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From: Ted and Freda Noble <>
Subject: Re: [SC] Evans in SC
Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 11:58:23 -0700
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Thank you so much! I am just beginning to work on my Evans line and
I am thrilled to have your data. I do appreciate your sharing your
info with me.
Stay in touch. I will let you know what new info I find. Freda






>Hi Freda,
>Yes, I have Nathaniel Evans on my chart. I heard from some Godbold person
>back this past year who sent me some stuff. Nathaniel settled down around
>Catfish Swamp ( a tributary of the Pee Dee River) close to the original
>spot of the first Welsh settlement, and didn't move up the Pee Dee like so
>many others of the Welsh group that did. Nathaniel Evans' group also
>established their own Catfish Creek Baptist Church whose records did not
>survive.
>
>My earliest Evans ancestor is William Evans, born 1716-1723.
>The following Evans are mentioned in the early Welsh Neck Church records:
> Wm Evans/Ann (from Wales)
> Issue: Wm. Jr., Daniel, John, Tho., Elizabeth, Geo.
>
> Wm.Jr.,/ wife Elizabeth Vining
> issue: Catherine, Wm. Alex., Lucy, Eliz., Eleanor (this is also JAW
>Thomas's line thru Eleanor)
>
>Catherine Evans md. Daniel MacLeod (my line)
>-------------------------------
>"THE FRONTIER IN THE COLONIAL SOUTH" by George Lloyd Johnson, Jr. is
>loaded with Evans stuff.
> Page 19 goes into the settlers coming by boat to SC from PA.. and getting
>land under the headright system Each head of the family received fifty
>acres for each family member above the age of twelve and a tax deferment for
>ten years. The acreage held by some of these settlers was Thomas Evans and
>Abel James, 'each' owning three hundred acres!! This accounts for six
>people in each family. Thomas, his wife and four children, unless he had
>some slaves. It goes on to say, Thomas Evans, Jr. got 50 acres, so he was
>alone. Johnson's book does not give a date for these land grants, but
>Holcomb's SC Journals did have Wm. Evans petitioning as early as 1739, I
>believe. Thomas , his brother ?, may have come shortly thereafter.
>
>"HISTORY OF THE OLD CHERAWS", by Gregg, page 52 , mentions Thomas Evans &
>wife and Samuel Evans & wife among the first settlers.
>-----------------------------------------------
>Thomas Evans was born in Rhydwilym, Carmarthenshire , South Wales, in about
>1650. He emigrated to Pennsylvania, and the Welsh Tract, about 1710 with
>his sons. His wife is unknown. He died about 1714, and is probably buried at
>Welsh Tract, Pa., which is, today, located in New Castle, Delaware. He had
>five children.
>1. John Evans - b. 1678 Lantivy, Carmarthenshire, Wales
> m. Lydia ? (Evans) 1711
> d. 1717 buried in Pencader Hundred, New Castle, Delaware
> Children: Nathaniel Evans
>
>2. Margaret Evans b. 1680 Lantivy, Carmarthenshire
>
>3. Hugh Evans b. 1682 Lantivy, Carmarthenshire
> m. Mary ? (Evans)
> d. 1737
>
>4. Thomas Evans II Religion: Baptist
> b. 1685 Lantivy, Carmarthenshire
> Immigrated in 1711, to Welsh Tract, Newcastle, DE
> m. Hannah ? (Evans) 1711 (b. about 1700 d. 1771 in SC)
> Emigrated in 1736 to Pee Dee River, Welsh Neck, SC
> d. 1759 in Marlboro Dist. SC
> Children:
> a. Thomas Evans III b. 1714
> b. Josiah Evans b. 1716
> c. Abel Evans b. 1718
> d. John Evans b. 1720
> e. William Evans b. 1723
>
>5. Samuel Evans b. 1688 Lantivy, Carmarthenshire
> Emigrated from Welsh Tract, DE, to Pee Dee River, SC 1737
> m. Mary Ann ? (Evans) At Welsh Neck Church, Cheraw Dist., SC
> Became a church member 12 Mar 1759
>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>After reading a million pages of data, it looks to me like my William may
>have been a relative of Nathaniel EVANS, and came with him or before him to
>SC. Nathaniel's (the one who settled at Catfish) father left a will up in
>Deleware mentioning his 'four' sons, but only named Nathaniel. Can't
>understand why a father would do this unless his other sons had moved out.
>I have not seen a copy of this will, but have been told it does exist.
>Joanne Harley
>New Bern, NC
>
>
>
>
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