The Hendee Family Tree - Jeremiah Evarts

Person Chart

Additional Names

Additional Names	Name
Stage/Pen Name	William Penn
Name at Birth	(Rev) Jeremiah Evarts
Name at Birth	Jeremiah
Name at Birth	Jeremiah Evarts
Name at Birth	Jeremiah Ewarts

Parents

Father	Date of Birth	Mother	Date of Birth
James Evarts	13 May 1752	Sarah Todd (Todd Evarts, Everts)	30 Mar 1752

Partners

Partner	Date of Birth	Children
Mehitabel Sherman	23 Jan 1774	Jane Evarts Martha Evarts Sarah Sherman Evarts Mary Evarts Martha Sherman Evarts John James or Jay Evarts Evarts Sarah Evarts William Maxwell Evarts

Person Events

Event Type	Date	Place	Description
Birth	26 Aug 1781	Sunderland, Bennington, Vermont, United States
Christening	26 Aug 1781
Marriage	19 Sep 1804	Litchfield, United States
Marriage	19 Sep 1804	New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Marriage	1814	Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Occupation			Christian missionary, reformer, and activist for the rights of American Indians in the United States
Death	10 May 1831	Charlestown, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Burial	May 1831	Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Notes


Jeremiah F. Evarts (February 3, 1781 – May 10, 1831), also known by the pen name William Penn, was a Christian missionary, reformer, and activist for the rights of American Indians in the United States, and a leading opponent of the Indian removal policy of the United States government. Evarts was born in Sunderland, Vermont, son of James Evarts, and graduated from Yale College in 1802. He was admitted to the bar in 1806. Evarts married Mehitabel Sherman, a daughter of United States Declaration of Independence signer Roger Sherman, and amember of the extended Baldwin, Hoar and Sherman family that had a great influence on U.S. public affairs. He died of tuberculosis on May 10, 1831 in Charleston, South Carolina having overworked himself in the campaign against the Indian Removal Act. He was buried in the Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven, CT. According to historian Francis Paul Prucha, "the Christian crusade against the removal of the Indians died with Evarts."

Jeremiah F. Evarts (February 3, 1781 – May 10, 1831), also known by the pen name William Penn, was a Christian missionary, reformer, and activist for the rights of American Indians in the United States, and a leading opponent of the Indian removal policy of the United States government.

Evarts was born in Sunderland, Vermont, son of James Evarts, and graduated from Yale College in 1802. He was admitted to the bar in 1806. Evarts married Mehitabel Sherman, a daughter of United States Declaration of Independence signer Roger Sherman, and amember of the extended Baldwin, Hoar and Sherman family that had a great influence on U.S. public affairs.

He died of tuberculosis on May 10, 1831 in Charleston, South Carolina having overworked himself in the campaign against the Indian Removal Act. He was buried in the Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven, CT. According to historian Francis Paul Prucha, "the Christian crusade against the removal of the Indians died with Evarts."

Sources

Description	Quality	Information	Evidence
Jeremiah Evarto in entry for William Maxwell Evarto, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Jeremiah Evarts in entry for John Jay Evarts, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Jeremiah Evarts in entry for Martha Sherman Evarts, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Jeremiah Evarts in entry for Mary Evarts, "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Jeremiah Evarts in entry for Mr William Maxwell Evarts, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Jeremiah Evarts in entry for Sarah Sherman Evarts, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Jeremiah Evarts, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Jeremiah Evarts, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Jeremiah Evarts, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Jeremiah Evarts, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Jeremiah Everts, "Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Jeremiah Everts, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Jeremiah in entry for John James Evarts, "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Jeremiah in entry for Martha Sherman Evarts, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Jeremiah in entry for Mary Evarts, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Jeremiah in entry for Mehetable Sherman Evarts, "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Jeremiah Pearts in entry for Mary E. Green, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924"	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know
Legacy NFS Source: Jeremiah Evarts -	Don't know	Don't know	Don't know

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