Henrietta Matilda Jane Evans (née Congreve) (7 August 1827 – 22 October 1886) was an Australian novelist, who wrote under the pseudonym Maud Jean Franc.

Matilda was the elder daughter of Dr Henry Congreve and his wife Elizabeth Ann, née Jacob of Peckham, England.

[1] The family moved to South Australia in 1852, started a school at Mount Barker and on 16 February 1860 Matilda married the Rev.

The elder, Henry Congreve Evans (died 1899) was leader of the staff of the Adelaide Advertiser and author of the libretto of Immomeena: an Australian Comic Opera published in 1893.

The younger, William James Evans, was joint author with his mother of Christmas Bells, a collection of short stories published in 1882.