John Evans Jr. was one of six children of John & Jane [Howell] Evans Jr. John was the grandson of John Evans Sr 1673-1740. So he was the John Evans III and but was referred to as John Evans Jr.
John's siblings were:
1. Mary, 1724-1752, m. Evan Rice, 2 ch
2. Lydia, 1725-1745
3. Evan (Col.), 1732-1794, m. Margaret Nivin, 10 ch
4. George, 1734-1818, m. Rachel Gilpin, 8 ch
5. Peter (Dr.), 1736-1822, m. Rachel Evans, 6 ch
When in 1738 John's father died he inherited 400 acres with a farm & mills. Records show that by 1783 his holdings were then 719 acres and his 1783 will shows 1186 acres in his estate.
In 1749 John was admitted to practice law in Chester County, PA. In 1769 he was elected Chester County Commissioner. Eight years late in 1777 John was a Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice. John was a member of the Council of Censors and was one of Trustees of the Academy of Newark, DE.
Sometime before 1755 when John had already launched his professional career as an attorney he married Mary Jones. She was the daughter o Rees & Rachel (Thomas) Jones. John & Mary had nine children. From records we know the names of four. They were:
1. Mary, abt. 1755 - aft. Aug 1785
2. John, 1756 - 1774
3. Rees Jones, 1757 - 1782
4. Oswald, 1761 -1779
None of their children married.
(Note, Mary and her four known children along with many of her Jones are buried in the Welsh Tract Baptist Church Cemetery in Newark, DE.)
In his 54 years John had a successful life and served his community well.
A 1780 record shows the Joh Evans had been dismissed from the Welsh Tract Church in Newark, DE. Apparently he was became a member of the London Tract Church in London Britain township of Chester County, PA.
In his will John gives the Society of Baptist 81 perches of land for a meeting house & graveyard. his daughter Mary 467 acres in Pencader & White Clay Hundreds and 719 acres in London Britain to his brothers, Evan, George & Peter.
The book "Genealogy of Evans, Nivin and Allied Families" (pages 26-27) shows his obit from "The Pennsylvania Gazette" 17 Dec 1783, and an epitaph by Dr. Benjamin Rush for his tombstone. Page 27 infers that John was buried in the now defunct "The Baptist Churchyard, Philadelphia. It adds that many bodies and tombstones were moved to Mount Moriah Cemetery..."
Regretfully John's tombstone and that of countless others cannot be found in the Mount Moriah Cemetery. This search was done sometime before 1930 when the above book was published.
John's siblings were:
1. Mary, 1724-1752, m. Evan Rice, 2 ch
2. Lydia, 1725-1745
3. Evan (Col.), 1732-1794, m. Margaret Nivin, 10 ch
4. George, 1734-1818, m. Rachel Gilpin, 8 ch
5. Peter (Dr.), 1736-1822, m. Rachel Evans, 6 ch
When in 1738 John's father died he inherited 400 acres with a farm & mills. Records show that by 1783 his holdings were then 719 acres and his 1783 will shows 1186 acres in his estate.
In 1749 John was admitted to practice law in Chester County, PA. In 1769 he was elected Chester County Commissioner. Eight years late in 1777 John was a Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice. John was a member of the Council of Censors and was one of Trustees of the Academy of Newark, DE.
Sometime before 1755 when John had already launched his professional career as an attorney he married Mary Jones. She was the daughter o Rees & Rachel (Thomas) Jones. John & Mary had nine children. From records we know the names of four. They were:
1. Mary, abt. 1755 - aft. Aug 1785
2. John, 1756 - 1774
3. Rees Jones, 1757 - 1782
4. Oswald, 1761 -1779
None of their children married.
(Note, Mary and her four known children along with many of her Jones are buried in the Welsh Tract Baptist Church Cemetery in Newark, DE.)
In his 54 years John had a successful life and served his community well.
A 1780 record shows the Joh Evans had been dismissed from the Welsh Tract Church in Newark, DE. Apparently he was became a member of the London Tract Church in London Britain township of Chester County, PA.
In his will John gives the Society of Baptist 81 perches of land for a meeting house & graveyard. his daughter Mary 467 acres in Pencader & White Clay Hundreds and 719 acres in London Britain to his brothers, Evan, George & Peter.
The book "Genealogy of Evans, Nivin and Allied Families" (pages 26-27) shows his obit from "The Pennsylvania Gazette" 17 Dec 1783, and an epitaph by Dr. Benjamin Rush for his tombstone. Page 27 infers that John was buried in the now defunct "The Baptist Churchyard, Philadelphia. It adds that many bodies and tombstones were moved to Mount Moriah Cemetery..."
Regretfully John's tombstone and that of countless others cannot be found in the Mount Moriah Cemetery. This search was done sometime before 1930 when the above book was published.
John Evans Jr. was one of six children of John & Jane [Howell] Evans Jr. John was the grandson of John Evans Sr 1673-1740. So he was the John Evans III and but was referred to as John Evans Jr.
John's siblings were:
1. Mary, 1724-1752, m. Evan Rice, 2 ch
2. Lydia, 1725-1745
3. Evan (Col.), 1732-1794, m. Margaret Nivin, 10 ch
4. George, 1734-1818, m. Rachel Gilpin, 8 ch
5. Peter (Dr.), 1736-1822, m. Rachel Evans, 6 ch
When in 1738 John's father died he inherited 400 acres with a farm & mills. Records show that by 1783 his holdings were then 719 acres and his 1783 will shows 1186 acres in his estate.
In 1749 John was admitted to practice law in Chester County, PA. In 1769 he was elected Chester County Commissioner. Eight years late in 1777 John was a Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice. John was a member of the Council of Censors and was one of Trustees of the Academy of Newark, DE.
Sometime before 1755 when John had already launched his professional career as an attorney he married Mary Jones. She was the daughter o Rees & Rachel (Thomas) Jones. John & Mary had nine children. From records we know the names of four. They were:
1. Mary, abt. 1755 - aft. Aug 1785
2. John, 1756 - 1774
3. Rees Jones, 1757 - 1782
4. Oswald, 1761 -1779
None of their children married.
(Note, Mary and her four known children along with many of her Jones are buried in the Welsh Tract Baptist Church Cemetery in Newark, DE.)
In his 54 years John had a successful life and served his community well.
A 1780 record shows the Joh Evans had been dismissed from the Welsh Tract Church in Newark, DE. Apparently he was became a member of the London Tract Church in London Britain township of Chester County, PA.
In his will John gives the Society of Baptist 81 perches of land for a meeting house & graveyard. his daughter Mary 467 acres in Pencader & White Clay Hundreds and 719 acres in London Britain to his brothers, Evan, George & Peter.
The book "Genealogy of Evans, Nivin and Allied Families" (pages 26-27) shows his obit from "The Pennsylvania Gazette" 17 Dec 1783, and an epitaph by Dr. Benjamin Rush for his tombstone. Page 27 infers that John was buried in the now defunct "The Baptist Churchyard, Philadelphia. It adds that many bodies and tombstones were moved to Mount Moriah Cemetery..."
Regretfully John's tombstone and that of countless others cannot be found in the Mount Moriah Cemetery. This search was done sometime before 1930 when the above book was published.
John's siblings were:
1. Mary, 1724-1752, m. Evan Rice, 2 ch
2. Lydia, 1725-1745
3. Evan (Col.), 1732-1794, m. Margaret Nivin, 10 ch
4. George, 1734-1818, m. Rachel Gilpin, 8 ch
5. Peter (Dr.), 1736-1822, m. Rachel Evans, 6 ch
When in 1738 John's father died he inherited 400 acres with a farm & mills. Records show that by 1783 his holdings were then 719 acres and his 1783 will shows 1186 acres in his estate.
In 1749 John was admitted to practice law in Chester County, PA. In 1769 he was elected Chester County Commissioner. Eight years late in 1777 John was a Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice. John was a member of the Council of Censors and was one of Trustees of the Academy of Newark, DE.
Sometime before 1755 when John had already launched his professional career as an attorney he married Mary Jones. She was the daughter o Rees & Rachel (Thomas) Jones. John & Mary had nine children. From records we know the names of four. They were:
1. Mary, abt. 1755 - aft. Aug 1785
2. John, 1756 - 1774
3. Rees Jones, 1757 - 1782
4. Oswald, 1761 -1779
None of their children married.
(Note, Mary and her four known children along with many of her Jones are buried in the Welsh Tract Baptist Church Cemetery in Newark, DE.)
In his 54 years John had a successful life and served his community well.
A 1780 record shows the Joh Evans had been dismissed from the Welsh Tract Church in Newark, DE. Apparently he was became a member of the London Tract Church in London Britain township of Chester County, PA.
In his will John gives the Society of Baptist 81 perches of land for a meeting house & graveyard. his daughter Mary 467 acres in Pencader & White Clay Hundreds and 719 acres in London Britain to his brothers, Evan, George & Peter.
The book "Genealogy of Evans, Nivin and Allied Families" (pages 26-27) shows his obit from "The Pennsylvania Gazette" 17 Dec 1783, and an epitaph by Dr. Benjamin Rush for his tombstone. Page 27 infers that John was buried in the now defunct "The Baptist Churchyard, Philadelphia. It adds that many bodies and tombstones were moved to Mount Moriah Cemetery..."
Regretfully John's tombstone and that of countless others cannot be found in the Mount Moriah Cemetery. This search was done sometime before 1930 when the above book was published.
Inscription
"Beneath this stone are interred the remains of the Hon. John Evans, Esq., who departed this life on the 11th of December, 1783, in the fifty-fifth year of his age.
Ask not this marble who and what he was. Go to his family and friends, and they will declare his humility, meekness and piety in private life.
Ask the State of Pennsylvania which gave him birth, and her grateful citizens will declare how ably and faithfully he discharged the duties of A Counsellor And Judge.
Ask the Church of Christ and her ministers and members will declare how much he loved her doctrines, ordinances and how calmly he resigned his breath rejoicing in these words of his Savior, which are recorded in John XIV and 3:
And if I go and prepare a place for you I will come again and receive you unto myself that where I am there you may be also"
Gravesite Details
The Baptist Churchyard cemetery at Lagrange Place & Second street was closed. Bodies and markers were moved to the Mount Moriah Cemetery. Regretfully many, many of these markers and grave sites could not be found before 1930.
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