Rebecca (Cowperthwaite) Evans (1778 - 1861)

Born 22 Aug 1778 in Chester Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John Evans — married 12 Feb 1799 in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States

Descendants

Died 15 Apr 1861 at age 82 in Marlton, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States [uncertain]

Biography

Rebecca Cowperthwaite ^[1] was born on 22 August 1778 to Hugh Cowperthwaite (1744-abt.1808) and Rebecca (Roberts) Cowperthwaite (1750-aft.1786)^[2]

Rebecca was born in Chester Township, Burlington County, New Jersey.^{[citation needed]}

Rebecca married John Evans (1774-1841) on 12 Feb 1799 at Upper Evesham Monthly Meeting (Medford), Burlington, New Jersey, USA.^[3] Rebecca and John had the following children:

1. Ezra Evans, b. 26 Aug 1800, 1879
2. Lydia Evans, b. 19 Feb 1804 d 13 Nov1827; m David Rogers
3. William Evans, b. 27 Jan 1806 ; m Sussannah Evans
4. David Evans, b. 7 Sep 1810, d. 1875; m Sarah Roberts
5. Mary Cowperthwaite Evans, b. 21 Sep 1808, Evesham, Nj , d. 11 Feb 1861, Evesham, Nj
6. Deborah C. Evans, b. 25 May 1816, d. 23 Jun 1890, Marlton, Burlington Co, NJ; m William C. Evans^[2]

In 1850, Rebecca, age 72, is living in Evesham, Burlington, New Jersey, United States with her son Ezra Evans.^[4]

In 1860, Rebecca, age 82, was living with her son Ezra, age 60, in Mount Holly (P.O) Evesham Township, Burlington County, New Jersey. Also living with her is her daughter Mary, age 52 and Sarah Mortland, age 17.^[5]

Rebecca passed away on 15 Apr 1861 at Cropwell (Marlton), Burlington County, New Jersey.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Richard Haines. Genealogy of the Stokes Family (Medford, NJ: Sinnickson Chew & Sons Company, 1903). p 42.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Upper Evesham Meeting Records. Ancestry. Subscription.U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 mislabeled as Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meetings by Ancestry.
3. ↑ Meldrum, Charlotte D, Early Church Records of Burlington County, New Jersey (Family Line Publications, Rear 63 East Main St, Westminster, MD 21157 800-876-6103. 1995), Volume 3, page 71.
4. ↑ Family Search.United States Census, 1850 citing family 292, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ Family Search. United States Census, 1860 Ezra Evans
6. ↑ Meldrum, Charlotte D, Early Church Records of Burlington County, New Jersey (Family Line Publications, Rear 63 East Main St, Westminster, MD 21157 800-876-6103. 1995). Volume 3, page 81.

• John Wesley Haines, Richard Haines and his descendants; a Quaker family of Burlington County, New Jersey, since 1642 (Boyce, Va., Printed by Carr Publishing Inc. 1961), 1:256- 257, 2:115.

• Compiled by George Haines, M.D., With additions by the Compiler Richard Haines, Ancestry of the Haines, Sharp, Collins, Wills, Gardiner, Prickett, Eves, Evans, Moore, Trooth, Borton, and Engle Families (copyright 1902 by Sinnickson, Chew & Sons Company, Printers, Camden, N.J. ). 317, 341.