The son of Lot Evans of Bristol, shipwright, deceased (A).
| 1756 | 4 Aug. He was apprenticed to Joseph Tayor I. Friends to find apparel and washing (A, Ao). |
| 1768-71 | Possibly the John Evans who stood surety of £5 each for Ann Powell, James Roades, John Fry, Thomas Lewis and Joseph Bettington to keep alehouses in Temple parish (AKL). |
| 1774 | 4 Oct. He became a free potter (F, G). |
| 1774 | Potter, Temple parish (P). |
| 1781 | Potter, Deptford, Kent (P). |
| 1784 | Potter, Chelsea, Middlesex (P). |
| Rate book entry: 25 Mar 1776-25 Mar 1777 John Evans Lewis’s Buildings (Temple-W) |