Morris Evans
1.1 MORRIS WILLIAMS EVANS
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Morris Williams Evans, born about 1675 in Virginia or possibly Wales, son of Thomas and Eleanor Elizabeth (WALDEN) MORRIS Evans in Virginia the British Colony of America. Morris Evans married Jane Margaret GIBSON, (Native American women). Rebecca HULET is mentioned in Morris Evans Will.
On February 18, 1740, Morris William Evans died in York County, Virginia, British Colony.
Morris and Jane’s children were:
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1.1.1 Charles Bailey Evans, born 1696, (illegally enslaved), born about 1696 in Lunenburg, Virginia British Colony. Charles married Sarah Jane (KRESSA) Redcross, (born about 1705 in Lunenburg, Virginia. Sarah (Kressa) Redcorss Evans died in 1756 in Granville, North Carolina.
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1.1.2 Jane Gibson Shikori Evans, born 1698 in Lunenburg, Virginia British Colonial. In 1733, Jane died in Granville County, North Carolina.
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1.1.3 Elizabeth Evans Shikori, born 1700 in Lunenburg, Virginia. She married (John) Gideon CUMBO. Cumbo is a core Lumbee Indian surname along with Lowery, Berr Locklear, Sampson, Oxendine, Hunt and others The origins of Combos as Lumbee date back to a man named Gideon Cumbo born in 1702 in VA.
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Learn more about the Evans family Native American connection:
Source: https://www.cumbofamily.com/?p=262
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1.1.4 Frances Evans, born about 1700 in Lunenburg, Virginia. She died in New Kent, Virginia.
Elizabeth "Shikori" Evans
During the British Colony of Virginia the Powhatan Nation, was the primary indigenous people of Virginia who governed many other native nations in Virginia during this time.