October.
1598 Richard son of Richard Aires baptized 19 November.
1599 Thomas Angell servant with Symon Aires buried 3 December.
1600 John son of Richard Aires baptized 13 October.
1603 James son of Richard Aires baptized 3 July.
1603 John son of Henry Aires baptized 30 January (1603/4).
1605 Susan daughter of Richard Aires baptized 15 September.
1605 Francis daughter of Henry Aires baptized 2 February (1605/6).
1606 Richard son of Henry Aires baptized 15 June.
1606 Richard son of Richard Aires buried 22 June.
1608 Anne daughter of Henry Aires baptized 11 December.
1609 Richard son of Richard Aires baptized 3 April.
1615 Anthonye son of Symon Aires buried 2 March (1615/16).
1619 Marie daughter of Mr. Simond Aiers (sic) baptized 22 June.
1621 Gararde son of Robert Eyre (?) buried 30 April.
1627 John Eyres and Dorothy Huske married 13 November.
1628 John son of John Eyres baptized 4 January (1628/9).
1629 Francis daughter of Henry Eyres buried 8 April.
1630 Dorithye daughter of John Eyres baptized 6 June.
1631 Rychard Ayres and Susan Helke married 10 August.
1632 Richard son of Richard Eires baptized 17 June.
1632 Dorithie wife of John Eyres buried 21 November.
1633 William Clarke and An Eyres married 15 October.
1634 John son of Richard Eyres baptized 6 April.
1634 John Eyers and Marie Firman married 1 May.
1636 Thomas son of Richard Ayres baptized 6 April.
1637 John son of John Ayres baptized 6 May.
1637 Susan the wife of Symon Eyers buried 21 September.
1638 William son of Richard Ayeres baptized 10 June.
1639 William son of Richard Aires buried 4 December.
1639 John son of John Aires buried 20 January (1639/40).
1639 -------- daughter of John Aires buried 16 February (1639/40).
1639 Richard Aires Senior buried 25 February (1639/40).
1640 Margrette daughter of Richard Aires buried 20 June.
1641 Joan Ayres widow buried 4 March (1641/2).
1642 Margaret daughter of Richard Ayrs (sic) 16 April.
1642 William son of Richard Ayers baptized 19 June.
1642 Sarah daughter of John Ayers baptized 26 February (1642/3).
1643 Richard son of Richard Ayers buried 31 October.
1644 Mary daughter of John Ayers baptized 21 November.
1646 Francis wife of Henry Ayers baptized 19 August .
1647 Saray daughter of John Ayers baptized 2 May.
1650 Sarah daughter of John Ayers buried 6 June.
1650 Mary daughter of John Ayer baptized 28 July.
FROM FEET OF FINES#
#NOTE: Preserved in the Public Record Office, London.
Fifteen days after Easter, 11 Charles I (13 April 1635). Final Concord in the King’s Court at
Westminster between Timothy Oldmanes alias Pricke and Mary his wife, querents, and
Simon Eire, gentleman, and Dorothy his wife, deforciants, of two messuages, one stable,
two gardens, and one orchard in Bury St. Edmunds. Plea of covenant. Simon and Dorothy
have acknowledged the aforesaid premises to be the right of Timothy, as those which Timothy
and Mary have of the gift of Simon and Dorothy, and they have remised and quitclaimed
them from Simon and Dorothy and their heirs to Timothy and Mary and the heirs of Timothy
forever. And, moreover, Simon and Dorothy have granted for themselves and the heirs of
Simon that they will warrant to Timothy and Mary and the heirs of Timothy the aforesaid
premises against Simon and Dorothy and the heirs of Simon forever. And for this Timothy
and Mary gave to Simon and Dorothy L80. (Translated from the Latin.) (Feet of Fines,
Suffolk, Easter, 11 Charles I.)
(Because of the lack of wills nothing has been learned about the ancestry of Simon Aires and
his wife, Susan Vale, parents of the Simon Aires or Eyre who emigrated to New England in
1635; but both were probably descended from families of their respective names that had
been resident at Lavenham, co. Suffolk, since the Middle Ages. The following pedigree,
therefore, begins with the father of the eimgrant.)
1. Simon AIRES, of Lavenham, co. Suffolk, born probably about 1557, died after 1637.
He married at Lavenham, 7 Feb. 1582/3, Susan VALE, who was buried at Lavenham
21 Sept. 1637.
Children, baptized at Lavenham:
i. Susan, bapt. 18 Oct. 1585; bur. Lavenham 20 June 1589.
2. ii. Simon, bapt. 21 June 1588.
iii. Anna, bapt. 23 Apr. 1591.
IV. John, bapt. 5 Jan. 1593/4; perhaps the man who m. at Lavenham, 13 Nov.
1627, Dorothy HUSKE, and had children who are recorded there.
v. Anthony, baptized 24 Oct. 1596; bur. at Lavenham 2 Mar. 1615/16.
2. Simon AIRES or EYRE, of Lavenham and Bury St. Edmunds, co. Suffolk, and of Watertown, Mass.,
surgeon, baptized at Lavenham 21 June 1588, died in New England in Dec. 1658. He married first,
probably about 1616, Dorothy PAYNE, born about 1598, died in Boston, Mass., 11 Aug. 1650,
daughter of William and Agnes (NVES) of Lavenham.# At some time after the birth of their first child
they removed from Lavenham probably to Bury St. Edmunds, where on 13 Apr. 1635 they sold two
houses, a stable, two gardens, and an orchard. Two days later, with their eight children, they sailed
for New England, in the ship Increase, and settled on their arrival in Massachusetts at Watertown.
Simon Eyre married secondly, about 1651, Martha (HUBBARD) WHITTINGHAM, born in England
about 1612, died 13 July 1687, daughter of Willaim and widow of John.
He was freeman 17 Apr. 1637, representative in 1641, selectman in 1636-1643, and town clerk in
1641-1645. He was admitted to the church 17 Apr. 1647, and soon afterwards he removed to Boston.
In his will, dated 5 July 1658, an abstract of which is given in Register, vol. 9, pp. 39-40, he mentions
wife Martha and children Thomas, Dorothy, John, and Maria, and states that the rest of his children
have had their portions. The other daughters, therefore, were probably married before this will was
made, as we know to be the case with Anna.
#NOTE: Dorothy PAYNE was a sister of Elizabeth, wife of William HAMMOND, of Phebe, wife of John
PAGE, and of William PAYNE, all of whom were early settlers in New England. For Payne and Page
entries in the parish registers of Lavenahm, co. Suffolk, vide infra, pp. 251-252. The surname Nves is
probably an incorrect spelling of Neves or Neve.
Children by first wife:
I. Marie, bapt. at Lavenham 22 June 1619; came to Watertown with her parents; m. Richard
MOSELEY; mentioned in the will of her uncle, William PAYNE, in 1660.
ii. Thomas, b. in England abt. 1621; d. in Virginia in 1666; came to New England with his parents and
was living at Watertown in 1644; mentioned as eldest son in his father’s will in 1658.
iii. Simon, b. in England abt. 1623; came to Watertown with his parents; m. abt. 1651 Lydia STARR,
who d. in Boston 10 Aug. 1653, dau. of Comfort of Ashford, co. Kent, and of Cambridge, Mass.; d. a
few days before his wife. Child: 1. Simon, b. 6 Aug. 1652; d. in 1695; mentioned in the will of his
great-uncle, William PAYNE, in 1660; settled at New Haven; m. 22 July 1679 Elizabeth (ALLERTON)
STARR, dau. of Isaac 2d and widow of Benjamin; had issue.
iv. Rebecca, b. in England abt. 1625; came with her parents to New England; mentioned in the will of
her uncle, William PAYNE, in 1660.
v. Christian, b. in England abt. 1627; came with her parents to New England; mentioned in the will of
her uncle William PAYNE, in 1660.
vi. Anna, b. in England abt. 1628; came to New England with her parents; mentioned in the will of her
uncle William PAYNE, in 1660; m. in Boston, 5 Mar. 1651/2, John CHECKLEY of Preston Capes, co.
Northampton [England], and of Boston, Mass., who d. 1 [or 4?] Jan. 1684/5, aged 75, his wife
surviving him. They lived at Charlestown and Boston, and had issue.
vii. Benjamin, b. in England abt. 1631; came to New England; mentioned in the will of his uncle,
William Payne, in 1660.
viii. Sarah, b. in England in Jan. 1634/5; came with her parents to New England; probably d. young.
ix. Jonathan, b. at Watertown 20 March 1637/8; educated for a surgeon in 1656; no further record
of him.
x. Dorothy, b. at Watertown 4 June 1640; mentioned in the will of her father in 1658 and in that of her
uncle, William PAYNE, in 1660.
Children by second wife, born in Boston:
xi. Maria, b. 26 March 1652; mentioned in her father’s will.
xiii. John, b. 19 Feb. 1653/4; d. in June 1700; m. 20 May 1680 Catherine BRATTLE, b. in Boston, 26
Sept. 1664, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth (TYNG) of Boston. She m. (2) in Boston, 13 Nov. 1707,
Chief Justice Wait Still WINTHROP, s. of John and grandson of Gov. John, and d. 2 Aug. 1725. John
Eyre was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company in 1682, of the Committee of
Safety in 1689, and representative in 1693 and 1698.
Children b. in Boston:
1. John, b 27 Mar. 1682; d. in Boston 1 Dec. 1696.
2. Thomas, b. 21 June 1687; m. in Boston, 12 Feb. 1715/16, Deborah SHELSTON; had issue.
3. Martha, b. 28 Jan. 1688/9.
4. Catherine, b. 20 July 1694.
5. Bethiah, b. 24 July 1695.
6. Mary, b. 15 Sept. 1697.
7. John, b. 17 Jan. 1698/9; probably d. young.
8. John, b. 7 Aug. 1700; A. B. (Harvard College) 1718.
BY: ELIZABETH FRENCH
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Transcribed by Gloria Odom 11/11/1997.
Brackets [ ] inserted by transcriber.
I double-checked my typing to check for errors, but I guarantee only that I have done my best.
I have xerox copies of these records in my possession, from the volume above stated.
Paragraphing was changed for use here, to make the information more readable.
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