Alice Eachus

Other Events:

• Baptism: 26 Nov 1637, Acton

Other Events:

• Baptism: 17 Jul 1608, St Bartholomews, Church Minshull

Richard married Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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

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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 in running, this followed what was reckoned to be the worst famine that century. As well as starvation, thousands died from an outbreak of Plaque, 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 per cent of their income on food. At the same time the hugh cloth & woolen trade collapsed with exports down by 30%. Whilst there is no written evidence as how this situation effected the Eachus family, it is a fact that the only recorded reference to the Eachus family at this time is in 1566 when on the 3rd Day of May 1566 in Church Minshull, a child of Thomas Eachus was baptised named John. no other Eachus family members seem to have survived at this point.
Although no baptism has been found, Thomas is believed to be the father of 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.

see also John Eachus who was born abt 1500

Thomas married Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]