The Eachus Family of Cheshire, England.

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Welcome to the Eachus Family History. The information listed has been researched by many Family members over a 40 year period. Whilst we believe that the information in accurate, errors may occur, please use as a guide and always check the original sources. Updates and corrections are always welcome. To use the tree click on any family name shown or use the search box. Then click “All” to access the information of that family.

GEDCOM Statistics

The Eachus Family of Cheshire, England.
This GEDCOM was created using BROSKEEP 7.0.41 WINDOWS on 12 September 2015

Individuals	27331
Males	13724 50.21%
Females	13595 49.74%
Total surnames	2683
Families	7037
Sources	789
Media objects	0
Other records	3
Total events	47147
Total users	10

Earliest birth year	1420	Richard Watmore ‎(I18049)‎ Birth 1420 -- Prescot Lancashire, England
Latest birth year	1991	Benjamin Taylor Griffith ‎(I6668)‎ Birth 12 July 1991 Death 31 October 1991 ‎(Age 3 months)‎
Earliest death year	1537	William Watmore ‎(I18045)‎ Birth 1472 23 -- Prescot, Lancashire, England Death 1537 ‎(Age 65)‎ -- Stottesdon, Shropshire, England
Latest death year	2015	Fred Eachus, Jr ‎(I432)‎ Birth 1 December 1921 23 24 -- Rockwood, Tennessee. U.S. Death 23 January 2015 ‎(Age 93)‎ -- Tennessee, U.S. ‎[age 93]‎
Person who lived the longest	106	Olive Ida Bucknall ‎(I15980)‎ Birth 1898 36 37 -- York, Yorkshire, England Death February 2004 ‎(Age 106)‎ -- Doncaster
Average age at death	52	Males: 53 Females: 51
Family with the most children	16	James Bayley + Penelope Salmon ‎(F5004)‎ Marriage 29 June 1780 -- Wybunbury
Average number of children per family	2.91

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Most Common Surnames
ADAMSON, AINSWORTH, ALLEN, ASHTON, ATHERTON, BAYLEY, BEECH, BELL, BIRKETT, BLADEN, BONNER, BOOTH, BRACEGIRDLE, BRADBURY, BRADSHAW, BRAIN, BRATHERTON, BROWN, BUCKLEY, BUCKNALL, BURGESS, BUTTERWORTH, CADBY, CARTER, CHAPPELL, CHARLESWORTH, CHURCHILL, COLE, CORDWELL, CREES, CREFFIELD, CURTIS, DALE, DANIELS, DAWSON, DEAN, DERBYSHIRE, DIXON, DUTTON, EACHUS, ENGLISH, EVANS, FISHBURNE, FORSTER, GARNER, GASKELL, GIBBARD, GILBERT, GOULDING, GRAINGER, GREEN, GRICE, GUEST, HALL, HAMLETT, HARRIS, HARRISON, HEATON, HODKINSON, HOGG, HOLDEN, HOLLAND, HOPE, HOUGH, HUGHES, HULME, INGRAM, JACKSON, JAMES, JOHNSON, JONES, KELSALL, LAWMAN, LEA, LEES, LEGGATT, MARTIN, MASON, MASSEY, MAWDSLEY, MEMORY, MILLS, MOLYNEUX, MORREY, MOSS, MULLENDER, NEWTON, NORBURY, OGDEN, OLLIER, OWEN, PALIN, RAWLE, RAYNER, RICHARDSON, ROBINSON, SHAKESHAFT, SHAW, SHELDON, SHIPTON, SIDDELEY, SIMPSON, SMITH, STRAWSON, SUMNER, SUTTON, TAYLOR, TELFORD, THOMAS, TINNION, TODHUNTER, TOMLINSON, TREWEEK, TURNER, VERDIN, WAKEFIELD, WALKER, WALMSLEY, WARD, WARREN, WELCH, WHARTON, WHITEHEAD, WHITTAKER, WICKERSHAM, WILLIAMS, WILSON, WOLSTENHOLME, WOOD, WORRALL, WORTHINGTON, WRIGHT, YARWOOD, YOXALL

The Eachus Family of Cheshire, England.

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Record	GIVN	Date		Event
Amison, Eliza Father: Amison, Francis Mother: Johnson, Martha	Eliza	21 January 1819	200	Baptism
Ashcroft, Thomas Father: Ashcroft, Edward Mother: Boyse, Ann	Thomas	21 January 1821	198	Birth
Bate, Bertram	Bertram	21 January 1966	53	Death
Bracegirdle, Samuel Father: Bracegirdle, Samuel Mother: Wridgway, Mary	Samuel	21 January 1749	270	Baptism
Bratherton, Rebecca Father: Bratherton, George Mother: Lowe, Hannah	Rebecca	21 January 1766	253	Baptism
Cadby, William Father: Cadby, William Mother: King, Frances	William	21 January 1720	299	Burial
Colley, Mary Father: Colley, Richard Mother: Barnes, Ellen ‎(Nelly)‎	Mary	21 January 1817	202	Birth
Costigan, Martin Father: Costigan, Patrick Mother: ‎‎(unknown)‎‎, Mary McFarlane, Ellen	Martin	21 January 1867	152	Marriage
Dale, William Father: Dale, Thomas Mother: Large, Mary	William	21 January 1809	210	Birth
Deems, Sarah Lauranda	Sarah Lauranda	21 January 1831	188	Birth
Eachus, Jane Father: Eachus, Edward Tench Mother: Grindley, Ann	Jane	21 January 1845	174	Birth
Eachus, Martha Father: Eachus, John Mother: Williams, Martha	Martha	21 January 1803	216	Baptism
Eachus, Samuel James Archer Father: Eachus, James Mother: Archer, Ann	Samuel James Archer	21 January 1876	143	Death
Eachus, Walter Baker Father: Eachus, William Lewis Mother: Lodge, Matilda E	Walter Baker	21 January 1874	145	Birth
English, Walter Father: English, George Mother: Garnham, Hester	Walter	21 January 1877	142	Baptism
Fell, Joshua Roman	Joshua Roman	21 January 1804	215	Birth
Ford, Ann Father: Ford, John Mother: ‎(unknown)‎, Mary	Ann	21 January 1798	221	Baptism
Garner, Daniel Father: Garner, John Mother: Dean, Agnes	Daniel	21 January 1804	215	Birth
Garnham, Robert Benford, Sarah	Robert	21 January 1827	192	Marriage
Gilbert, Joseph Father: Gilbert, John Mother: Cowsel, Betty	Joseph	21 January 1776	243	Baptism
Gould, Jessie Warburton Father: Gould, John Bonner Mother: Warburton, Mary Jane	Jessie Warburton	21 January 1883	136	Birth
Grice, Mary Ellen Father: Grice, Peter Mother: Bentley, Mary	Mary Ellen	21 January 1869	150	Baptism
Halton, Christina Elizabeth Father: Halton, John Mother: Durose, Julia Agnes	Christina Elizabeth	21 January 1900	119	Birth
Hamlett, James Father: Hamlett, Thomas Mother: Grimsditch, Esther	James	21 January 1855	164	Death
Hough, Baby Father: Hough, Richard Mother: ‎(unknown)‎, Mary	Baby	21 January 1753	266	Death
Hunt, William Father: Hunt, John Mother: Fairly, Catherine	William	21 January 1835	184	Baptism
Hutchfield, Edward Father: Hutchfield, Edward Mother: Price, Margaret	Edward	21 January 1858	161	Death
Hyde, Hannah Father: Hyde, James Mother: Stanton, Sarah	Hannah	21 January 1782	237	Baptism
Kirkham, John Eachus, Martha Father: Eachus, Samuel	John	21 January 1817	202	Marriage
Memory, Stephen Caldwell, Mary Father: Caldwell, John Mother: ‎‎(unknown)‎‎, Elizabeth	Stephen	21 January 1690	329	Marriage
Molyneux, Molly Father: Molyneux, Samuel Mother: Whittle, Betty	Molly	21 January 1783	236	Baptism
Mullender, Mary Father: Mullender, Isaac Mother: Scaife, Catherine	Mary	21 January 1772	247	Baptism
Putnam, Henry Father: Putnam, Joseph Mother: ‎(unknown)‎, Susanna	Henry	21 January 1816	203	Baptism
Rayner, Kenneth Father: Rayner, Norman Dennis Mother: Jackson, Olive	Kenneth	21 January 2009	10	Death
Robinson, Amy Father: Robinson, George Mother: Collins, Mary Ann	Amy	21 January 1972	47	Death
Robinson, Hannah Father: Robinson, Joseph Mother: Paul, Emma	Hannah	21 January 1946	73	Death
Ross, James Colvin, Martha Ann	James	21 January 1868	151	Marriage
Sadler, Henry Father: Sadler, Wharton Mother: Gorst, Margaret	Henry	21 January 1816	203	Baptism
Shaw, John Father: Shaw, John Mother: Hickinbotham, Sarah	John	21 January 1810	209	Baptism
Siddeley, Betsy Father: Siddeley, Nathaniel Mother: Molyneux, Elizabeth ‎(Betsy)‎	Betsy	21 January 1877	142	Baptism
Singleton, Samuel Father: Singleton, John Mother: Trelfa, Elizabeth Leigh, Eliza	Samuel	21 January 1831	188	Marriage
Sixsmith, Jane Father: Sixsmith, William Mother: Travers, Margaret	Jane	21 January 1794	225	Birth
Smith, Mary	Mary	21 January 1792	227	Burial
Springer, John Lewis Father: Springer, Newton Mother: Eachus, Orpha	John Lewis	21 January 1927	92	Death
Stafford, William Father: Stafford, John Mother: Hewlett, Mary	William	21 January 1798	221	Baptism
Taylor, Mary Father: Taylor, Edward Mother: Lomas, Mary	Mary	21 January 1776	243	Baptism
Tyrer, John Father: Tyrer, Edward Mother: Ashcroft, Elizabeth	John	21 January 1827	192	Baptism
Verdin, John Father: Verdon, Theobald Mother: Broome, Mary	John	21 January 1766	253	Birth
Wainwright, Elizabeth Ellen Father: Wainwright, William Mother: Nixon, Elizabeth	Elizabeth Ellen	21 January 1959	60	Probate
Warn, Edward Father: Warn, Daniel Mother: Davis, Mary White, Esther	Edward	21 January 1818	201	Marriage
Way, Robert	Robert	21 January 1668	351	Baptism
Wells, Frances Delia Father: Wells, John Tighe Mother: Bayford, Ellen Margaret	Frances Delia	21 January 1839	180	Birth
Whittaker, Harriet Father: Whittaker, Roger Mother: Dean, Elizabeth	Harriet	21 January 1891	128	Probate
Wolsey, Isaac Father: Wolsey, William Mother: Jarvis, Mary Brighouse, Margaret Father: Brighouse, Henry Mother: Wilcock, Jane	Isaac	21 January 1884	135	Marriage
Wood, William Father: Wood, Samuel Mother: Moseley, Anne	William	21 January 1840	179	Baptism
‎(unknown)‎, Mary	Mary	21 January 1854	165	Death
Show parents	Total events: 56

Origins

English Surnames record Localities or places where ancestors originated or from their occupation or physical attributes.

Eachus is an old English Surname, first mentioned in the field name Eachus Plan in Church Minshull, Cheshire in the year 1304 CE.

It is a local house name, perhaps with a first element related to addition or increase

The name Eachus comes from the Norman French word ēaca, which means land added to an estate.

Difficult Times

One of the things that would have effected our ancestors was the long hot summer of 1305, it was a summer of burning heat and drought which resulted in the hay harvest failing.
Later in 1316 we get the start of two years of terrible floods, which resulted in famine, and 1000s losing their lives.

Burning heat and drought.

Then in the Mid 16th Century a run of very cold winters and short growing seasons resulted in food shortages and famine. In 1557 the harvest failed for the third year running, this was followed bytwo years of heavy rains, which resulted in what was reckoned to be the worst famine that century. As well as starvation, thousands died from an outbreak of plague, one observer noted that, “The like whereof has never been known before”, to make matters worse prices rose sharply and in the previous year grain had cost double what it did in 1553. This was a disaster for the 60% of the population who lived at subsistence level, wage earners had to spend 80 to 90%t of their income on food. One of the big trades was the cloth trade, which collapsed as exports were down by 30%. Whilst there can be no information as to how this situation effected the Eachus family, it is a fact that the only written reference to any Eachus family members in the following years is in 1566 when on the 3rd day of May 1566 in Church Minshull, a child of Thomas Eachus was baptised named John.

Our story really starts with the person who is believed to be John’s brother Peter. The marriage between Peter Eachus and Margaret Pownall took place on the 21st April 1594, again in Church Minshull. All the Eachus family members alive today are descended from Peter & Margaret.