George's parents were Jacob Eacker and Anna Margaret Finck. George's father served in the Revolutionary War and the NY State Assembly and was a Judge in Montgomery County, NY. His mother, Anna Margaret Finck, was the daughter of Andreas Finck, who volunteered in the Revolution, and sister of Andrew Finck Jr. who rose to the rank of Major during the Revolution.

George was a lawyer and an orator of some repute.

Excerpt of transcript of The Frontiersmen of New York says about him:
As Eacker wasted away with consumption in a couple of years, it was supposed by many that he grieved himself to death; but his brother who was with him at New York at the time of his death-set the matter in a very different light. When spoken to on the subject, he was heard to regret t he event and its cause, but told his friends that under the same circumstances he would fight again. Said his brother, in January, 1802, as a prominent member of the fire department, Capt. Eacker was on the roof of a friend's house at a raging fire, directing the action of the firemen. It w as a bitter cold night; he was wet to the skin; indeed, hi; clothes were frozen on his person; he took a severe cold, which he hoped the return of warm weather would remove, but it settled upon his lungs and he died the next season.

The funeral of Eacker took place from his Wall street residence, and was a very imposing one. He was not only a military man and a fireman, but a member of the " Howard Lodge" of Free Masons, large delegations of e ach order being in the procession; Col. Boyd, an officer of the Revolution, acted as marshal on the occasion. His remains were interred in the little yard back of St. Paul's church, in Broadway, and a volley of musketry rattled over the grave. A fine portrait of Capt. Eacker, executed w hen he was attired as Brigade Inspector, was long in the family near Palatine- Bridge, and is believed to be still extant in one of the western States. [Sandy Lee (#47126821)]


George Eacker supported Thomas Jefferson, and in doing so he claimed in a Fourth of July speech in 1801 that Jefferson upheld and rescued the Constitution while Hamilton (he implied) would take power any way he could. On November 20th, Hamilton's son, Philip, taunted Eacker while he was at the theatre. Eacker labeled Philip and his friend "damned rascals," to which they requested to duel. Eacker met Philip's friend, Richard Price, first, in Weehawken, New Jersey. Four shots were fired, but none made contact with either duelist. Eacker met Philip on November 23rd. Eacker's shot hit Philip, while Philip's shot went wide. Philip died the next day.