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PVT James Evans Sr.

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PVT James Evans Sr.

Birth
Death
16 Jan 1823 (aged 74)
Burial
Limerick, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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per the Genealogical History of the Dupuy Family pg. 90
James Evans, born Aug 6, 1748; died Jan 16, 1823. He served in the Revolutionary War, and with his wife in buried in Limerick Church-yard. He married at St. Paul's Church, Phila, on Jan 16, 1771, Mary Brooke, born Sep 30, 1749; died Oct 25, 1828, daughter of James and Mary (Evans) Brooke. Issue: Samuel, born Oct 12, 1771, married Hannah Garrett; James Jr., born Mar 9, 1773; Elizabeth, born Dec 15, 1777, married Abraham Koons; Ruth, born May 22, 1783, married Samuel Missimer; Mark, born Sep 19, 1787, married Susanna Frick; James, Jr., the second son, married Dec 24, 1796, Charlotte Brooke, daughter of Cap. John Brooke of the Sixth Battalion, Phila County Militia, in the Revolution, and became a prominent man in his community, serving as justice of the peace, member of the Legislature, and during the War of 1812 was lieutenant-colonel in Second Brigade, Second Division, of Pennsylvania militia. He was part owner of Hampton Furnace, the first erected in Northampton County, he left issue, among others: Josiah Evans, a judge of Montgomery county courts from 1843 until his death in 1885, and Owen Brooke Evans, who, by Mary Berrell, was the father of Frank Brooke Evans, esq, of Phila.

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Documented in the DAR, but noted as currently unproved:
EVANS, JAMES (Pvt.) DAR Ancestor
Service: PENNSYLVANIA Rank(s): PRIVATE
Birth: 8-6-1748 MONTGOMERY CO PENNSYLVANIA
Death: 1-16-1823 MONTGOMERY CO PENNSYLVANIA
Service Description: 1) 6TH BATT
Spouse 1) MARY BROOKE

Notice: 1) DATA NOT PROVED.
per the Genealogical History of the Dupuy Family pg. 90
James Evans, born Aug 6, 1748; died Jan 16, 1823. He served in the Revolutionary War, and with his wife in buried in Limerick Church-yard. He married at St. Paul's Church, Phila, on Jan 16, 1771, Mary Brooke, born Sep 30, 1749; died Oct 25, 1828, daughter of James and Mary (Evans) Brooke. Issue: Samuel, born Oct 12, 1771, married Hannah Garrett; James Jr., born Mar 9, 1773; Elizabeth, born Dec 15, 1777, married Abraham Koons; Ruth, born May 22, 1783, married Samuel Missimer; Mark, born Sep 19, 1787, married Susanna Frick; James, Jr., the second son, married Dec 24, 1796, Charlotte Brooke, daughter of Cap. John Brooke of the Sixth Battalion, Phila County Militia, in the Revolution, and became a prominent man in his community, serving as justice of the peace, member of the Legislature, and during the War of 1812 was lieutenant-colonel in Second Brigade, Second Division, of Pennsylvania militia. He was part owner of Hampton Furnace, the first erected in Northampton County, he left issue, among others: Josiah Evans, a judge of Montgomery county courts from 1843 until his death in 1885, and Owen Brooke Evans, who, by Mary Berrell, was the father of Frank Brooke Evans, esq, of Phila.

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Documented in the DAR, but noted as currently unproved:
EVANS, JAMES (Pvt.) DAR Ancestor
Service: PENNSYLVANIA Rank(s): PRIVATE
Birth: 8-6-1748 MONTGOMERY CO PENNSYLVANIA
Death: 1-16-1823 MONTGOMERY CO PENNSYLVANIA
Service Description: 1) 6TH BATT
Spouse 1) MARY BROOKE

Notice: 1) DATA NOT PROVED.


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  • Created by: Janis Tomko
  • Added: Jun 5, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53306689/james-evans: accessed ), memorial page for PVT James Evans Sr. (6 Aug 1748–16 Jan 1823), Find a Grave Memorial ID 53306689, citing Limerick Church Burial Ground, Limerick, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Janis Tomko (contributor 46798385).