Marie Eachus

Other Events:

• Baptism: 9 Jan 1654, Church Minshull

Other Events:

• Baptism: 25 Mar 1627, St Bartholomews, Church Minshull

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Addresses: 1653/4 Minshull Vernon
Paid Poll Tax 1660 Income ?10 per Annum, Poll Tax 4 shillings

Archive;
Poll & Hearth Tax returns (MC 2/12)

Thomas married Margaret Hall. Margaret (daughter of John Hall) was born about 1630 in (in/of) Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 10 Feb 1596, St Bartholomews, Church Minshull

Notes:

will dated 16th February 1671/2 leaving his effects to his children Ellen and Thomas
Will proved 29th August 1672 - Copy Held (FW 1/1)

Paid Poll Tax 1660 income ?5 per Anum tax due; 2 shillings & 1 shilling for his daughter
Paid Hearth Tax 1664 1 shilling

William`s Marriage does not appear in the Parish records of Cheshire, Staffordshire or Shropshire. the reason could be a Couple- Beggar. A Couple-Beggar was an itinerant priest who performed marriages irregulary i.e. without Banns or Licence. Hardwicks Marriage Act of 1754 legalised such marriages, but the officiating minister was declared a felon.

Archive
Poll & Hearth Tax returns (MC 2/12)

William married Ellen. Ellen was born about 1598 in (in/of) Cheshire, England; died in 1667; was buried in St Bartholomews, Church Minshull. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Peter was a farmer in Minshul Vernon. All the Eachus families found in the world, can be traced back to Peter and his marriage to Margaret Pownall. Although to date, his baptism has not been found, he is believed to be the son of Thomas Eachus (born abt 1532) [#5938], and the brother of Thomas's son John Eachus baptised 1566 at Church Minshull.
Thomas may have been the son of John Eachus (ships Captain) born abt 1500 in Cheshire, England and who sailed out of Red Bank, Chester.

Archive;
Printed List of Peter & Margarets Descendants (RG 1/11)
Photograph of Tapestry in Church Minshull Church. (MR4 1-2)

Time Line;
1559 Elizabeth Tudor, daughter of Ann Boleyn, Crowned Queen of England
1561 Silk Stockings are the latest craze
1563 Over 20,000 people die in Plaque epidemic
1564 Galileo born
1564 A new form of transport is introduced from the Netherlands: the horse-drawn coach.
1564 John Hawkins sets out on his second expedition to the new world.
1565 Queen Elizabeth warned of the dangers of the new religious Hardliners known as the Puritains.
1569 Peter Eachus Born in Minshull Vernon, Cheshire, England. (abt)
1570 Unrest in East Anglia resulting from the influx of foreigh workers.
1572 Population of England reaches five million
1577 Francis Drake sets out in the Pelican to sail around the World
1584 Sir Richard Grenville has established a colony on Roanoke Island, Virginia. This first Colony, with a hundred men. has built a fort and houses.
1585 A medicinal herb called tobacco whose dried leaves may be smoked in a clay pipe, brought back from Virginia.
1588 Defeat of the Spanish Armada
1589 Three woman hanged at Chelmsford Essex, for Witchcraft.
1594 William Shakespear, a poet & playwright, has been listed among the foremost poets of the day.
1594 Peter Eachus Married Margaret Pownall in a simple ceremony at St Bartholomews Parish Church, Church Minshull. surrounded by family and friends.

Peter married Margaret Pownall on 21 Apr 1594 in St Bartholomews, Church Minshull [Thursday],. Margaret was born about 1572 in (in/of) Cheshire, England; died in 1624; was buried on 12 Jun 1624 in Church Minshull, Cheshire, England [Wednesday]. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Interesting Fact: Margaret was born just 8 years after Galileo.

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Married:
Church Minshul Parish Record entry for 1594:
the xxi day of April Peter Ethose and Margaret Pownall were Married
copy of entry held