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The Evans Coat of Arms
Note: according to Hereldic Armories, coats of arms are issued to individuals,
not families. I have provided an image of this version of the arms and the
associated information because I considered it of general interest for the Evans surname." This shield marking is beleived to have been
born by the founder of the Fourth Royal Tribe of Wales, the renowned
chieftain, Ethelystan Gloryld,Prince of Furleys, who according to the
legend, traced his ancestry to a knight of King Authur's Round Table. The crest is stated to have been added by the branch of those which settled in an about Flintshire."
Arms: Argent, a fesse gules between three boar's heads couped sable
Motto: " Libertas"
Translation: On a silver shield is a red horizontal stripe seperating three black boar's heads that are facing left. The motto is latin for "Liberty".
The colors are somewhat different from ours where the boar's heads are brown,
there is another above the helmet and the stripe is an upside down V shape. The
color of Black in the stripe and the shield a beige color. This shows the differance
of the individual families. However, the motto and symbles are the same.
The Name "Evans"
The surname Evans and its variants Evans,Evins, Heaven and Heavens mean
" son of Evan" or "Evan's (son)", the final representing the
genitive or possessive case. Evan, in turn, is the Welsh
form of the personal name John derived through Latin Johannes
from Hebrew Johonon " Jehovah has Favored". John was one of the
most common Jewish names and was borne by the Baptist and an
Evangelist.Latin Johannes from Hebrew Johonon " Jehovah has
Favored". John was one of the most common Jewish names and
was borne by the Baptist and an Evangelist.
In early Christian times its use was confined principally to the East, becoming popular in Western Europe only after the first Crusade. But
eventually superseding William as the most common English Christian
name. In Welsh, the form Evan dates only from the sixteenth century.
Earlier forms being Tefan and Tfan and in the Middle English Yevan
and Jevan. In the days when communities were small,a person was
identified by a single name only but with the increase in population
confusion arose and it became necessary to adopt an additional
cognomen,which was coined from one of four sources; the name of
an ancestor, a place, an occupation or some personal characteristic.
Thus, a man named Henry whose father was Evan might be known as"
Henry son of Evan" or Henry Evan's(son)"In order to distinguish
him from others of the same Christain name. In the course of time
the cognomen became hereditary in what we now term surnames.
Early records mention Heine filius (son of) Yevan who appears
in the 1273 Hundred Rolls of Shropshire; Howell ap (son of)
Yevanin the Rolls of Parliament; David ap Evan, in the
Calendar of Proceedings in Chancery, Duringteh regin of Elizabeth I;
And John Evans in the 1568 Subsidy Roll of Suffolk.
One of the first to come to America was John Evans (1654-1740).
He came from Radnorshire, Wales, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in
1695 and in 1711 settled in New Castle County ,Delaware. His
grandson Evan Evans was a Colonel at the Battle of Brandywine
in 1777. Captain Jonathan Evans was an officer in a Massachusetts
Regiment at the time of the Lexington Alarm, April 1775.
Altogether, no less than thirty bearers of this name served
as officers in the Revolutionary War.
This information was aquried from the internet written
by Captain Gary Evans.From the Heraldry Carpineteria, California
in conjunction with Achivements Ltd. Center for Heraldic and
Genealogical research, Kent England. Compiled by Capt.
Gary B Evans (Dr. Hist.)
Our Evans family starts with Evan Ap Evans who was born about 1625
in Wales. His son Thomas Evans (1651-1738)came to America about 1690.
This family ties in with the Cummings family
through the marriage of my mother, Mary Alice Evans, to
Carl E Cummings,Sr.
1 Evan Ap Evans 1625 -
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