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Birth: 20 Apr 1749 prob / / NH Death: 03 Jun 1835 Theresa / Jefferson / NY
Qualifying Service Description:
ALSO PRIVATE; CAPTAIN DANIEL CARLISLE; COLONELS MOODY BEEDLE, SAMUEL ASHLEY; PATRIOTIC SERVICE: CONSTABLE, 1777; JURYMAN, 1781; SELECTMAN, ASSESSOR, 1782
Additional References:
Rev War Graves Register. Clovis H. Brakebill, compiler. 672pp. SAR. 1993
SAR Rev War Graves Register CD. Progeny Publishing Co: Buffalo, NY. 1998
Rev War Pension *S12882
NARA: Series M881. Compiled Military Service Records. Roll# 532.
Hinsdale, New Hampshire, Town Records, 1753-1836. Volume 1, pg 59, 97, 99
Spouse: Betsey Barrett Children: George Washington; John Adams; Ethni; Samuel Nelson; Belizant Eliza;
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Eldad Evans was born 27 April 1749,[1] at Hinsdale, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, a son of John Evans and Lydia Doolittle.[2] He married Betsy Barrett, 25 February 1797,[3] likely at Hinsdale, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. She was a daughter of Silas Barrett and Eunice Pierce They were the parents of five known children: George Washington,[4] John Adams,[5] Ethni,[6] Samuel Nelson,[7] and Belizant Eliza.[8]
Evans enlisted 1 January 1776 in the New Hampshire Troops in Captain Daniel Carlisle’s Company of Colonel Moody Beedle’s Regiment. He was discharged at Swanzey, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, at the end of his one-year service commitment.[9]
Eldad Evans died 3 June 1835, at Theresa, Jefferson County, New York. Betsy Barrett Evans, died 12 June 1836, at Theresa, Jefferson County, New York. Eldad and Betsy are buried next to each other at the Kelsey Bridge Cemetery at Theresa, Jefferson County, New York. Eldad’s brother, Uriel Evans, a private in a Revolution and New Hampshire Association Test signer, was also buried at the Kelsey Bridge Cemetery. Their brother, John Evans, served as a private in the Revolution,[10] was buried nearby at the Old Evans Mills Cemetery, also known as the Village Cemetery, at Evans Mills, Jefferson County, New York.[11]
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