MR. OWEN EVANS. GWYNEDD, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
Owen Evans, of Gwynedd, third of four brothers (Thomas, Robert and Cadwalader,) son of Evan ap Evan, immigrant from Wales, 1698, d. l0th mo. 7, 1723, in his 64th year, which would make his birth 1659.His wife's name was Elizabeth.
His will is dated l0th mo. (December) 4, 1723, and was proved December 20th ; he gives his son John a tract of 160 acres, "being on the south-west end of my land, with the house and plantation thereunto belonging." He makes bequests to his children, Cadwallader, Elizabeth, Evan, Robert, Thomas, and Mary, and mentions Jane as dec'd. He names two grandsons, Owen, the son of Robert, and Owen, the son of Thomas.
He appoints his wife Elizabeth executrix, and for overseers "my two brothers Robert and Cadwalader, my two sons, Evan and Robert, and my two cousins [nephews] Evan, son of Thomas, and his brother Owen."
Children of Owen and Elizabeth :
1. Thomas, d. 1760, m. Elizabeth Griffith.
2. John, d. unmarried, 1762. His will was probated Sept. 26. He leaves legacies to his sister Elizabeth Richards, his nephews Rowland and Samuel Richards, his sister-in-law, Elizabeth Evans, and her daughter Mary, his nephews Edward, Thomas, and Griffith Evans. He appoints his nephew, John Evans, executor and residuary legatee.
3. Robert, d. September, 1746, m. Ellen Griffith, Ruth Richards.
4. Cadwallader, d. unmarried. (The Family Record calls him Cadwallader Owen.
5. Evan, d. 1728, aged 44, m. Phoebe Miles.
6. Mary, m. 1st, 3d mo. 3, 1708, Ellis Pugh, jr., of Plymouth, eldest son of Ellis Pugh, of Merion; 2d, 9th mo. 16, 1736, William Roberts. She survived her second husband, and her will was made 3d mo. (May) 1748, and proved in August. She mentions her grandsons Ellis and Elijah Pugh, her granddaughter Mary Pugh, her "only daughter" Sina Walker (Abel Walker, of Tredyffrin, m. Sina Pugh, of Gwynedd, 4th mo. 13, 1727); her grandson, Isaac Walker, the daughters of her son, Ellis Roberts, her brothers John, Cadwallader and Thomas.
7. Elizabeth, b. 8th mo. 20, 1700, at Gwynedd, m., 2d mo. 21, 1726, Samuel Richards, son of Rowland, of Tredyffrin.
8. Samuel, m. 4th mo. 20, 1724, Hannah Walker, dau. of Lewis, of Merion.
9. Jane, d. before 1723. (As appears by her father's will).