Benjamin Evans

1750 - 1844  (94 years)

• Name	Benjamin Evans  [1]
  Alternate birth	Nov 1743	Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire   [2]
  Birth	1750	Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Apr 1844	Kennebunk, York, Maine   [2]
  Person ID	I26822	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of LDN
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2020

  
  

  Father	Joseph Evans,   b. 29 Oct 1704, Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire d. 20 Nov 1767 (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Keziah Hall,   b. 1705, Greenland, Rockingham, New Hampshire d. 1808 (Age 103 years)
  Family ID	F16026	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Ricker   d. 19 Jun 1776, Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire
  Marriage	16 Dec 1771	Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth "Betsey" Evans,   b. 15 Feb 1772   d. Aft 21 Mar 1825 (Age > 53 years)
  Family ID	F16024	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Feb 2020

  
  

• Notes

  From his Find a Grave page [citation details below]: He was a private in Captain Wood's Company, Colonel Hubbard's Massachusetts Regiment and was transferred in December 1775 to Captain Gridley's Company, Colonel Gridley's Regiment of Artillery. He served for eight months. He then enlisted in the spring of 1776 in Lyman, ME and served four months as a private in Captain Wells' Company which was in the regiment led by Colonel Francis of Massachusetts. His pension was granted based on this service on 7 Aug. 1832

  
  

• Sources

  [S3665] "The Diary of Master Joseph Tate of Somersworth, N. H." The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 74:34, 1920. [S3669] Find a Grave page for Benjamin B. Evans. [S3666] Benjamin Evans' Military Records, page 2, manuscript at wikitree.com. Attributed to National Archives file number S31014.