He served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing Chester County from 1781 to 1784.
Evan Evans was born in September 1749 on a farm near the Eagle Hotel in Upper Uwchlan Township, Pennsylvania, to Eleanor (née Reese) and Thomas Evans.
[1][2] Evans married Jane Owen, daughter of William Owen, of Upper Uwchlan Township on February 16, 1780.
They had eleven children, Rebecca, Owen, Elinor, Thomas, Sarah, Ezekiel, Margaret, William, Richard, Hannah and Jane.
[1] His son Ezekiel was justice of the peace and his grandson Lewis H. Evans was a state legislator.