Jehu Wickersham

Notes:

Jehu moved to NC after 1767. he resided at Newberry, Co SC between 1772 and
1778. He moved to Wayne Co, Indiana in 1814. Jehu moved from the Carolinas to
Indiana " for a testimony against them" refferring to slave-holding.

Jehu married Mary Kirk in 1770 in Kennett Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, America. Mary (daughter of William Kirk and Mary Buckingham) was born on 1 Jan 1751 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, America; died on 6 Oct 1837 in Richmond, Indiana , America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: East Marlborough, Chester County, Pa

Notes:

James Wickersham, of East Marlborough, Inherited the homestead on payment of
legacies. He married Ann Eachus of Springfield, Daughter of Robert deceased
and Elizabeth of Goshen, James & Ann had the following children;
Abel,Enoch,Jesse,James,John,Thomas,Sampson,Abner,Pricilla and Elizabeth.
James Wickershaw married Sarah Garrettson 1773 and they had a son Enoch
Wickershaw.

James married Ann Eachus on 22 Apr 1736 in Springfield Meeting House. Ann (daughter of Robert Eachus and Elizabeth Harry) was born on 15 May 1712 in Goshen Township, Chester County; died in 1783 in Chester County. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
IGI reads gives a birth year as 1712. Virkus in the Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy says 1722. her father Robert listed her after Elizabeth in his will, giving 1722 credibility
but 1722 would give her an age at marriage of 13 years

Notes:

Archive:
[ Wickershaw/Eachus tree from Jerri Garofalo 2010 A3/7 & A3/8 ]

Thomas married Alice Hogge on 27 Aug 1700 in Cowfold, Sussex, England. Alice (daughter of Richard Hogge and Alice Pannell) was born on 23 May 1677 in Ifield, Sussex England; died in 1730 in East Marlborough Township, Chester County, America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Baptism: 22 Mar 1674, Middlewich, Cheshire, England

Notes:

Robert was the first Eachus in America. His presence is documented in a number of sources, including a history of "Chester & Delaware Counties," Gilbert & Cope: " The first ancester to appear on the records is Robert Eachus, who on December 5th 1704, purchased two hundred acres of land from Richard Thomas...... "
The Eachus family had been Tenant Farmers in Church Minshull and Minshull Vernon since the 13th Century, by the 17th century there was a lot of poverty and disease in the area and they would have had a hard life. One of the wealthier families in the Minshull area was the Minshul Family, they did a lot for the community including helping to fund the Church rebuild in 1702. In 1682 Thomas Minshul and his wife Margaret settled in Pennsylvania, and the family made money by sending ships to America with fee paying passengers. Many inhabitants of the area worked their passage to America on these ships. and it would have been easy for the Eachus family of Minshull, to arrange a trip for their cousin Robert to work his passage in this way. Family legend says that he sailed from Chester in 1700, which would fit perfectly with the Minsul ships. Another pointer is the fact that the coat of arms of the minshul family was a Turks Head. Robert's Grandson Phineas opened an Inn on his land and called it the Turks Head, The Turks Head was in the centre of what is now West Chester (corner of Gay Street & High Street).
The first mention of Robert Eachus in America is in 1704 when he delivered a deed of mortgage to Richard Thomas for 200 acres of land dated 6th day of December 1704. ( from the records of the courts of Chester County Pa 1697-1710)
According to the Tax records his first son John was born in 1707, and Ann in 1712, but according to the IGI he was not married untill 1713. There is no other evidence of this date and one of 1706 would be better suited to the facts. A date of 1707 in Birmingham Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, is given by some, and as Elizabeth's family were living in Birmingham township this is entirely possible, but I have found no evidence to support this.
Robert spent his life after 1704 as a farmer on his land in Goshen, and died between 3 December 1727, when he signed his will, and 26 nov 1728, when it was proved.
To his wife Elizabeth he left one half his Plantation where he lived containing 200 acres during her life. To his son John he left the other half of said Plantation and the whole of same at the death of his wife. To his son William he left 200 acres north of above land, and to have the liberty to work upon the same at 19. To his youngest sons Robert, Enoch and Daniel he left ?10 each at 14. To his three daughters Elizabeth, Ann and Alice he left ?5 each. His Executors were his wife Elizabeth and his son John .

Time Line:
Pennsylvania was settled in 1630 by Dutch pioneers who came up the Delaware Bay and river and settled at Gloucester point.
Swedes began to arrive about 1631, Their first landing was at New Castle, which they named Stockholm. King Charles II, in 1664, whose claim to New England gave him power to claim to the southward, he granted patent to his brother James, Duke of York and Albany. New York being named after the Duke. In 1675 the west part of this area was sold to one Edward Byllinge of the Society of Friends, to whom William Penn, soon afterwards, became a trustee. Penn, in his efforts to settle the estate of Bylling, became so well acquainted with the region of Pennsylvania and colonial settlements, as to be afterwards induced to purchase that for himself, by recieving it as an equivalent for claims due to his father, Admiral Penn. In 1677 the ship Kent arrived with 230 passengers. They landed at Raccoon Creek. Other vessels continued to follow to Jersey. In 1681 William Penn induced people to emigrate by selling them one hundred acres for 40 shillings (2 GB pounds - value in 2002 - 300 GB pounds). In the years after 1683 emigration increased, Pioneers came from England, Ireland, Wales, The Netherlands and Germany. One of these early pioneers was Robert Eachus


Archive;
Family Group Sheet (FG1/1)
Descendents Printed List (RG1/2)
Early History of the Eachus Family in Chester and Delaware Counties (A1-14)
Robert Eachus to Margaret Paul Vincent born 1963 Descendancy (FG1-17)
will dated 3 december 1727 proved 62 November 1728 (WI-6) & digital

Robert married Elizabeth Harry on 13 Mar 1708 in Goshen, Chester County, Pennsylvania, America. Elizabeth (daughter of Hugh Harry and Elizabeth Brinton) was born in 1690 in Dilworth, Birmingham, Township, Pa; died on 8 Mar 1758 in East Malborough, Chester County, Pennsylvania; was buried in 1758 in Kennett Burial Ground, Kennett Square, Chester County, U.S.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

After the death of Robert Eachus, Elizabeth was left with seven young children. So it is not surprising that within a year, she married a widower John Gleave, and taken most of her children with her to live with him in Springfield. The signatures under those of the bride and groom were Elizabeth Harry, Hester Willis, William Brinton, Thomas Speakman, John Eachus, Elizabeth Eachus, etc
The month after her marriage Elizabeth Gleave requested a certificate of removal to Chester Monthly Meeting on 21st April 1729.
In May 1756, Elizabeth Gleave was received as a member of Newark Monthly Meeting on a certificate from Chester Monthly Meeting.
Elizabeth Gleave died 8th March 1758 and was buried at Kennett Meeting. The Will of Elizabeth Gleave, Widow, is dated 28th Jan 1758, and was prooved 21st March 1758. To her son John Eachus she left 5/-, to son William Eachus 10/- , to son Robert Eachus 10/-, to her son Enoch Eachus she left ?5, to son Daniel Eachus her riding mare, to daughter Ann Wickersham wearing Apparel. The remainder to be equally divided between her son Daniel Eachus and her son-in-law James Wickersham, who were also her Executors. The witnesses were Thomas Carleton and Daniel Bailey

Information from Swathmore College says that Hugh Harry and his family were Seventh Day Baptists.

John married Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born about 1635 in (in/of) Bolney, Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Alice Pannell on 15 Feb 1674 in Ifield, Sussex, England. Alice was born about 1653 in (in/of) Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Abode 1670 Yatehouse, Middlewich
1660: paid Hearth Tax @ Ravenscroft Hall
John met his future wife Alice Hight while they were both servants at Ravenscroft, It was a 14th Century Moated Manor House, (Long since demolished)
Later they married and farmed at Kinnerton near Middlewich, Cheshire. There is little doubt that it was his son Robert Eachus who travelled to the Colonies in 1700 and founded the American Eachus Family.

John married Alice Hight on 11 Aug 1661 in Over Parish Church, by Licence. Alice was born about 1640 in (in/of) Ravenscroft, Middlewich, Cheshire. England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Hearth tax 1660 @ Ravenscroft Hall

Notes:

Married:
Written Extract of Marriage Licence Held

Notes:

Hugh was a weaver from Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire, Wales, who arrived at Philadelphia on the ship "Vine" from Liverpool, England on 17 July 1684. he lived in birmingham Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Among the passengers Listed were Hugh & Daniel Harris. On his Marriage to Elizabeth he received a gift of two tracts of land covering 250 acres, in Birmingham, Pa from his father-in-law William Brinton on 11th April 1695, and on the 16th November 1707 he bought an additional 430 acres in Marlborough Township. Hugh & Elizabeth had six children known to survive.
His will is dated 27 April 1708 and proved at Pa 28 Sept 1708.
Note, in welsh names the son took the name of the father so Hugh Harry is the son of Harry Thomas Owen. (written Harris)

Hugh married Elizabeth Brinton on 12 Apr 1686 in Concord MM, Chester County. Elizabeth (daughter of William Brinton and Ann Bagley) was born on 9 Oct 1665 in Sedgley, Staffordshire, England; died in 1715 in Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 1715 in Brinton Homestead Cemetery, Thornbury, Delaware, Pennsylvania USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lived at Dilworth, Birmingham Township. US
Elizabeth is an ancester of Richard Milhous Nixon, through his mother Hannah
Milhous.