The son of Richard Evans of Bristol, potter, and the father of George Rock Evans.
| 1791 | 17 Oct. He was apprenticed to John and Elizabeth Hope (A, Ao). |
| 1802/3 | Elizabeth, the wife of John Evans of Great Gardens, potter, received £1 from Ann Whitson’s Charity for Poor Women in Child Bed (JW). |
| 1804 | 18 Jul. He became a free potter (F). |
| 1812 | Potter, Barton Hill, St Philip and Jacob out parish (P). |
| 1813 | Catherine, wife of John Evans of St Philip and Jacob parish, potter, received £1 from John Whitson’s Charity for Poor Women in Child Bed (JW). |
| 1814-22 | Potter, Unity Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1826 | 11 Dec. Noted as a potter when his son George Rock Evans was apprenticed to Charles and Elizabeth Price (A). |
| 1830 | 3 Aug. Noted as a potter when his daughter Catherine married Joseph Powell, cabinetmaker (Burgess Book No. 20, p.207, G.E. Weare Collection, Original Oath, p.33). |
| 1830, 1832 & 1834 | Potter, Temple Street, Temple parish (P; List of Electors BRO 04736). |
| 1835 | Potter, Temple Street, Temple parish (P). |
| 1837 | Potter, Barton Hill, St Philip and Jacob parish (P). |
| 1838 | 10 Dec. Noted as a potter when his daughter Eliza Cartwright Evans married Joseph Goodridge, a toll proprietor of Clifton Gate (MLPBT). |
| 1840 | 6 Dec. Noted as a potter when his daughter Ann married John Baker Jones, a plumber (PaPR). |
| Children: George Rock (or Roach), aged 4 mths, bapt 1 May 1814 (PPR), Richard, aged 5 mths, bapt 25 Aug 1816 (PPR), Mary, aged 10 wks, bapt 11 Oct 1818 (PPR), Ann, aged 7 mths, bapt 7 Apr 1822 (PPR), Catherine, marriage 3 Aug 1830 (Burgess Book, etc), Eliza Cartwright, marriage 10 Dec 1838 (MLPBT) |