Biographical Sketch of Robert EACHUS (1881); Chester County, PA

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From THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, by Futhey and Cope (1881);

pg. 526

EACHUS, Robert, was a resident in Goshen as early as 1715.  He became the owner 
of 400 acres of land in or near what is now the northeast quarter of West 
Chester, which by his will passed to his sons John and William.  He died in 
1727, leaving a widow, Elizabeth, daughter of Hugh and Elizabeth
(Brinton) Harry, who married again, 1,13,1728/9, at Goshen meeting, John Gleave, 
of Springfield and died in Marlborough, 3,8,1758; buried at Kennet.
  The children of Robert and Elizabeth were,--1.  John, m. 9,22,1734, to Hannah, 
daughter of Isaac Haines, of Goshen.  He died Jan. 19, 1779.  2. 
William, m. 3,25,1749 to Sarah Peirce of Goshen, widow.  Probably left no 
children.  3.  Robert, m. Mary ___, and had children,--Mary, William, and 
Robert.  4.  Enoch, m. Esther Evans, and had children,--Sarah, William, 
Elizabeth, and others.  William, m. Rebecca Townsend, and was the father of 
Townsend Eachus, senior.  5.  Daniel visited North Carolina in 1762, returning 
the next year.  6.  Elizabeth, perhaps died unmarried.  7.  Ann, m. 2,22,1736, 
to James Wickersham, of Marlborough.  8.  Alice, m. 9,20,1746, to David Ogden, 
of Springfield.
  John and Hannah Eachus were the parents of Phinehas Eachus, the first landlord 
of the Turk's Head Tavern.  Phinehas was married, 11,23,1757, at Goshen Meeting, 
to Sarah Trego, daughter of William and Margaret Trego, of Goshen.  The family 
tradition is that a Masonic lodge held meetings at his house, and that he became 
responsible for the debts of some of them, which brought about his financial 
ruin.  The sheriff seized his property, and the most of the land passed into the 
possession of Isaiah Matlack, the tavern being purchased by John Hoopes.  He 
must have had a taste for the classics, as he named two of his sons Virgil and 
Paris.
  Virgil Eachus married Bathsheba Webb, and resided for several years in 
Middletown, Delaware Co.  In 1808 he married his second wife, Mary Starr, and 
after a few years removed to Maryland, but returned about 1825.  His children by 
the first wife were Homer (born 7,15,1792), Joseph, Obed, Hiram, Edna, Betsy, 
Mahala, Abner, Preston; by the second, Vanleer, Bathsheba, Minshall, Sarah, and 
Virgil Trego Eachus.