Elizabeth (Fisher) Eyre (bef. 1700 - 1720)

Ancestors

Died Dec 1720 after age 20 in Sussex, Delaware

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Biography

Elizabeth was born before 1700. She passed away after 1720.

She first married James Seaton, a widower. After his death, she married Daniel Eyre in 1718.

She herself lived only a few months after her husband. She wrote her will in 1720 and it was proved in January of 1721.

Sources

• Marriage of JAMES SEATON, Widower, and ELIZABETH FISHER, Spinster.. In Turner, C.H.B., Rodney’s Diary and Other Delaware Records, pg 70: Marriages, Sussex County, page 70. Digital copy available at FamilySearch.org [1]

Witnesses: Richard Paynter, Cornelius Wiltbank, Jane Wiltbank, Nicholas Green, Joseph Booth Jr., Sarah Fisher, Jabe Maude Fisher, Jane Brock, Sam’l Davis Jr., Mary Westcot, Phillip Russell, Margret Paynter, Simon Kolloch

• Marriage of DANIEL EYRE to ELIZABETH SEATTOUNE, Sept 16, 1718. Witnesses: Cornelius Wiltbank, Jane Wiltbank, Margratt Booth, Abigal Vankirk, Mary Miers, Sarah Fisher, Esther Walton, Alice Coe, Patience Walton Wm Coe, John May, George Walton, Wm Spencer, Thomas May, Peter Lucas, James Miers, John Hue [his mark]. citing Deed Book 16, page 129

• Delaware, Wills and Probate Records, , 1676-1971: Sussex: General index, 1682-1948; Wills, book A, 1682-1781. Image 372. Images available at FamilySearch.org: [2], accessed 13 Oct 2019

Will of DANIEL EYRE, of Sussex County

Signed: 14 Sep 1720; proved 16 May 1720

Heirs: wife, Elizabeth Eyre; sister Sarah Nock wife of Thomas Nock of Kent County, Delaware; sister Mary Mifflin wife of Edward Mifflin of Northampton County, Virginia; Margret Booth wife of Joseph Booth of Kent County

Executors: wife, Elizabeth Eyre

Witnesses: Henry Hall,, Thomas ?Thorne, John Murphy, William Rodney

10 shillings to sisters, tract of land for wife of 733 acres in Northampton, Virginia, where my mother Anne Eyre deceased lately dwelled; £7 for Margaret Booth

• Delaware, Wills and Probate Records, , 1676-1971: Sussex: General index, 1682-1948; Wills, book A, 1682-1781. Image 374. Images available at FamilySearch.org: [3], accessed 15 Oct 2019

Will of ELIZABETH EYRE, of Sussex County

Signed: 16 Dec 1720; proved 6 Jan 1720[/21]

Heirs: Mary Miers; siblings: Margret Booth, Margery Fisher, Jabeck {sic} Maud Fisher and Joshua Fisher and James

Executors: Joshua Booth [brother-in-law]

Witnesses: John Murphy, Sarah Mickey, John May

plantation together with the water grismill and water full in [fulling?] mill”