Our Family

This is the history of the Evans, Smyth(e), Peters, Harris and Gray Family. They lived near the Chester/Lancaster County borders and the Chester/Delaware County borders. It also includes Shields in Delaware County, PA as early as 1847 as well as the Romans family in Chester County. See the surname index for a complete listing.
We continue to be contacted by distant, and not so distant, cousins. They've provided us with a few more missing pieces to this puzzle. It's exciting to meet others who are traveling this road with us!
Our current research is focused on property records in the Chester County archives. We found a deed for our elusive John Evans that documents his ownership of a mill and a MANSION HOUSE in Homeville, Chester Co., PA. We thought that was pretty cool!

My Family History

• Surname List


• Index of Individuals


• InterneTree

Family Photos

• Some of the Evans Boys (7 KB)
  L-R Back: Bob, Sonny, Pete; Front: Paul Bowersocks (a neighbor) and Jim
• Lena Verna Smyth Evans (29 KB)