Evans family genealogy

The Sir De Lacy Evans Branch

Arms: Ar. three boars’ heads couped sa. Crest: A demi lion ramp. reguard. or holding betw. the paws a boar’s head, as in the arms. Motto: Libertas.

Colonel Griffith Evans, of Wales (a relative of the Lord Carberry Evans of that Principality), was in 1650 an officer in Cromwell’s Army; and was present at the expulsion of the O’Mahony from Castle Mahon (now called “Castle Bernard”). Struck with the charms of The O’Mahony’s daughter, Griffith Evans “fell in love with her and, being possessed of an estate in Wales, he resigned his commission, and married her. Dispossessed of his Castle and Estates, The O’Mahony settled on the confines of Limerick and Kerry.

1. Colonel Griffith Evans, who married Miss O’Mahony, had three sons:

1. Francis, of whom presently.
2. Griffith.
3. John.

2. Francis: the eldest son of Griffith; was possessed of lands near Shanagolden, in the county Limerick; removed thence to Cork, where he acted as agent to Colonel George Evans, of Carass Court, the first Lord Carberry. Francis m. and had four sons:

1. John, of whom presently.
2. Martin, who spent much of his time at Carass Court He m., and d. in Cork.
3. Thomas.
4. David, who d. in one of his own ships, coming home from the West Indies.

3. John: eldest son of Francis; m., and had three sons and one daughter. The sons were:

1. Francis, of whom presently.
2. David.
3. George.

4. Francis: eldest son of John; m., and had a son and a daughter:

1. George, of whom presently.
1. Elizabeth, who (see the “MacElligott” pedigree, in p. 141, Vol. I.) m. John MacElligott, of limerick, and had issue.

5. George: son of Francis; m. and had:

6. John Evans, who m. Miss de Lacy,[1] of Miltown, co. Limerick, and had two sons and a daughter:

1. J. de Lacy Evans, the author (see ibid.) the “MacElligott” pedigree,) of the beautiful Poem to the memory of his relative Richard Pierce MacElligott, given in that genealogy.
2. The late Sir G. de Lacy Evans, K.G.B., who was a distinguished general in the British Service in the Crimean War.

The daughter m. Mr. O’Leary.

One of the “Evans” family was m. to Hodges, of Shanagolden.

Notes

[1] De Lacy: This family is descended from Sir Hugo de Lacy, to whom, in 1172, King Henry II. granted the Kingdom of Meath; and the lineal descent from whom is given in pp. 167-8, ante, down to Pierce de Lacy, living in 1691. The descent of Miss de Lacy, above mentioned, was as follows:

Standish Barry, Esq., of Leanlara, m. in July, 1708, Eleanor, youngest dau. of Thady Quinn, Esq., of Adair, in the co. Limerick, and had three sons and six daughters: The sons were—1. David, 2. Garrett, 3. John; the three of whom d. unm. Of the daughters, Catherine m. John Anthony, Esq.; Elizabeth m. Patrick de Lacy, Esq., of Miltown, co. Limerick, whose dau. was the Miss de Lacy, above mentioned; and Margaret m. John Stack, Esq.