Robert Eastburn and his wife, Sarah Preston, came to Philadelphia from Yorkshire, England in 1713. In 1723, the Eastburn family was among the first settlers of the Swedesford section of Upper Merion township.
This family owned a property off of East Valley Forge Road.
Here are a few excerpts from The Eastburn Family Genealogical and Historical Record.
…… Benjamin Eastburn [oldest son of Robert] died intestate in 1741. The bond of Ann Eastburn, widow and administratrix, was filed 9-8, 1741. The inventory of goods and chattels was taken 9-21, 1741, contains among other things a Reflecting Telescope, Surveying Compass, and various articles of household furniture. Benjamin Eastburn, at the time of his death, owned considerable real estate in Philadelphia, and Upper Merion, Montgomery Co., Pa.: but this, according to an old English law of primogeniture, where there are no children, descended to the next older brother, John Eastburn of Upper Merion. The will of Ann Thomas Eastburn, widow, was made 1-30, 1744, and probated 11-10, 1774. She survived her husband but about three years, and disposed of nothing but household goods among her nephews and nieces of the Thomas family.
….. John Eastburn, and his brother Benjamin purchased of the heirs of William Penn 200 acres of land in Upper Merion township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in 1741, where he died in 1772, aged 75 years. His wife Grace Eastburn survived. The farm of 200 acres of land in Upper Merion was devised by him in his will to his grandson Benjamin Eastburn, son of his son Samuel Eastburn.
…… Lemuel Eastburn [sixth generation] and his wife were killed by the cars in Bridgeport, Pa., 3-15, 1890.
You can hear more about the home’s recent restoration and the family at the King of Prussia Historical Society’s October 14th program.
