Evans family papers

Jonathan Evans was born on a Friday in 1714 to Evan Evans with two siblings, Hannah (? - 1720), and David (1730 - 1800). He married Hannah (Walton) Evans. The two had one child, Jonathan Evans, Jr. Jonathan Evans lived in Philadelphia until his death in 1795.

Jonathan Evans, Jr. was born on January 25, 1759 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Jonathan and Hannah (Walton) Evans. Evans enjoyed a liberal education and was apprenticed to a carpenter. He became sober upon reading Penn's "No Cross, No Crown." He visited Virginia Yearly Meeting and Black-water in 1784 with Daniel Offley and others. Evans married Hannah Bacon in 1786 and the couple had seven children. He built the family home at 102 Union Street (now 322 Delancey Street) in Philadelphia. He died on February 8, 1839 in Philadelphia.

Charles Evans was born on December 25, 1802 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Jonathan and Hannah (Bacon) Evans. He was educated at the William Penn Charter School and studied medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1836, he married Mary Lownes Smith, the daughter of Robert Smith III, who was the first editor of The Friend. The couple made their home first on Race Street, above 7th Street in Philadelphia, but later moved to West Philadelphia. When he died in 1879, he left a substantial legacy to Westtown School.