Dear bevo1234,
You are right, John Bevan was indeed the uncle of William Bevan. I
will explain that in detail:
Evan Ap John, William Beavan's grandfather, was born circa 1611 in
Treverigg. In about 1633, he married Jane Ap Richard (born ca. 1613 in
Collena, Wales). They had at least two sons: John Bevan, born circa
1646 in Treverigg; and Charles Bevan, born circa 1648 at the same
place. In 1665, Evan Ap John died and John, as the eldest son,
inherited the Treverigg estate.
Also in 1665, John Bevan married Barbara Aubrey (born October 1637 in
Pencoyd, Wales) in Treverigg. They had at least five children, all of
them were born in Treverigg:
- Evan Bevan (b.1666)
- Jane Bevan (b. ca. 1669)
- Elizabeth Bevan (b. ca. 1678)
- Anne Bevan (b. ca. 1679)
- Barbara Bevan (b. ca. 1680)
John Bevan emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1683, and the same year, he
purchased 2000 acres of land from William Penn, owned 300 acres in
Merion, and conveyed 300 acres to his brother Charles. He also owned
property in Havorford Township, Chester County (now Delaware County).
In 1724 or 1725, John Bevan returned to Wales. He wrote a will and
died in Treverigg.
Concerning his brother Charles Bevan, there are certain problems with
his biographical records. One source (WorldConnect) says that he
married in Treverigg a woman of unknown identity (1670) and had two
sons with her: William (b. ca. 1685) and Stephen (b. ca. 1699).
However, the other source (FamilySearch) says that he married in
Pontypool (England) in 1677, and that his wife was Florence Morgan (b.
1656 in Gelligaled, Glamorgan, Wales). Also, that source knows only of
one son, Evan (b. 14 February 1698 in Merion, married one Mary ca.
1719 in Philadelphia, d. 1746).
Anyway, whatever his wife's name may have been: Charles Bevan died in
Lower Merion Township after 1724, and I would say that all three,
William, Stephen, and Evan, were indeed his sons.
While Evan Bevan is listed as born in Pennsylvania, the source for
William and Stephen lists them as either born in Treverigg or Lower
Merion (William), respectively Treverigg or Lower Gwynedd, PA
(Stephen).
However, if Evan was born in America in 1698, I find it rather
unlikely that Stephen might be born in Wales one year later. And
regarding the fact that their uncle John conveyed property to their
father in 1683, I would furthermore say that their parents were
already resident in Pennsylvania when William was born in 1685.
But those are only minor details. The main facts are:
- John Bevan and Charles Bevan were brothers
- Charles Bevan was William Bevan's father
- John Bevan was the uncle of William
- John's son Evan was William's grand-nephew
So when William Bevan married Mary Sharpus in 1705 on 8 May 1705 in
Havorford, his uncle and his grand-nephew were the witnesses.
That is what I have found out about the relationship between William
Bevan and John Bevan. Please don't hesitate to ask for clarification
in case anything should seem unclear.
Sources:
WorldConnect Genealogy Database
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi
FamilySearch Genealogy Database
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp
Hope this proves useful for your genealogical research!
Best regards,
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Request for Answer Clarification by
bevo1234-ga
on
10 Sep 2003 19:22 PDT
The work on William's father is indeed what I wanted. It is well worth
much more than the original offer or bid and will be paid.
I have the fairly standard historical facts re John Bevan and his
descendants and his ancestors. If Charles, his brother, was the father
of William, then Evan, Johns' son and William would have been first
cousins. Evan would not be anywhere near being Williams
grand-nephew---assuming my puny knowledge of ancestry is not
dramatically wrong. But, no problem.
However, it is very exciting that WorldConnect seems to list both
William and Stephen, who also was in or @ Radnor, PA at the same time
as being Charles' sons. Perhaps they were sons of an indiscreet
relationship. To me, the fact that very important persons such as John
and Evan Bevan were witnesses to William's marriage has some
significance as to whether they were related.
Would it be possible for you to forward the World Connect and Family
Search items to me? If so, I would be grateful and show my gratitude.
If there is anything else out there which corroborates the
WorldConnect data, I very much would like to have it. Anything else
that connects Willliam and Stephen would be most helpful.
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