George Evans

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Husband George Evans ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1734 2
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         Father: John Evans, Jr. (1700-1738) 1 3
         Mother: Jane Howell (      -      ) 1 3

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General Notes: Husband - George Evans

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He studied medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and when the Revolutionary war broke out he was commissioned surgeon of the Third Battalion of militia of the city of Philadelphia on the 6th day of December, 1776. He became attached to Col. Bailer's regiment of Virginia troops, and marched with them to New York. A number of these troops were surprised at night when quartered in a barn by the British, and a great many put to the bayonet, among whom was Surgeon Evans, who had a bayonet thrust through his body. He was thrown into the bottom of a common wagon, and hauled for some distance over a corduroy road to New York City, and placed in a hospital, where he recovered from what was pronounced a fatal wound.
A few years after the war he removed to Virginia, where he married. One of his daughters married Mr. Miller, who became Governor of North Carolina. Another daughter married Mr. Johnson, the "king of the turf." The descendants of this branch of the family became numerous in the South, and many of them rose to positions of prominence.

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

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

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