, D. D. a dissenting minister of the baptist persuasion at Bristol, was
, D. D. a dissenting minister of the
baptist persuasion at Bristol, was the son, and successor in
the ministry, of the rev. Hugh Evans, M. A. pastor of a
congregation at Broadmead, in that city, where he was
born, in 1737. Having gone through the usual course of
studies at the dissenting academy^ Mile-end, London, he
was admitted a preacher, and for some time exercised his
function in the metropolis, but afterwards became assistant
to his father in the congregation at Broadmead, Bristol. On
his father’s death he succeeded him, and remained in that
office for about thirty-two years, admired and beloved by his
people, and not less esteemed as the superintendant of a seminary for the education of young men who were designed
for the ministry. He was likewise a man of unwearied benevolence, and liberally promoted the establishment of schools
for the instruction and clothing of destitute children at
Broadmead, Downend, Mangotfield, &c. and himself set
a bright example of personal charity and contributions,
while he stirred up others to the performance of a similar
duty. His publications having procured him considerable
reputation as a divine and scholar, he received in 1789, the
degree of D. D. from King’s-college, Aberdeen. He died
of a paralytic affection, Aug. 9, 1791. Dr. Evans was
twice married; first, in 1762, to miss Sarah Jeffries, the
only daughter of the rev. Joseph Jeffries, of Taunton,
in Somersetshire, by whom he had five children, one of
whom, Joseph Jeffries Evans, esq. a merchant of London,
died very lately. Mrs. Evans died in 1771; and in 1774,
Dr. Evans married miss Sarah Hazle, of Bristol, who survived him. His publications are,1. “Sermons on the
Scripture doctrine of the Son and Holy Spirit,
” A collection of Hymns, adapted to
public Worship,
” An address to the
serious and candid professors of Christianity,
” Christ crucified; or the Scripture doctrine
of the Atonement, in four discourses,
”