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GENEALOGY OF EVANS, NIVIN AND ALLIED FAMILIES BY HON. SEPTIMUS E. NIVIN SECOND EDITION Corrected and Enlarged INTERNATIONAL PRINTING COMPANY PHILADELPHIA 1930 Septimus lE. 1Ril?in ABBREVIATIONS. b. born. ha.pt. baptized. bur. buried. d. died. m. married. pr. proved, or probated. NUM·BERING. The number preceding the name of a person, refers to this person in the text. The number fallowing the name, refers to his or her parentage. CONTENTS. PAGE Explanatory Note to the Second Edition . 5 In Memoriam-Septimus Evans Nivin . 7 1. Family of John Evans, of London Britain Township, Chester Co., Pa. 9 2. Family of David Evans, of Mill c·reek Hundred, New Castle Co., Del. 101 3. Family of John Evans, of West Nottingham Township, Ches- ter Co., Pa. 151 4. Family of Richard Whitting, of London Britain Township, -Chester Co., Pa. 167 5. Family of David Davis, of Earl Township, Lancaster Co., Pa. 189 6. Family of Jenkin- Evans . 213 7. Family of Rev. Abel J\tiorgan . 217 A ppendic.es . 228 Index ...................·. 247 EXPLANATORY NOTE TO THE SEC'OND EDITION. The First Edition of the Evans-Whitting-Davis genealogy ,vas issued by its author, the late Senator Septimus E. Nivin, in 1922. From the date of its publication until his last illness, in 1927, Senator Nivin ,vas engaged in correspondence ,vith members of the family, and in personal research, both of which resulted in the accumulation of a large quantity of additional data. It had been the author's intention to publish this additional material as a supplement to the original work, but this he was prevented, by ill health, from doing. The Second Edition now embodies both the original work, and the additional material collected by Senator Nivin since its publication. Errors have been corrected wherever reported or detected, and further changes in the original text have been made, wherever required, in the light of more recent information. The system of numbering has been entirely revised, so that it now runs consecutively, ,vithout either the omission of numbers, or the insertion of letters and other makeshifts, occasioned by the tardy arrival of information. v·Vills, journals and letters not included in the original edition, have been inserted. A table of contents, and a complete index, have been added. Besides the sketches comprising the original edition, the Second Edition includes two that are entirely ne,v-those of the descendants, respectively, of Jenkin Evans and of Rev. Abel tlorgan. These alone add mor~ than 200 names, ,vhich, ,vith the voluminous additions to the original sketches, have inc1·eased the total enrollment of the book ap­ proximately 1400, to nearly 2300, names. A matter peculiar to new editions of genealogies should be noted here: namely, that such expressions as '' 110,v' ', or '' at present'', as used in the original edition, may afterwards have become obsolete, through removal or death, without the knowledge of the author. It is believed that such instances are few. Readers will doubtless find that the more compact arrangement of the Second Edition adds not only to the appearance of the book, but also to its readabiliy and convenience of reference. Abbreviations have been used where practicable, and matter considered too bulky for the. body of the work has been transferred to the Appendices. The revision of this Genealogy as outlined above, is the work of Alfred R. Justice. This publication is undertaken by the undersigned, nieces of Senator Nivin, as a completion of the work cut short by his death, and as a tribute to his memory. SOPHIE N IVIN JAMES. EVELYN N IVIN w HITEMAN. In memoriam SEPTI~IUS EVANS NIVIN. Septimus Evans Nivin, author and compiler of this work, and pub­ lisher of its original edition, died December 22, 1927, at the old home in which he ,vas born, at Landenberg, Pa., in his 86th year. He was born April 12, 1842, the eldest son and second child of David Boyd Nivin by his wife Sa.rah Ann Evans, and was thus descended from both John Evans, of London Britain, and David Evans, of ~{ill Creek Hundred, among whose descendants his name will be found, in its proper place, in this book. He resided on a farm of 394 acres, near Landenberg, Pa., it being the same premises that Septimus Evans, by his will (v., supra), devised to his daughter Sarah Ann Nivin, and the same premises of which Peter Evans, by deed dated January 13, 1821, for the consideration of 1 $21,283.87 1~, granted and conveyed 354 acres and 37 perches, and John ~I. Beeson and Vv.. ife, by deed dated April 27, 1837, for the consideration of $1225, conveyed 24½ acres, to Septimus Eva.ns. Being a part of 1000 acres that John Evans by wiH dated lvlarch 15, 1737, devised to Evan Evans, George Evans and Peter Evans. Being the same premises that John Evans, of Denbigh Wales, by Peter Evans of Philadelphia, his attorney, by deed dated l\lay 31, 1734, for the consideration of £400, granted and conveyed to John Evans, and the same 1000 acres that \-Villiam Penn, Jr., by deed of September 20, 1715, granted to John Evans, Esq., and a part of 14,500 acres that vVillia.m Penn, by Pa.tent dated lfa.y 24, 1706, granted to William Penn, Jr. This land has been in possession of the family since 1734, or, if John Evans of D·enbigh ,vas one of the family, then since the year 1715. Septimus Evans Nivin ,vas elected to the State Senate in 1891, and ,vas a director of the First Nationa.l Bank of f\V est Chester, Pa., for 4 7 years, and also its vice-president. He was trustee and treasurer of the Ne,v London Presbyterian Church, and served in this capacity for 44 years. He wa.s also trustee and treasurer of the London Tra.ct Bap­ tist Church (32 years), and treasurer of the Pennsylvania State Grange (22 years). He also served as school director in London Britain Town­ ship, continuously, 58 years, and as president of N e,v London Detective Association 40 years. He was a 32nd degree Mason, and a member of Lu Lu Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S. tiiuen of ~cotIctno FAMILY OF JOHN EVANS OF LONDON BRITAIN TOWNSHIP, CHESTER COUNTY, p A. A family named Evans, natives of Radnorshire, Wales, landed in Philadelphia. in the year 1695. It consisted of the parents, two sons, (1-2), Roger and John, and the latter's wife Lydia and their daughter. The names of the parents are unknown. FIRST GENERATION (1-2) 1. Roger Evans; m. Mary --, and had children ( 3-4), Eleanor and Lettice. The will of Roger Evans of London Britain, in the County of Chester and Province of Pennsylvania, dated January 3, 1738. (Will Book B page 34) Item.-I give and bequeath to my well beloved daughter Eleanor (now married to l\,Iorgan Jones) the sum of five shillings. Item.-I give and bequeath to my well beloved daughter I~ettice (now married to Thomas Morgan) the sum of :five shillings. Item.-1 give to Mary, my well beloved wife, whom I likewise constitute my executrix, all and singular my lands, tenements, goods and chattels by her freely to be possessed and enjoyed while she continues my widow. (Provides for a possible unborn child.) I constitute my well beloved friends John Jones and William Sample supervisors of this my last '\\rill and to stand as guardians. Letters granted to Mary Evans, February 6, 1738. Appraisal made by Richard Whitting and John Rankin, £105-3-1. In an account filed May 31, 1740, an allowance is claimed for cash paid Moses Scott for a coffin, six shillings. 2. John Evans; d. Apr. 26, 1740; m. Lydia --; she died Dec. 23, 1735. They ha.d a daughter who died soon after their arrival, and a son, (5), John. October 19, 1700, a warrant was issued to John Evans, late of Rad­ norshire, Wales, for 300 acres of land in New Castle County, Dela.ware, next or near Reece Thomas; executed February 8, 1701. January 20, 1700, a warrant was issued for 100 acres on the old Mill Creek, next to the Proprietary's Manor, where he is now seated; executed February 19, 1701. (9) 10 GENEALOGY OF EVA:XS, NIVIN AND ALLIED F Al\IILIES Twelfth month fifth, 1701, James Po".,.ell, surveyor, gave an account to James Logan of the vVelsh purchases and recommended that war­ rants be issued, inter alia, to John Evans for 100 acres. September 29, 1714, the Commissioners of "\Villiam Penn granted to John Evans of the County of Chester 100 acres of land on White Clay Creek, County of Chester, consideration twenty-two pounds ten shilHngs; being part of a tract of 30,000 acres surveyed for William and I"'etitia Penn, known as Stenning llanor. }larch 14, 1722, John Evans of the County of Ne,v Castle upon Delaware River, purchased from Tobias Collett of I-'ondon, haber­ dasher; Daniel Quare of London, watchmaker; and Henry Gouldney of London, linendraper, 200 acres of land on a branch of White Clay Creek in Chester County, Pennsylvania; consideration forty-three pounds. A petition for the organization of London B-ritain To,vnship ,vas granted by the Court in 1725. John Evans and Thomas 1Iorris were appointed Overseers of the poor, Richard Whit.ting, Constable, and John Devonald, Supervisor of Highways. August 4, 1725, John Evans, Sr., of London Britain, Chester County, Yeoman, and John Evans, Jr., of the same, conveyed to the Elders of the Church of Christ meeting at the Iron Hill, commonly called Baptists, all that tract of land in London Britain, already laid out, for the purpose of erecting a house for divine worship, in considera­ tion of paying .yearly the sum of one six pence sterling money, if demanded, on the day of St.

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