George Eedes Eachus

Other Events:

• Baptism: 7 Apr 1826, Saffron Walden, Essex,

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Residence:
1838 37 Russell Sq, London

George married Anna Maria Hewlins on 15 Dec 1836 in St George, Bloomsbury, Middlesex.. Anna (daughter of Richard Hewlins and Mary Potter) was born in 1814 in (in/of) Saffron Walden, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
15 dec 1836 In The Parish of St George, Bloomsbury, by Licence.
George Eedes Eachus, Batchelor of Saffron Walden, Essex.
Mary Ann Hewlins, Spinster of this Parish.
were married 15th december 1836 by Licence by Wynell Mayow, Curate.
In the presence of Mary Ann Eachus & L J Jones.
[ archive - digital copy + Copy of Entrie; London Collection MR 3/7]

1. Mary Eedes Theodora Eachus was born on 12 Jul 1838 in 37, Russell Sq, London; died in 1847 in Havant.
2. Anna Maria Eachus was born in 1839 in Leyton, Essex.
3. George Eedes Eachus was born in 1840 in Leyton, Essex; died on 14 Jul 1910 in 39, Old Queen St, City of Westminster; was buried on 16 Jul 1910 in Camden, England.

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Addresses: 1811 Saffron Walden
Will: Formerly of Saffron Walden and late of Bethnall Green, Middlesex
Letters of Administration 12 Feb 1862 (FW 1/19)

George married Mary Eedes in 1811 in Saffron Walden, Essex. Mary (daughter of Joseph Eedes and Elizabeth) was born in 1782 in (in/of) Saffron Walden, England; died on 2 May 1829 in Saffron Walden, Essex; was buried on 11 May 1829 in Little Meeting (Baptist) , Saffron Walden, Essex [age 47]. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Letters of Administration 12 Feb 1862 (FW 1/19)

Died:
Probate 12 feb 1862:
[archive - digital probate index]

Buried:
Archive - digital copy

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]

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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.

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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)

Joseph married Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born about 1765 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 15 Dec 1721, Middlewich [ James son of William Eachus of Middlewich Baptised]

Notes:

Apprentices; 1754 J N Lowe ?18, 1756 Richard Dod ?18, 1758 Chas Moulton ?18.
Licence 15-Aug-1750 James Eachus of Middlewich, Sadler, Elizabeth Peachy of same, single woman. Bondsman J E Thomas Millington of same, Hatter
Administration 21st October 1767 - Copy Held (FW 1/6)

Archive;
Agreement 1764 (MISC 1/8)

James married Elizabeth Peachy on 16 Aug 1750 in St Lawrence Church, Over Peover by licence. Elizabeth (daughter of John Peachy) was born in 1721 in (in/of) Middlewich, Cheshire, England; died on 16 Mar 1798; was buried on 19 Mar 1798 in Middlewich, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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M.I. Here lieth the body of John Peachey late salt officer in this town who
departed this life Nov 16th 1720 aged 43 years here lieth the body of
Elizabeth Eachus who died Mar 16th 1798 aged 77yrs.

Buried:
Monumental Inscription (MC 2/13)

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Married:
Written Copy Of Marriage Licence Held