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counties (inherited 325 acres from his father and
brother). SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BE-
TWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: purchased
603 acres in Worcester County, 1752-1764; sold
306 acres in Worcester County, 1752-1768.
WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: between April 25 and
May 19, 1768; will probated in Worcester County.
PERSONAL PROPERTY: TEV, at least £1,125.13.6
current money (including 14 slaves and 17 books).
LAND: 1,269 acres in Worcester County.
EVANS, WILLIAM (?-1668/69). BORN: probably
in England. IMMIGRATED: in 1646 as a free adult.
RESIDED in Newtown Hundred, St. Mary's
County. MARRIED first, in 1651/52 Ann, widow of
William Thompson. MARRIED second, Elizabeth,
who subsequently married both John Jordaine and
Cuthbert Scott. CHILDREN. Died without progeny.
PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS
AFFILIATION: Catholic. SOCIAL STATUS AND AC-
TIVITIES: low status on arrival; rose through years
Of faithful service. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE:
planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
Lower House, St. Mary's County, 1658, 1659/60
(election voided, but was reelected), 1661, 1662;
Upper House, 1664, 1666. OTHER PROVINCIAL
OFFICES mustermaster general, 1661-1668/69;
Council, 1664-1668/69; justice, Provincial Court,
1664-1668/69. LOCAL OFFICES: justice, St. Mary's
County, 1658-1663 (quorum, 1661-1663); sheriff,
St. Mary's County, 1663-1664. MILITARY SER-
VICE lieutenant, 1646-1658; captain, 1658-1660;
colonel, 1660-1668/69. STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRI-
VATE ISSUES: strong supporter of the proprietary
interests against Ingle's Rebellion and the Parlia-
mentary Commissioners. WEALTH DURING LIFE-
TIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: probably ca. 200
acres, over 650 acres by 1665. WEALTH AT DEATH.
DIED in March 1668/69. LAND: 900 acres.
EVELYN (EVELIN), GEORGE (1592/93-?)
BORN on January 31, 1592/93, in London, En-
gland; first son. IMMIGRATED: in 1636 as a free
adult with his family. RESIDED on Kent Island; St.
Mary's County, by 1638; returned to England, ca.
1639. FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER: Robert
Evelyn, Sr. (ca. 1570-1639), son of George Eve-
lyn, of Wotton, Surrey, England; a member of the
Virginia Company, 1609. MOTHER: Susannah,
daughter of Gregory Young, Esq., of York, En-
gland. BROTHER: Robert Evelyn (?-ca. 1649). MAR-
RIED in 1623 Jane, daughter of Richard Crane, of
Dorset, England. CHILDREN. SONS George (1623-
?); Mount joy (?-by 1662), who married Dorothea,
daughter of Obedience Robins. DAUGHTER:
Rebecca (ca. 1635-1701), who married first, Bar-
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tholomew Knipe, and second, Daniel Parke. PRI-
VATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate; entered the
Middle Temple, London, England, 1620. SOCIAL
STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: his family was promi-
nent in colonial activities; probably returned to
England after his father's death to assume owner-
ship of the family estate there. OCCUPATIONAL
PROFILE: agent, Cloberry & Company, 1636 (held
one-sixth interest in the joint-stock venture);
planter. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
Assembly, special writ, 1637/38 (Laws). LOCAL
OFFICE, commander, Kent Isle, 1637-1638.
STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRIVATE ISSUES: assisted the
proprietary forces in subduing the forces of Wil-
liam Claiborne(1600-ca. 1677) on Kent Island for
Lord Baltimore, for which he was rewarded with
patronage. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT
FIRST ELECTION: 400 acres, which he signed over
to brother Robert Evelyn (?-ca. 1649) in 1638.
WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: after 1649; size of estate
unknown.
EVELYN (EVELIN), ROBERT (?-ca. 1649).
BORN: in London, England; probably second son.
IMMIGRATED: ca. 1635 as a free adult, probably
from Virginia. RESIDED: in St. Mary's County; left
Maryland in 1642 or later. FAMILY BACKGROUND.
FATHER: Robert Evelyn, Sr. (ca. 1570-1639), son
of George Evelyn, of Wotton, Surrey, England; a
member of the Virginia Company in 1609.
MOTHER: Susannah, daughter of Gregory Young,
Esq., of York, England. BROTHER: George Evelyn
(1592/93-?). PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: liter-
ate; probably well educated. SOCIAL STATUS AND
ACTIVITIES: immigrated to Virginia in July 1634
with his uncle Thomas Young as agents of the
crown; called "Lt. Evelin"; he returned to En-
gland in December 1634, but was back in Virginia
by the following May on a "special and very im-
portant service"; Gent, on first appearance in
Maryland records. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: agent
of the crown, 1634-1635; planter. PUBLIC CAREER.
LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Assembly, present
1637/38, special writ 1642A (Laws). MILITARY
SERVICE: captain, 1637-still serving in 1642. OUT
OF COLONY SERVICE: surveyor and councilor, Vir-
ginia, 1636/37. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND
AT FIRST ELECTION: received 400 acres from his
brother George Evelyn (1592/93-?) in 1638.
WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: ca. 1649, probably in
Virginia or the West Indies; size of estate un-
known.
EVERDEN (EVERNDEN), THOMAS (?-1710).
BORN: probably in Kent, England. IMMIGRATED:
in 1681 as a free adult from Rhode Island. RE-
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