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Richard Evans | see FAMILY TREE | |
Born: Abt 1654
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Married: Abt. 1677
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Died: 08 Jan 1726/27 Providence, Rhode Island |
WIFE
Mary d. 29 Dec 1729
CHILDREN
1. Martha Evans b. 19 Jan 1678/79
2. Richard Evans b. 10 Aug 1681
3. David Evans b. 09 Mar 1683/84
4. Mary Evans b. 23 Apr 1686
5. Elizabeth Evans b. 23 Apr 1688
6. Mehetabell Evans b. 1 Jan 1692
Richard Evans
by Susan Brooke
Jan 2023
Richard Evans was probably born about 1654 and married by 1677 as his first
child was born 19 Jan 1679. His children were all born in Rehoboth,
Bristol, Plymouth Colony. In 1693 he became the first white settler of
Killingly, Windham, CT. (1) He paid £20 for 200 acres and was named as
"late of Rehoboth." He acquired more land in 1707 and had two houses on his
plantation.
Providence, Rhode Island was only 25 miles away and he wrote his
will there on 6 Jan 1727. His son Richard Evans, Jr, had just died a
little over a month earlier in Providence on 28 Nov 1726. (2) Richard
Evens, Sr., joiner, died on 8 Jan 1726. (3)
As stated, Richard Evans
Sr. wrote his will on 6 Jan 1727 and he died two days later. The inventory was
taken on 15 May 1727. Mentioned in the will were his wife Mary, children,
Richard and David Evans, Martha Aldrich, Mary Sayer, Elizabeth Church,
Mehitibell Plumer and granddaughter Sarah Evans, daughter of son Richard
(deceased.) (4)
Sources
(1)
History of Windham County,
Connecticut, Volume I, 1600-1760, and Volume II, 1760-1880
Aspinock. Killingly.
In 1693, the future Killingly received its
first known white settler-Richard Evans-who purchased, for twenty
pounds, a two-hundred, acre grant of the Rev. James Pierpont, of New Haven,
and is described in the deed as "late of Rehoboth, but now resident of the
said granted premises." Little is known of this first settler of Killingly
beyond the fact of his early settlement. The bounds of his farm cannot now
be identified. It was laid out in the wilderness, about a mile east of the
Quinebaug and three miles from Woodstock, just south of Woodward's and
Saffery's line. It was in the northern extremity of the subsequent township
of Killingly; was afterwards included in the "South Neighborhood" of
Thompson, and now forms a part of the town of Putnam. Mr. Evans was
accompanied by a grown son, Richard
Evans, Jun., and in time built two homesteads
and made various improvements. His establishment served as a landmark for
all the surrounding region, many tracts of land being identified by distance
or direction from Richard
Evans.
(2) Death of Richard Evans, Jr (3) Death of Richard Evans, Sr
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History of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations: Biographical
NY: The American Historical Society, Inc. 1920
p. 236 - 237:
HENRY REMINGTON EVANS -- The important business of Henry R. Evans & Company, Incorporated, contractors and builders, of Providence, R. I., was founded by Henry Remington Evans, about 1866, five men constituting the force employed. It is now the oldest building contracting firm in the city, sixty men being employed in the various departments. A modern mill is an adjunct to the business, the building now occupied by the company being originally erected by Henry R. Evans, about 1878. He built up a high reputation and a good business, to which he admitted his son, Henry L., in 1889. When the business was incorporated, April 25, 1907, Henry R. Evans was chosen its first president, and until his death, May 4, 1914, was its active, executive head of the company. During the years which have intervened since his death no successor has been elected to succeed him, the presidents' office being held sacred to the memory of the founder of the business, he the only man legally entitled to bear the title, president.
This branch of the Evans family in New England traces descent from Richard Evans, an Englishman, who with his wife Mary settled at Dorchester, Mass., in 1635, and there died in 1661. He was succeeded by a son, Richard (2) Evans, who became the first known white settler of Killingly county. There he and a son, Richard (3) Evans, lived until 1710, when they sold out and moved to Rhode Island, settling in what has long been known as the 'Evans neighborhood', near the present town line of Smithfield and Gloucester. By his wife, Rebecca, he had several children, this branch being traced through the son, David Evans, who married Esther Bishop, and they were the parents of David (2) Evans, who married Jemima Foster. Their son, Elisha Evans, married Mary McDonald, they the parents of Jehu Evans, who married Amy Thornton, daughter of William and Betsey (Madison) Thornton. Jehu Evans was a farmer of Smithfield and Johnston, R. I., a man of energy but little known in public life. He was head of a family of eleven sons and daughters, one of these, a son, Henry Remington Evans, father of Henry Lester Evans, of Providence, head of the corporation, Henry R. Evans & Sons.
Other early settlers were David Church, John Winter and his son, Samuel Winter.
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