Jennett (Melville) Evans (1783 - 1825)

Born 18 Aug 1783 in Stepney, Middlesex, England

Ancestors

Wife of George William Evans — married 18 Apr 1802 (to 6 Apr 1825) in Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa

Descendants

Died 6 Apr 1825 at age 41 in Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land, Australia

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Biography

In 1798 he (George William Evans) married Jennett, daughter of Captain Thomas Melville, commander of the Britannia in the Third Fleet and later of the Speedy, and migrated to the Cape of Good Hope. He was employed in the Naval Store-keeper's Department at Table Bay and remained there until May 1802 when, in compliance with the treaty of Amiens, British forces were withdrawn. Evans was persuaded by Captain William Kent to go to New South Wales, and he arrived at Port Jackson in H.M.S Buffalo on 16 October

Jennett Melville England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988 Name: Jennett Melville Event Type: Baptism Event Date: 7 Sep 1783 Event Place: Middlesex, England Sex: Female Father's Name: Thomas Melville Mother's Name: Jennett Melville

"Deaths. It is with unfeigned regret we have to announce the premature death, in the very prime of life of Mrs. EVANS, wife of GEORGE WILLIAM EVANS Esq., Surveyor General of this Colony, on the night of Wednes- day last, at New-town House, in a fit of apo- plexy. She had walked to Hobart Town in the course of the day, and was in the most perfect health at the moment of the fatal at- tack. Thus suddenly have her family and friends been deprived of an excellent mother, a zealous friend, and an affectionate wife ; leaving her disconsolate husband and large family to deplore a loss, the severity of which they feel with unspeakable grief." (Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen's Land Advertiser (Tas. : 1821 - 1825) Fri 8 Apr 1825)

From Family Search Spouses and Children

George William Evans 1780-1852 • M5LT-4NM​​ Marriage: 18 Apr 1802 Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Jennett Melville 1783-1825 • LZK7-NRN​​ Preferred

Children of Jennett Melville and George William Evans (7)

Ann Southam Evans 1803-1885 • LZK7-J8X​​

Harriet Evans 1804-Deceased • LZK7-JDJ​​

William Melville Evans 1807-Deceased • MZYP-MZJ​​

George Francis Evans 1810-1895 • KLQ9-H1M​​

Elizabeth Margaret Linney Evans 1812-1892 • KV5S-4NZ​​

John Thomas Evans 1812-1871 • MZYP-MX9​​

Jane Isabella Evans 1820-1905 • K2MN-39H​​

Add Child to George William Evans and Jennett Melville

George William Evans 1780-1852 • M5LT-4NM​​ Marriage: 13 Oct 1825 , Tasmania, Australia

Lucy Paris Lempriere 1807-1849 • KLQ9-45P​​ Preferred

Children of Lucy Paris Lempriere and George William Evans

George William Evans 1780-1852 • M5LT-4NM​​

George William Evans World Miscellaneous Marriages, 1662-1945 Name: George William Evans Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 18 Apr 1802 Event Place: Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa Event Place (Original): Chaplaincy To British Forces, Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa Sex: Male Spouse's Name: Jenet Melvill Spouse's Sex: Female No image available

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Citation

• England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:873K-D46Z : 5 July 2020), Jennett Melville, 1783.

• World Miscellaneous Marriages, 1662-1945", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLGK-TVS : 10 February 2020), George William Evans, 1802.

Sources

• Libraries Tasmania Names Index:

[https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD34-1-1p042j2k Name: Evans, Jennett

Record Type: Deaths

Gender: Female

Age: 42

Date of burial: 09 Apr 1825

Registered: Hobart

Registration year: 1825

Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:1176578

• Australian Dictionary of Biography

• A. K. Weatherburn, 'Evans, George William (1780-1852)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/evans-george-william-2029/text2501, published first in hardcopy 1966, accessed online 20 April 2021.

Citation

• World Miscellaneous Marriages, 1662-1945", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLGK-TVS : 10 February 2020), George William Evans, 1802.