Edward Evans

Abt 1667 - 1767  (~ 100 years)

• Name	Edward Evans
  Birth	Abt 1667  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Nov 1767	Barrington, Strafford, New Hampshire   [1]
  Person ID	I26840	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of LDN
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2020

  
  

  Father	John Evans   d. 28 Jun 1689
  Mother	Eleanor   d. Bef 1702
  Family ID	F16038	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dorcas Bussell   d. Aft 1737
  Marriage	Bef 1700  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Joseph Evans,   b. 29 Oct 1704, Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire d. 20 Nov 1767 (Age 63 years)
  Family ID	F16036	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Feb 2020

  
  

• Notes

  He was a cooper. "Called a centenarian at death, the newspapers said he perfectly remembered the revolution against Gov. Andros which occurred in the last yr. of his apprenticeship in Boston." [Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, citation details below] According to his Wikitree page, the newspaper account mentioned above was in the Portsmouth New Hampshire Gazette, week of 20 Nov 1767, page 3, column 2. In 1730 he and his wife Dorcas sold the estate of "our father Simon Bussell" in Wells. In 1737 he and Dorcas, evidently both sick, were presented for absence from the Wells meeting. Records of the Madbury parish from 1756 to 1766 include numerous discussions of whether to vote support for him or to send him away. In 1767 the town voted 11 shillings to make his coffin and dig his grave.

  
  

• Sources

  [S660] Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire by Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby, and Walter Goodwin Davis. Portland, Maine: Southworth Press, 1928-1939.