[27391] "Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans," Carl Boyer III (Santa Clarita, CA, 2001), p. 235, states she is "presumed to be the daughter of Maud de Stafford of Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire" and was living in 1242.
__ | __|__ | __| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | __| | | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |__| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | _Robert (Ayers or) EYRE _| | (1519 - 1577) | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | | __| | | | | | | | | __ | | | | | | | | |__|__ | | | | |__| | | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |__| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | | |--Thomas EYRE | (1549 - 1628) | __ | | | __|__ | | | __| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | | __| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | | __|__ | | | | | | |__| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |_Jane TOURNEY ___________| (1518 - 1581) | | __ | | | __|__ | | | __| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |__| | | __ | | | __|__ | | |__| | | __ | | |__|__
[34803] Thomas's information is from the unverified Safford Family file in Ancestry.com in 2013. Ancestry.com reports Eyre is a form of Ayer and offers: "English: from Middle English eir, eyer heir (Old French (h)eir, from Latin heres heir). Forms such as Richard le Heyer were frequent in Middle English, denoting a man who was well known to be the heir to the main property in a particular locality, either one who had already inherited or one with great expectations."
_____________________ | _____________________________|_____________________ | _______________________| | | | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________________|_____________________ | _Arthur Burns SHIELDS _________________| | (1887 - 1952) | | | _____________________ | | | | | _____________________________|_____________________ | | | | |_______________________| | | | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________________|_____________________ | _Arthur Burns ("Buddy") (Jr.) SHIELDS _| | (1925 - 1994) m 1951 | | | _____________________ | | | | | _____________________________|_____________________ | | | | | _______________________| | | | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | | | |_____________________________|_____________________ | | | | |_Florence Louise ("Flossie") BECKWITH _| | (1902 - 1966) | | | _____________________ | | | | | _____________________________|_____________________ | | | | |_______________________| | | | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________________|_____________________ | | |--William Arthur SHIELDS | (1955 - 2019) | _____________________ | | | _Alexander H. STEWART _______|_____________________ | | (1837 - ....) m 1868 | _John Wesley STEWART __| | | (1874 - 1904) m 1892 | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_Amanda Jane LIGGETT ________|_____________________ | | (1823 - ....) m 1868 | _William Allen STEWART ________________| | | (1895 - 1973) m 1923 | | | | _Caleb LINDSEY ______+ | | | | (1807 - 1856) m 1837 | | | _Harrison Brillhart LINDSEY _|_Rebecca BRILLHART __ | | | | (1841 - 1911) m 1868 (1822 - 1903) | | |_Lula Mae LINDSEY _____| | | (1874 - 1957) m 1892 | | | | _Balis MORRIS _______ | | | | (1807 - 1889) m 1829 | | |_Frances ("Fannie") MORRIS __|_Jane NORTHCUTT _____ | | (1848 - 1928) m 1868 (1808 - ....) |_Bettye Maxine STEWART ________________| (1930 - 1994) m 1951 | | _____________________ | | | _Isham U. TAYLOR ____________|_____________________ | | (1824 - 1894) m 1863 | _William Riley TAYLOR _| | | (1864 - 1924) m 1894 | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_Elizabeth UNDERHILL ________|_____________________ | | (1838 - 1913) m 1863 |_Velma TAYLOR _________________________| (1905 - 1987) m 1923 | | _____________________ | | | _L. Erastus MORGAN __________|_____________________ | | (1846 - 1909) |_Luella MORGAN ________| (1871 - 1942) m 1894 | | _____________________ | | |_____________________________|_____________________
[14365] William m. (1) 1975 in Jacksonville, FL Dona ______ and m. (2) 20 Aug 1983 iun Moultrie, GA Lena Jan Taylor (b. 16 Sept 1959 in Moultrie, GA). William had Amanda Marie Shields (b. 19 Feb 1980 in Jacksonville FL). He served in the U. S. Navy during the Vietnam War.