Biographical Sketch of William EVANS; Chester County, PA

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from THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY PA, by Futhey and Cope;

Wm Evans, of Vincent, was an active patriot in the days of the Revolution, being 
commissioned a justice of the peace.  We find  in the Colonial Records, under 
date Sept 12, 1777, it was ''ordered that the Justices of the County of Chester 
immediately send in as many Waggons as can be procured, and that Colo. Will 
Evans be employed in the County of Chester, and that a Press Warrant be given 
him accordingly."
   He was married May 14, 1761, by Rev Wm Currie, to Sarah Smith, and his death 
occurred in the summer of 1783.  His children were Mary (m to Wm Rogers), Sarah, 
Jesse, John, and Wm.  In his will he also mentions his brother David, of 
Vincent, and James, and sister Eleanor, wife of John Dodson, in Frederick Co, 
Md.