Thomas Evans (1694 - 1783)

Born 12 Feb 1694 in Mount Laurel Township, Burlington County, New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Esther (Haines) Evans — married 1 Dec 1715 in Evesham Township, Burlington County, New Jersey

Husband of Rebecca (Owen) Evans — married 4 Jun 1730 in Burlington Monthly Meeting (MM), Burlington, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 21 Jan 1783 at age 88 in Mount Laurel Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA

Biography

Thomas was a Friend (Quaker) Thomas attended Evesham Monthly Meeting in New Jersey

He was born on 12 Feb 1694 at Mount Laurel Township, Burlington County, New Jersey ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]} and his parents were Elizabeth B. (Hanks, 1668-1746) and William Evans, Jr. (1670-1728)

The Evesham Meeting House was established at Mount Laurel Township, Burlington County, New Jersey ...

"The first account we have of meetings at Evesham, is of one held at the dwelling of William Evans, in 1694 - his wife Elizabeth was a minister." ^[6]

Thomas Evans first married on 1 day, 10 mo. [Dec] 1715 at Evesham Monthly Meeting in Evesham Township, Burlington County, New Jersey to Esther Haines ^[7] (1698-1728), daughter of Esther (Bourton) and John Haines.

Thomas Evans married secondly on 4th day of the 4th (June) month 1730 by Friends' Ceremony at Burlington Meeting House in Burlington County, New Jersey to Rebecca Owen (daughter of Joshua Owens). ^[8]

His second wife died on 16 Sep 1773.

He died on 21 Jan 1783 at Mount Laurel Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA. ^[9]

m1 Children

1. William Evans, Sr., b: 07 Jun 1716; d: 1761; m: Sarah Roberts
2. Elizabeth Evans, b: 08 Mar 1717/8; m: 1740 Joseph Lippincott
3. Isaac #1 Evans, b: 21 Jan 1720/1; d: 30 Jan 1720/1
4. Isaac #2 Evans, b: 18 Apr 1722; d: 1782; m: 05 Dec 1745 Bathsheba Stokes
5. Esther Evans, b: 06 Dec 1723; m: 1746 Samuel Atkinson
6. Jacob Evans, b: 14 Mar 1724/5; m1: 1749 Rachel Eldridge; m2: Mary Cherrington
7. Nathan Evans, b: Apr 1727; d: 1769; m: Susanna or Syllania Gaskill.

m2 Children

1. Joshua Evans, b: 23 Jul 1731; m: Priscilla Collins
2. Caleb #1 Evans, b: 26 Jun 1733 (died young)
3. Caleb #2 Evans, b: 02 Dec 1736; m: Abigail Hunt
4. Jemima Evans, b: 01 Apr 1738; m: Abel Lippincott
5. Martha Evans, b: 16 Sep 1742; m: Thomas Dudley.

Sources

1. ↑ Upper Evesham Upper Evesham Births & Deaths 1693-1871; recorded in Old Style as 12 12 1693; New Style is 12 February 1664; correct blended birth date as 12 mo. (Feb) 12, 1693/94
2. ↑ Evens Family Bible published in Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey (on Family Tree Maker as "New Jersey Genealogies #1 v2 p531
3. ↑ U.S. Quaker Meeting Records 1681-1935 on ancestry.com where indexed incorrectly as Shrewsbury MM, Monmouth County, NJ; citing Upper Evesham Births & Deaths 1693-1871 p24/123; mother Elizabeth (no maiden surname given)
4. ↑ "Richard Haines and his descendants; a Quaker family of Burlington County, New Jersey, since 1642" by John Wesley Haines & Carr Publishing Inc. of Boyce, VA in 1961; v1 p41; birth recorded by Evesham MH, under care of Haddenfield MM
5. ↑ History of the Medford Friends Meeting
6. ↑ "History Than and Now" on Jerseyman
7. ↑ Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey (on Family Tree Maker as "New Jersey Genealogies #1" v2 p531
8. ↑ U.S., Quaker Meeting Records 1681-1935 Burlington Monthly Meeting Image
9. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #115978130 as burial unknown

• "History of Burlington and Mercer Counties, New Jersey" by Evan Morrison Woodward & John Frelinghuysen Hageman; published: 1883 Everts & Peck of Philadelphia, PA; p325; note: this book consistently records Old Style dates incorrectly when moving to the new calendar

• Ancestry of the Haines, Sharp, Collins, Wills, Gardiner, Prickitt, Eves, Evans, Moore, Troth, Borton and Engle families; Sinnockson, Chew & Sons Co., printers of Camden, NJ in 1902

• https://archive.org/details/ancestryofhaines00hain

• http://www.familypursuit.com/genealogy/evans_thomas/thomas-evans-b.1693-d.1730-1

• http://www.pennock.ws/surnames/fam/fam43535.html

• http://archive.org/stream/ancestryofhaines00hain/ancestryofhaines00hain_djvu.txt

• https://archive.org/stream/ancestryofhaines00hain#page/n375/mode/2up/search/thomas+evans

• http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/e/b/b/Enid-Ebbesen/GENE4-0006.html

• http://wirrelwind.net/SFR/randestokes103824.htm

Acknowledgments

• Evans-7116 was created on 08 Nov 2013 by Jeffrey Evans