Thomas Evans

"Along with William John, Thomas in 1697 came ahead of the rest of the Welsh party and purchased Gwynedd twp from Robert Turner. Thus, the other settlers received deeds from him and John in 1699 for their land. He settled in 1698 on the land in today's Upper Gwynedd township just above Swedesford Road.

His property extended from Swedesford Road to Prospect Ave (North Wales) and from the Whitpain to the Montgomery twp. lines. It was at his log home that William Penn stayed when he visited Gwynedd. A large eighteenth century stone house with a mansard roof stands today on Sumneytown Pike in Upper Gwynedd where his log home was (just southeast of the borough of North Wales). The part of the house facing the creek (Evans Run) was probably built by his son, and the other part of the L of this house was used as an inn built by the Heist family around the time of the Revolution."
~• source: http://rea-williams.com/getperson.php?personID=I28399&tree=tree1''

• https://archive.org/details/cu31924096785351/page/n97/mode/2up page 81

~• "The first mill in the Wissahickon Valley was built in 1688. Eventually, more than 50 mills clustered along the banks of the 21- mile creek. Producing such items as paper, textiles, lumber, and flour, these mills were powerful economic engines for the emerging country and generated great wealth for their owners.

''The site of the Evans- Mumbower mill was part of an original land grant received by Thomas Evans in 1698. His grandson, Abraham, built a saw mill there in 1744. The current structure was built in 1835 by John and Elisa Keefe, who placed a name stone in the front wall.''" > from: https://wissahickontrails.org/news/evans-mumbower-mill-nearly-300-y...