John Evans of Caermarthenshire

Owen Evans was (a) son of William and Ann Evans, who immigrated in 1698 and eventually settled in Limerick township. The family was originally from Carmarthenshire, Wales but had been living in Limerick, Ireland on land that William's grandfather received for performing valuable military service during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.

John Evans

• Born: Abt 1610 - Caermarthenshire, South Wales, Wales
• Marr: Abt 1626 -
• Died: 1 Jan 1632 - Ireland
• Father: David Evans

Married

1. Ellen De Verdon Born: Abt 1607 - Stokesay Castle, , England

 Died: 1675

5 children

1. Col. George Evans Born: Abt 1625 - Ballyphilip, , Cork, Ireland Marr: 1645 - Anne Bowerman Died: 1707 - Ballygrenane, Ireland
2. Col John b abt 1640, Limerick Co. Ireland English Army
3. Deborah
4. Catharine
5. Elizabeth

John Evans, d. ... [ca. 1628] m. ?

Links

• http://www.monchique.com/Ochanoff/ohanov/ghtout/gp250.htm#head3
• Ancestry of Gen. Colin Powell compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~spriest/evans%20e...

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JOHN EVANS, gentleman, a lineal descendant, having performed valuable military service during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, in aiding to suppress the Irish rebellion, obtained from the Crown a grant of land and emigrated from Carmarthenshire in Wales to Limerick, Ireland, where he was living in and before 1628. He married Ellen De Verdon and dying January 1, 1632, left issue two sons and three daughters.

GEORGE, the elder son, represented Limerick in parliament for many years and died in 1707 at a very advanced age.

MONTGOMERY EVANS. THIS FAMILY OF EVANS, which (according to a genealogical chart compiled by I. I. H. Harris, of St. John's College, Cambridge, and now in the British Museum) is descended from Elystan Glodrydd through his second son Idnerth, was originally settled in Carmarthenshire.