Lewis Evans Sr. (abt. 1700 - 1756)

Born about 1700 in Caernarfonshire, Wales

Husband of Alice (Thomas) Evans — married about 10 Feb 1718 in Montgomery, Pennsylvania [uncertain]

Husband of Martha (Hoskins) Evans — married about 21 Jan 1744 in Pennsylvania [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 12 Jun 1756 at about age 56 in New York

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Biography

Lewis Evans and Martha Hoskins were married at Christ Church in Philadelphia. Ben Franklin employed him as a clerk. He became a surveyor and his most influential works were A Map of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and the Three Delaware Counties and A General Map of the Middle British Colonies in America. They were used for years to come to establish boundaries and was useful during the French and Indian War. He died in New York while imprisoned for slander on Lieutenant Governor Robert Morris of Pennsylvania. He is buried in Christ Church Burying Ground where Ben Franklin is also buried.

"Lewis Evans Find A Grave Index Name: Lewis Evans Event Type: Burial Event Date: 1756 Event Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America Birth Date: 1700 Death Date: 12 Jun 1756

Affiliate Record Identifier: 84287376 Cemetery: Christ Church Burial Ground."

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"Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1700-1821 Birth, Marriage & Death View Image Name: Lewis Evans Spouse: Martha Hoskins Marriage: date

U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Birth, Marriage & Death Name: Lewis Evans Birth: 1700 - Wales Death: 12 Jun 1756 - New York, USA Other: Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA."

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Biography: Lewis Evans and Martha Hoskins were married at Christ Church in Philadelphia. Ben Franklin employed him as a clerk to survey the colonies when he was 36 years old. He became a surveyor and his most influential works were A Map of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and the Three Delaware Counties and A General Map of the Middle British Colonies in America. They were used for years to come to establish boundaries and was useful during the French and Indian War. He died in New York while imprisoned for slander on Lieutenant Governor Robert Morris of Pennsylvania. He is buried in Christ Church Burying Ground where Ben Franklin is also buried. SOURCES: "Lewis Evans Find A Grave Index Name: Lewis Evans Event Type: Burial Event Date: 1756 Event Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America Birth Date: 1700 Death Date: 12 Jun 1756 Affiliate Record Identifier: 84287376 Cemetery: Christ Church Burial Ground MORE NOTES FROM FINDAGRAVE: Birth: 1700, Wales Death: Jun. 12, 1756 New York, USA Geographer, Surveyor. At the age of 36, he met Benjamin Franklin at Franklin's print shop in Philadelphia. Franklin hired him as a clerk and they eventually collaborated in surveying the Middle British Colonies. His two influential works, A Map of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and the Three Delaware Counties and A General Map of the Middle British Colonies in America, were used for years to come to establish boundaries and was useful during the French and Indian War. Evans died in New York while imprisoned for slander on Lieutenant Governor Robert Morris of Pennsylvania. A burial is shown as 28 January 1756 After his burial, his daughter, Amelia Evans (b. 1744) was adopted by Benjamin Franklin and his wife Deborah Franklin when she was 12 years old.

Sources

ARRIVAL 1731 [ COLDHAM, PETER WILSON. Supplement to the Complete Book of Emigrants in Bondage, 1614-1775. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1992. 86p. ] [ U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. ]

MARRIAGE [ Pennsylvania Marriage Records. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Archives Printed Series, 1876. Series 2, Series 6. ] [ Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1700-1821 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011 ]

DEATH, BURIAL [ Hildeburn, Charles R., ed.. Baptisms and Burials From the Records of Christ Church, Philadelphia, 1709-1760. Philadelphia, PA, USA: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1877-1893. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Church Records, 1709-60 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999 ] [ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=EVAN&GSfn=L&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=40&GScntry=4&GSsr=161&GRid=84287376& ] [ Find A Grave Memorial# 84287376 ]

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• SOURCES: "Lewis Evans Find A Grave Index Name: Lewis Evans Event Type: Burial Event Date: 1756 Event Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America Birth Date: 1700 Death Date: 12 Jun 1756 Affiliate Record Identifier: 84287376 Cemetery: Christ Church Burial Ground Find A Grave: Memorial #84287376