He supported the fight for independence from the British Empire, including serving on the committee that selected delegates from Virginia for the Continental Congress.
Everard was born about 1719 in St. Paul's Parish, Shadwell, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
[1] At the age of ten, he was admitted to Christ's Hospital,[1] a school established for the children of the poor and homeless in London.
[8] Everard signed the 1770 Non-Importation agreement in support of Virginia's fight for independence from the British Empire.
James Horrocks of Bruton Parish Church and president of the College of William & Mary.
[7] He owned several enslaved people, including those who greeted visitors and rode in his carriage with him, such as when he traveled to the county court in Yorktown.
[3] After Frances's husband died in 1772, she was in poor health and moved back to her father's house until her death in December 1773.