Brief Life History of Isaiah
When Isaiah Evans was born in 1743, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British Colonial America, his father, Owen Evans, was 21 and his mother, Elizabeth Ellis Ewing, was 18. He died on 24 February 1808, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Sources (5)
- Isaiah Evans, "Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999"
- Philadelphia, PA. Wills, 1682-1916; indexes to wills, 1682-1924
- Isaiah Evans, "Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915"
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World Events (6)
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. The liberty bell was first rung here to Celebrate this important document.
1780
Pennsylvania was always against slavery, even though the first settlers, including Penn, came with slaves. Slavery was not prominent in the area.
Name Meaning
Welsh: derivative of Evan , from Efan, Ifan, medieval forms of Ieuan (from Latin Johannes, the source of English John), dating from c. 1500, with the post-medieval patronymic suffix -s. Welsh Sion was a separate borrowing of English John, and Evan (Ieuan) and Sion developed as independent names.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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