Born in Berkeley, Berkeley, Virginia
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
John Evans Sr.
— married
1743 in Berkeley County (Berkeley), West Virginia
Descendants 
Mother of
Thomas Evans, Joseph Evans, Isaac Evans, Isabella (Evans) Van Metre, John Evans, Richard Evans, Rachel Evans, Martha Evans, Joseph Evans and Squire Evans
Died
at about age 79
in Berkeley, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Apr 2014
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Biography
Margaret was born about 1723 in Berkeley, Berkeley, Virginia.
Margaret (Van Meter) Evans, wife of John Evans who built Evans Fort completed in 1756 during the French and Indian War. She was doctor and nurse of the region, traveling with a big dog and Carrying a heavy rifle strapped to her shoulder. It left an indentation there which she carried to her grave. The Indians respected and dreaded her because she had shot several in defense of her home, but they never captured her scalp. One day when only women and children were in the fort the Indians attacked. She made the women load rifles while she did the shooting from one porthole after another until the Indians were driven off. She was also a mother of 12.
Death
- Date: 1802
- Place: Berkeley, Virginia, United States
- Age: 82-83
Sources
- Will of father Jacob Vanmeter: "West Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985"
Wills; Author: West Virginia. County Court (Berkeley County); Probate Place: Berkeley
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 9087 #1105056 (accessed 12 February 2024)
Name: Mary Evans [Mary Vanmeter]; Gender: Female; Probate Place: Berkeley; Relationship: Daughter; Item Description: Wills, Vol 3-4, 1796-1812; Others Listed (Name)
Relationship: Jacob Vanmeter
Isabella Wife
Hannah Slave
Peter Slave
Magdalen Burns Daughter
Isabella Gorrel Daughter
Mary Evans Daughter
Elizabeth Pabb Daughter
Ruth Gorrel Daughter
Anna Vanmetre Daughter
Isaac Vaurnetre Son
Abraham Vaumetre Son
Mary Evans Daughter
Lucy Slave
Joseph Vaumetre Son
Jacob Vaumetre Son.
- Marriage: "Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940"
Original data: Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013; FHL Film Number: 831960
Ancestry Record 60214 #3412899 (accessed 12 February 2024)
Mary Vanmetre marriage to John Evans on 26 Jan 1797 in Berkeley Co., VA..
See also:
- https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/LZN7-7MV
- http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wvberkel/evansbios.html?
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret:
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~3.12%
Clara (Evans) Compton
:
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch T926102 [compare]
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~1.56%
Brenda (Evans) Perry :
23andMe, GEDmatch M402810 [compare]
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~1.56%
Sharon (Bruno) Plagens :
23andMe, GEDmatch KZ5489313 [compare], yourDNAportal SHA6e10fdd7
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch KZ5489313 [compare], yourDNAportal SHA6e10fdd7, Ancestry member sharonplagens
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~1.56%
Glen Evans :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Charles Evans :
23andMe, GEDmatch M746816 [compare]
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~0.78%
Phyllis (Merryman) Cloyd :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T182272 [compare], FTDNA kit #539789
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~0.39%
Wendy (Darnold) Gunderson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A212294 [compare], Ancestry member WendyGunderson35
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A212294 [compare], FTDNA kit #623259
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~0.39%
Cynthia Cloyd :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch RU6021870 [compare], Ancestry member ccloyd11
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T695503 [compare], FTDNA kit #489430
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch ML9694229 [compare]
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~0.39%
~3.12%
Stephanie (Hooper) Barney :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member catnblue2
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~0.39%
Anthony Osbon :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch CT1644370 [compare]
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~0.39%
Shelley Cloyd :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #689153
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