John Evans

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Husband John Evans ^{1 2 3}

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           Born:  - Wales
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           Died: 1740 2
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Children

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1 M John Evans, Jr. ^{2 4}

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           Born: 1700 2
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           Died: 14 Apr 1738 2
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         Spouse: Jane Howell (      -      ) 2 4
           Marr: 1722 3

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General Notes: Husband - John Evans

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A native of Wales, he landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a family of seven persons, viz., his father, mother, wife, daughter, brother, and sister, and after a short sojourn with the Welsh settlers on the west side of the Schuylkill, he purchased two hundred acres in the Welsh tract in New Castle County, Delaware, to which he removed in the year 1696. His brother being a carpenter was of great assistance to him in making improvements on his land. His daughter died soon after he made his settlement, but a son, John, was born in the year 1700; both wife and son died soon afterwards. Before this, however, John, the father, left his first purchase and bought four hundred acres of land on White Clay Creek, in Chester County, just below the village of Landingburg, in the township of London Britain, whereon he erected a grist- and saw-mill on or before the year 1715.

In tracing the ancestry of the Evans family, we find that one John came with his parents from Wales to Philadelphia about 1695, and located in a Welsh settlement in Newcastle County, Delaware, near Wilmington. Later he removed to Chester County, and in London Britain Township, took up a large tract of land comprising about one thousand acres, which was surveyed to ex-Governor Evans, of Pennsylvania. Here he located and built a flour and sawmill.

1 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 538.

2 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 764.

3 —, Portrait and Biographical Record of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Chapman Publishing Co., 1894), Pg 157.

4 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 539.