John (Eyrick) Heyrick (1513 - 1589)

Born 1513 in Leicestershire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Bond) Eyrick — married 1531 in Houghton,,Leicestershire,England

Descendants

Died 2 Apr 1589 at about age 76 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England

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Biography

Using Eyrick as LNAB. His gravestone says Heyrick, but every other reference found said Eyrick. He was a descendant of Eyryk, a Danish Chief known as "Eric the Forester".

John Eyrick, or Heyrick; d. Apr. 2, 1589; Leicester.^[1] He was 76 when he died, so was born about 1513.

Epitaph: John Heyrick, Esq. , and Mary Bond, his wife, found in St. Martin's Church, Leicester, at the east end of the north aisle, in a part thereof called " Heyrick's Chancel," : "Here lieth the body of John Heyrick, late of this Parish, who departed this life 2d of April, 1589, being about the age of 76. He did marry Marie, daughter of John Bond of Wardende, in the Countie of Warwicke, Esquire, and did live with the said Mary, in one house, full fifty-two yeares; and in all that tyme, never buried man, woman, or child, though they were sometimes twenty in house hold. He had yssue by said Marie, 5 sonnes and seven daughters. The said John was Mayor of this town in anno 1559, and again in anno 1572. The said Marie departed this life ye 8th day of December, 1611, being of the age of 97 years. She did see before her departure, of her children, and her children's children, and their children, to the number of 142."^[1]

Alternate Birthplaces

Place: Loughborough, Leicestershire, England

Place: Houghton in Prestwold, Leicestershire, England

Marriage

Date: 1535 Houghton, Leicestershire, England

Children^[1]

Child: Elizabeth Herrick m. John Stanford, Esq., Recorder of Leicester and M. P. for same, 1593 and 1596.

Child: Ursula Herrick m. James (?) Hawes, merchant; d. 1614.

Child: Nicholas Herrick

Child: Alice Herrick bap. July 19, 1564 ; m. _____ Hinde

Child: Sir William Herrick b. 1557; bap. Dec. 9, 1562.

Child: Thomas Eyrick d. s. p, 1623.

Child: Helen Eyrick m. Holden.

Child: Christiana Eyrick m. George Brookes, Esq.

Child: John Eyrick bap. Dec. 5, 1559.

Agnes; m. William Davie.

Robert, b. 1540

Mary; m. Sir Thomas Bennett, Lord Mayor of London, 1603; a wealthy merchant.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Herrick, Jedediah. Genealogical Register of the name and Family of Herrick, from the Settlement of Henerie Hericke in Salem, Massachusetts 1629, to 1846. Bangor: Samuel S Smith, Printer, 1846

• Find a Grave (has image), Find A Grave: Memorial #62921633, Memorial page for John Herrick (1513-2 Apr 1589), citing Leicester Cathedral, Leicester, Leicester Unitary Authority, Leicestershire, England; Maintained by Kathryn Herrick (contributor 50297274).
• https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/MR4Z-7LB/christiana-herrick-or-eyrick-1554-1593