Samuel Evans and Frances "Fanny" Lowrey

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Husband Samuel Evans ^{1 2 3 4 5}

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           Born: 14 Jul 1758 - London Britain (Lancaster Co, PA?) 1 3
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           Died: 21 Apr 1805 - Donegal Twp, Lancaster Co, PA 3 5
         Buried: 

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         Father: Col. Evan Evans (1732-1794) 1 3 6
         Mother: Margaret Nevin (      -      ) 1 3

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       Marriage: 16 Apr 1793 1 2

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Wife Frances "Fanny" Lowrey ^{2 3 4 5 7}

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           Born: 1 Feb 1775 3 5
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           Died: 1850 7
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         Father: Col. Alexander Lowrey (1723/1725-1805) 4 8 9 10
         Mother: Ann West (      -      ) 3 5 11

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Children

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1 M Alexander Evans ^{1 3}

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           Born: 8 Feb 1794 1
     Christened: 
           Died: in infancy
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 F Ann West Evans ^{1 3 5}

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           Born: 27 Feb 1795 1
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           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Henry McElderry (      -      ) 1

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3 F Margaret Evans ^{1 3 4 5}

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           Born: 14 Sep 1797 1
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           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Jacob Zell (      -      ) 1 4

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4 M Alexander Lowrey Evans ^{1 2 5}

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           Born: 22 Mar 1799 1
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           Died: 1 Jul 1839 2
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         Spouse: Hannah Slaymaker (      -1860) 2 12
           Marr: 1820 1

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5 M Evan Reese Evans ^{3 5}

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            AKA: Evan Reece Evans,13 14 Evan Rice Evans 15
           Born: 26 Feb 1802 15
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           Died: 1837 - Texas 15
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         Spouse: Valeria Collins (      -Bef 1853)

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6 F Jane Howell Evans ^{2 3 5 15}

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           Born: 23 Jun 1800 15
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           Died: Aft 1883
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         Spouse: Jasper Slaymaker, Esq. (Abt 1787-1826) 15 16

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7 F Elizabeth Evans ^{3 5}

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           Born: 3 Dec 1803 15
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           Died: 1 Dec 1881 15
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         Spouse: [Unk] Doogewerff (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Evans

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While in his minority he served as ensign in the Revolutionary war under his father, who was colonel of a battalion of militia and commanded the Chester County, Pennsylvania, militia at the battle of Brandywine.
He was elected a member of the General Assembly in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1791. He was commissioned one of the associate judges of the Chester County Court in the winter of 1793 by Governor Thomas Mifflin.
He married and resigned his judgeship, and removed to the homestead of Col. Lowrey at Marietta, and took the active management of Mr. Lowrey's farm. They had a large family of children.

During the Revolutionary War he was Captain in his father's battalion, afterwards served in the Legislature and was appointed by Governor Mifflin as Associate Judge of Chester County. He was a very prominent and wealthy man, active in politics, and had a collegiate education. He belonged first to the Baptist Church and later became a Presbyterian.

1 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 765.

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

3 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 19.

4 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 101.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 38.

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

7 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 762.

8 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 659.

9 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 17, 761.

10 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 18.

11 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 31.

12 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 569, 765.

13 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 455.

14 —, Proceedings of the Celebration of the First Centennial of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Franklin, PA: The Venango County Bar Association, 1905), Pg 59.

15 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 766.

16 Alex. Harris, A Biographical History of Lancaster County (Lancaster, PA: Elias Barr & Co., 1872), Pg 538.