Herbert Wilkinson

Notes:

Census Listings;
1861 Battle Cottages, Sydenham, Lewisham. Kent son. age 9. Scholar. (61-468)
1871 Redberry Grove, Sydenham Park, Forest Hill. Brother. age 19. Merchants Clerk. (71-405)
1891 The Vicarage, Burton Dassett, Rigby, Warwick. Head (s). age 39. Clerk in Holy Orders (91-351)

Other Events:

• Baptism: 21 May 1820, Baileys Lane Particular Baptist, Saffron Walden, Essex

Notes:

Frederick Eachus Wilkinson M.D. of St Andrews Edinburgh, and L.R.C.P.E., M.R.C.S., LAC London.
On Thursday October 6th 1846, Fred,Eachus Wilkinson of Saffron Walden was admitted to the Society of Apothecaries,
Royal Colledge of Surgeons, Members admitted at the meeting of the court of Examiners, on Friday January 29th 1858 include: Wilkinson, Frederick Eachus of Sydenham
Census Listings;
1841 Dedham Street, Dedham, Colchester, Essex. age 20. Chemist. (41-290)
1851 Sydenham Park, Sydenham, Lweisham, Kent. Head (m). age 30. General Practioner. (51-364)
1861 Battle Cottages, Sydenham, Lewisham. Kent Head (m). age 41, LRCPE, MRCS,LAC, London. (61-468)
1871 1 Park Road, Upper Sydenham, Lewisham. Head (m). age 50. M.D. of St Andrews Edinburgh, MRCS & LAC, London. (71-404)
1881 Battle Cottages, Dartmouth Road, Upper Sydenham. Head (m). age 60, Medical Practitioner. (81-401) < with grandchildren Harry & Esther >
1891 The Vicarage, Burton Dassett, Rigby, Warwick. Father (m). age 70. M.D. Retired. < general Practitioner> (91-351)

Baptism:
Baptised SUNDAY, May 21st 1820

Frederick married Esther Hewlins on 7 Jan 1841 in The Parish Church, Saffron Walden.. Esther was born about 1820 in Bloomsbury, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Census Listings;
1841 Dedham Street, Dedham, Colchester, Essex. age 20. (41-290)
1851 Sydenham Park, Sydenham, Lweisham, Kent. wife. age 30. (51-364)
1861 Battle Cottages, Sydenham, Lewisham. Kent wife. age 42. (61-468)
1871 1 Park Road, Upper Sydenham, Lewisham. wife. age 52 (71-404)
1881 Battle Cottages, Dartmouth Road, Upper Sydenham. wife. age 61. (81-401)
1891 The Vicarage, Burton Dassett, Rigby, Warwick. Mother (m). age 72. (91-351)

Notes:

Married:
Marriage: THURSDAY 7th January 1841.
The Parish Church, Saffron Walden, By Licence.
Frederick Eachus Wilkinson, Minor, Bachelor, Surgeon Dentist, of Saffron Walden
father Josiah Wilkinson, Baptist Minister.
Esther Hewlins full age, Sprinster of Bloomsbury, London, father, (blank) Gentleman
signed; Fred Eachus Wilkinson & Esther Hewlins
Witness: J Wilkinson; H L Wilkinson
[Archive Copy Certificate CM1 - 32]

Notes:

The Rev Josiah Wilkinson, Preached at the High Street Baptist Church for 40 years.
Census Listing;
1841 Baily's Lane. Saffron Walden. age 56, Baptist Minister. (41-288)

Josiah married Elizabeth Bridge Eachus in 1812 in Saffron Walden, Essex. Elizabeth (daughter of George Eachus and Hannah Leaper) was born about 1792 in Saffron Walden, Essex England; died in 1866 in Bristol, Gloucestershire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Census Listings;
1841 Baily's Lane, Saffron Walden, age 45. (41-288)
1861 32 Partland Street, St Pauls, Bristol. Mother In Law. (wid). age 68, Fund Holder & Proprietor of Houses. (61-466)

Other Events:

• Baptism: 24 Jan 1759, Middlewich

Notes:

Age at death 82. M.I.Ledger stone on the floor of the church.
Admon 1862. Apprenticed to Thomas Millington,Surgeon/Apothecary 1775
Essex R.O. D/DWm T39. Partnership between George Eachus and Thomas Spurgeon.
the 1811 census shows that George Eachus, surgeon and hids family occupied a house in Church Street, A household of six people (3 male & 3 Female)
Many Victorian G.P's carried out their work from home with little accomodation for their medical tasks, except from a small room that might have served earlier as the Surgens-apothecarys shop. In 1821 for example George Eachus and Thomas Surgeon described their proffession as "Surgeons & Apothecary , and carried this out on and around their shop & premises in Church Street. . (Borrowed from "The Evolution of British General Practice 1850-1940" by Ann Digby)
His Obituary published in the Gentlemans Magazine in 1834 suggests he was a man of esteem and of property owning a "manor" (farm) at Little Bromfords which is near Wickford, Essex, some distance from Saffron Walden.
Saffron Walden Museum. Object of the Month - September 2015
Posted on September 1, 2015 by Museum Administrator
September's Object of the Month is the plaster bust of Dr George Eachus, apothecary and surgeon, of Saffron Walden. It was probably cast from a death-mask made at his death on 3 April 1834. It was selected by store volunteer John Ready and Curator Carolyn Wingfield from the Museum's collection of over fifty plaster busts, heads and skulls because it records the life of a respected local doctor. It has also made us re-examine the Museum's collection of historic plaster heads which have not been looked at for many years.
Dr George Eachus was born in Cheshire in 1759 but moved to Saffron Walden before 1784. He worked in partnership with another apothecary and surgeon, Thomas Spurgin, from premises in Church Street, treating patients and dispensing medicines. The Gentleman's Magazine 1834 described Dr Eachus as a respectable medical practitioner
Plaster heads and Phrenology
Plaster casts such as this were very fashionable in the early nineteenth century and the Museum's collection is probably typical of its time. Some heads are of classical or historical figures, or famous men of the day. The collection includes only one (anonymous) female head and busts of several notorious criminals. The plaster skulls are examples of different peoples around the world. Many of these heads and skulls were listed in the Museum catalogue of 1845 as the 'Phrenology' collection. Phrenology was a fashionable theory in the early nineteenth century which proposed that a person's character could be discerned by examining the shape of their head. Although later discredited as a scientific theory, phrenology remained popular through the Victorian period. Ceramic 'phrenological heads' were made with different areas of the skull marked out; antique examples and modern replicas can be bought today as household ornaments.

Baptism:
Archive: digital copy of Parish entry

George married Hannah Leaper on 1 Jun 1784 in St Mary's Parish Church, Whitechapel. London. Hannah was born in 1762 in England; died on 6 Jan 1801 in Saffron Walden, Essex; was buried on 14 Jan 1801 in Saffron Walden, St Mary the Virgin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Surname Leaper an educated quess by Judith Brook,
"Hannah Leaper had a half aunt Elizabeth Bridge and Hannah called her daughter born just after the aunt's death Elizabeth Bridge Eachus and she in turn called one of her daughters Hannah Leaper Wilkinson after her grandmother? and her son Fredrick Eachus Wilkinson and his son was Fredrick George Eachus Wilkinson."
There is also a document about a will of a Mary Cowlin nee Leaper who leaves her money to her cousins who were all leapers before marriage except George Eachus Jnr. There are also tenuous connections between the Leapers and Eachuses in various family trees.

Notes:

Married:
George Eachus, Batchelor of Saffron Walden.
Hannah Leaper, Spinster of this Parish.
Married by Licence.
Witnessess; Thomas Pratt & Mary Brooks.
(Copy of Entry; London Collection MR 3/7)