Justice Owen Evans

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Owen Evans BIRTH 1699 DEATH 28 Nov 1753 (aged 53–54) BURIAL Limerick Church Burial Ground Limerick, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA MEMORIAL ID 53307552 · View Source

MEMORIAL PHOTOS 1 FLOWERS 2 Please note that there is conflicting information regarding the year of Owen Evans' death. I have his year of death as 1753 despite the tombstone having 1754. This is because Owen's will was written November 4, 1753 and probated December 18, 1753 - Philadelphia Will Book K128. (per the online abstract) This is obviously in conflict with the tombstone since you have to die before your will can be probated.

While I haven't seen the actual will to verify that the abstract does not contain a transcription error, the book "A Genealogical History of the Dupuy Family" by Charles Meredith Dupuy, published 1910, profiles this Evans family. It includes an early photograph of Owen's tombstone with a caption that states the 1754 date is in error. This is a likely scenario since tombstones often were not erected immediately after a person's death. Sometimes it took several years.

BIOGRAPHY

Owen Evans was the 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.

Owen was a prominent man and was appointed Justice of the Peace in 1738. He remained in that post until his death. He was also at one time a member of the colonial assembly.

He married Mary, daughter of William and Mary Davis, on August 14, 1721. They had eight children: William (1723-1747), Mary (married James Brooke), Anne (married Edward Lane), David (1730-1800), Benjamin (abt. 1732-1760), Gwenefried (married John Umstat), Jane (never married) and Thomas (1737-1810).

Rev. Henry Melchoir Muhlenberg visited Owen Evans in his final illness and wrote in his journal, “He was a nominal member of the English High Church, but he had sometimes been negligent in his use of the means of grace and did not provide for his own and his children’s spiritual welfare as he should have. . . . The justice was buried with the customary ceremonies in the presence of a large suite of German and English people.”

Family Members Children Photo Anne Evans Lane 1725–1790

Photo Thomas Evans 1737–1810

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Please note that there is conflicting information regarding the year of Owen Evans' death. I have his year of death as 1753 despite the tombstone having 1754. This is because Owen's will was written November 4, 1753 and probated December 18, 1753 - Philadelphia Will Book K128. (per the online abstract) This is obviously in conflict with the tombstone since you have to die before your will can be probated.

While I haven't seen the actual will to verify that the abstract does not contain a transcription error, the book "A Genealogical History of the Dupuy Family" by Charles Meredith Dupuy, published 1910, profiles this Evans family. It includes an early photograph of Owen's tombstone with a caption that states the 1754 date is in error. This is a likely scenario since tombstones often were not erected immediately after a person's death. Sometimes it took several years.

BIOGRAPHY

Owen Evans was the 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.

Owen was a prominent man and was appointed Justice of the Peace in 1738. He remained in that post until his death. He was also at one time a member of the colonial assembly.

He married Mary, daughter of William and Mary Davis, on August 14, 1721. They had eight children: William (1723-1747), Mary (married James Brooke), Anne (married Edward Lane), David (1730-1800), Benjamin (abt. 1732-1760), Gwenefried (married John Umstat), Jane (never married) and Thomas (1737-1810).

Rev. Henry Melchoir Muhlenberg visited Owen Evans in his final illness and wrote in his journal, “He was a nominal member of the English High Church, but he had sometimes been negligent in his use of the means of grace and did not provide for his own and his children’s spiritual welfare as he should have. . . . The justice was buried with the customary ceremonies in the presence of a large suite of German and English people.”

The place name "Evanburg" comes from his family and the marital association with the Lane family which owned so much of the land on both banks of the Perkiomen.

Which mother is his?

• Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Mar 16 2016, 2:42:27 UTC

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"commissioned one of the justices of the peace and of the courts of Phila County. Also member of Provincial Assembly."