The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-01
A CORNER IN ANCESTORS
By FRANCES cowLEs. THE EVAN s FAMILY

Evans in itself makes no pretension as to it's derivation. It is John-plair John. that is all Evanson is "the son O John" Evans is one way the name ap pears in the old records
 Among New England forefathers were David and Henry Evans of Boston. 164S Thomas of Plymouth, 1885. and John O. Roxbury and Hatfield, who is thought tC have been a soldier in Philips war.
 Henry Evans. born in Boston, removed to Tennessee. He was the son of Joseph born in Ireland, and a physician, whC died in Ohio Joseph Henry, son ot Henry. born in Boston, married Cora Taylor, a descendant of Gov. William Bradford, and descendants of this line of course, step right into the 'Mayflower society" without so much as "by your leave"
 Another New England forebear was Sherebiah Evans of Milton. Mass. a revolutionary soldier. He was born in Maryland, and married Elizabeth Dud- ley. Their son, Sherebiah, was born at Boston. 17s6 The marriage connections of this line include the Harrisons. Clarks, Cooks and Warmers.
 Sherebiah may have been the son or grandson of James. who came from Eng land 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, PennsyI- vania. His wife was Sarah Denny.
 In Maine one of the prominent mem bers of the family was George Evans born 17d. He was attorney general of the state, and candidate for nomina- ton as vice president when Taylor was nominated to the presidency.
 The family has always been prominent in Pennsylvania. The second rector of church, was Evan Evans, born in Wales He was A leader of men, and had large following, not only in Pennsylvania, but fin West Jersey and Delaware. He died about 1721 in Harford county, Maryland.
 Lott Evans, born in Wales, a friend of Penn, set out on the same ship in 16sl but died at sea. He had three sons Thomas, Charles, and Lott. or John While Penn was in England in 17o4 Thomas (some records say John) was provisional or deputy governor of the col ony.
 Thomas married Sarah Roberts and they raised a large family One son, Jona- than, had a foundry, and the tree under which the treaty was made by Penn
 
 dry grounds.
 Marriage connections of this branch of the family include the Pennsylvania and New Jersey families of Cadwalader Gibbs, Carnegies, Hurlbuts Hobarts and Perrins: Joseph Evans of Philadelphia married Margaret Horner of Virginia. The 1vaneses of New York state married Into the family of De Wits, descendants of T1erck de Witt of Kingston, N. Y. 1861. The Evaneses were early settlers In South Carolina, where they had large grants of land
 The blazon of the coat-of-arns shown isi Quarterly first and fourth argent, three boars heads, couped sable; sec- ond and third, gules, a lion rampant re- suardant argent.
 Crest: demi-lion reguardant ar gent, holding between his paws, a boars s head, couped, sable
 Motto: Libertas.
 This is the coat-of-arms used by the Evans family of Pennsylvania.
 In St. Peter's church, Philadelphia, a window to the memory of Joseph R. Evans, represents the lion of the arms with boars head issuing from coro- net and the motto: "Aut vincere, aut mori."
 To T. P S., who asks for the original spelling of the name sometimes spelled Stearns and sometimes Stern, also the coat-of-arms of the branch descended from Isaac Stearns:
 Isaac Stearns, who came to America in l630, in company with Governor Winthrop and sundry other worthes, is said to be the ancestor of most of the Ameri- cans of Stearns Stern, Sterne and Stearn. It is said that the final "s' on the name Is an American addition and that the name Stearns Is not found in old English records. Certain it is that the ''s'' was not used in the earliest spelling of the name in England, for the first Stern was so called because of his disposition.
 There are. besides the English families of the name in America, many of Ger