JohnsonFamily2/19/24 - Person Sheet
JohnsonFamily2/19/24 - Person Sheet
NameHonorable John Evans 134,205
Birthabt 1600, Caerrmarthen, Wales205
Deathaft 1628, Limerick, Co Limerick, Ireland
Spouses
Family ID3188
ChildrenGeorge (~1620-1707)
Notes for Honorable John Evans
EVANS, OF ASH-HILL AND MILTOWN CASTLE.

EVANS, EYRE, esq. of Ash Hill, in the county of Limerick, and of Miltown Castle, in the county of Cork, b. 23rd May, 1773, m. 20th March, 1805, Anna, eldest daughter of the late Robert Maunsell, esq. of Limerick, formerly chief of Gangam, and member of the supreme council at Madras, (see page 304) by whom he has issue,

EYRE, b. 5th May, 1806, lieutenant in the 3rd dragoon guards.
Robert-Maunsell, b. 4th May, 1808, in holy orders.
George-Thomas, b. 17th December, 1809, ensign in the 74th regiment.
Thomas-Williams, b. 6th March, 1815.
John-Freke, b. 6th February, 1817.
Henry-Frederick, b. 12th April, 1821.
Anna-Maria-Stone.
Caroline-Louisa.
Elizabeth.

Mr. Evans inherited the estates at his birth, his father having died in the previous month. He served the office of high-sheriff for the county of Limerick in 1810.

Lineage.

This is a younger branch of the noble House of CARBERY, originally of Welch extraction, and seated in the county of Caermarthen, whence in the reign of JAMES I.

JOHN EVANS, esq. removed into Ireland, and settled there. He was living at Limerick, in and before the year 1628. He left at his decease, two sons, and three daughters, viz.

I. GEORGE, of Ballyphillip, in the county
of Cork.
II. John, a colonel in the army, married,
and had issue.
III. Deborah, m. to John Bentley, esq.
of Broadford, in the county of Clare.
IV. Catherine.
V. Eleanor, m. to Francis Taylour,
esq. of Askeaton, in the county of
Limerick. 205

Origin of Surname Evans
Posted 06 Nov 2009 by JohnDoddsPinkerton on ancestry.com
This distinguished surname, of medieval Welsh origin, is a patronymic form of the Welsh male given name Ifan or Evan, itself coming from "Iohannes" through the colloquial "Iovannes", Latin forms of John. The forename John has enjoyed enormous popularity in Europe throughout the Christian era, being given in honour of St. John the Baptist, St. John the Evangelist, or the nearly one thousand other saints of the name. The ultimate derivation is from the Hebrew name "Yochanan" meaning "Jehovah has favoured (me with a son)" or "may Jehovah favour this child". The surname Evans emerges in the early part of the 16th Century (see below), and in the modern idiom takes the forms: Evans, Evens, Evins, Evance, Ifans, Ivings and Heavans. The name is well represented in the "Dictionary of National Biography" with over fifty entries, one of the most notable being Mary Ann Evans (1819 - 1880), who under the name of George Eliot, wrote "Silas Marner" and "Middlemarch", and many other popular works. William Evans, aged 23 yrs., who embarked from London on the ship "America" bound for Virginia in July 1635, was one of the earliest recorded namebearers to settle in the New World. A Coat of Arms granted to the Evans family of North Wales, descended from Rhirid Flaidd, circa 1070, is green, a chevron ermine between three silver wolve's erased, langued red. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of John Yevans, which was dated 1533, in the "Records of Monmathshire", Wales, during the reign of King Henry V111, known as "Bluff King Hal", 1509 - 1547. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.
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