Sherebiah Evans Sr. (1757 - 1821)

Born 1757 in Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Elizabeth (Dudley) Evans — married 29 Jan 1795 in Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 8 Aug 1821 at about age 64 in Van Buren, Onondaga, New York, United States

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Biography

Pvt. Sherebiah Evans Sr. served with New York during the American Revolution.

Sherebiah was born in 1757. He passed away in 1822. Children of Sherebiah Evans and Betsy Dudley include:

• Sherebiah Evans 1795–1856
• William Evans 1800–1836
• Thomas J Evans 1802–1842
• Franklin Evans 1803–1858
• Frederick Evans
• Anna Eliza Evans –1870
• Catherine Evans

Military

U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files^[1]

• Sherebiah Evans, pension year 1819, New York, Surivvor's Pension App File

U.S., Revolutionary War Pensioners^[2]

• Sherebiah Evans, private, monthly allowance: $8, yearly allowance:$48, commencement: 13 Apr 1818,

Notes

"Another New England forebear was Sherebiah Evans of Milton, Mass., a Revolutionary soldier. He was born in Maryland and married Elizabeth Dudley. Their son, Sherebiah, was born at Boston 1796. The marriage connections of this line include the Hirrisons, Clarks, Cooks and Warners. Sherebiah may have been the son or grandson of James, who came from England in 1715, with wife and four children, to Cecil county, maryland. One son, John, who was in the French and Indian war, removed to Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. His wife was Sarah Denny." ^[3]

Burial

"SHEREBIAH EVANS a soldier of the revolution died Aug. 1821, in the 65 year of his age."

Ionia Cemetery Van Buren, Onondaga County, New York, USA ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files (NARA microfilm publication M804, 2,670 rolls). Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
2. ↑ The National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury; Record Group Title: Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury; Record Group Number: 217; Series Number: T718; Roll Number: 1
3. ↑ Daily Press, Sheboygan, Wisconsin. 9 Aug 1910
4. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51811746; headstone photo; accessed 1/21/2018

• Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls. SAR #19555
• Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850. With some noted exceptions all marriage records in this collection can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and may be available through Family History Centers throughout the United States. See table below for information listed.
• Book Title: History of the Dudley Family with genealogical tables, pedigrees, & c : number 1
• Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots; Volume: 2