Edmund Evans (1757 - 1824)

Born 1757 in Derby, Derbyshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Dorothy (Coales) Evans — married 14 Aug 1783 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

Descendants

Died 1824 at about age 67 in Derby, Derbyshire, England

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Biography

Edmund was born in 1757. He was the son of Thomas Evans and Sarah Evans.^[1]

On 8 July 1773 Edmund Evans of the Borough of Derby was articled to Thomas Ince attorney of Wirksworth, Derbyshire.^[2]

Edmund Evans, gentleman, bachelor of Derby, married Dorothy Coales, spinster of Birmingham, by licence on 14 August 1783 in St Martin in the Bull Ring, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.^[3][4]

Edmund Evans built Yeldersley Hall in about 1800.^[5]

Edmund Evans, gentleman of Derby, made his last will on 9 February 1810 naming his wife Dorothy and his two daughters Sarah Ellen Evans and Elizabeth Evans. The will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury in London on 2 December 1824 by Sarah Ellen Evans and Elizabeth Harrison formerly Evans, wife of John Harrison; his wife having died before him.^[6]

He died in 1824.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NYKC-XHM : 11 February 2018, Edmund Evans, 17 Feb 1757); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 422,201, 422,202.
2. ↑ Apprenticeship: "UK, Articles of Clerkship, 1756-1874"
   The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Court of Common Pleas: Registers of Articles of Clerkship and Affidavits of Due Execution; Class: CP71; Piece: 1
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 2380 #80577 (accessed 13 December 2022)
   Clerk's Name: Edmund Evans; Attorney: Thomas Ince; Filing Date: 17 Jul 1773; Parish or Town: The Borough; County: Derbyshire.
3. ↑ Marriage: "Warwickshire Marriages"
   Archive: Birmingham Archives & Heritage; Reference: DRO 34/6
   FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 13 December 2022)
   Edmund Evans marriage to Dorothy Coales on 14 Aug 1783 in Birmingham, St Martin in the Bull Ring, Warwickshire, England.
4. ↑ Marriage: "Staffordshire, Dioceses Of Lichfield & Coventry Marriage Allegations And Bonds, 1636-1893"
   FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 13 December 2022)
   Edmund Evans (21) marriage to Dorothy Coales (21) on 14 Aug 1783 in St Martin, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.
5. ↑ Wikipedia Yeldersley Hall
6. ↑ Will: "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858"
   The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 1693
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 5111 #42661 (accessed 13 December 2022)
   Will of Edmund Evans Esq, granted probate on 2 Dec 1824. Died about 1824 in Derby, Derbyshire, England.
7. ↑ "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JCRT-Z4X : 10 February 2018), Edmund Evans, burial 07 Oct 1824; citing St. Werburghs Parish, Derby, Derbyshire Co., England, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,041,170.