Davis Uriah I | Born 1707
HIETT, Evan
1748 - 1815 (66 years)-
Name HIETT, Evan Born 24 Oct 1748 Sandy Ridge, Hampshire County, West Virginia 
Gender Male Died 22 Jan 1815 Hampshire County, Virginia Person ID I5055 Uriah Davis I - Genealogy Last Modified 21 Jun 2018
Father HIETT, John, b. Between 1693 and 1696, Gloucester, England , d. Bef 4 Dec 1764, Will Probated, Hampshire County, West Virginia (Age ~ 71 years) Family ID F2001 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 SMITH, Sarah Last Modified 24 Jun 2018 Family ID F2010 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 SMITH, Sarah, b. Abt 1752, Gore, Back Creek, Frederick County, Virginia , d. 1809, Sandy Ridge, Hampshire County, West Virginia (Age ~ 57 years) Married Abt 1768 Hampshire County, West Virginia Children 1. HIETT, Mary, b. 15 May 1769, d. Yes, date unknown 2. HIETT, Joseph, b. 11 Jun 1774, d. Yes, date unknown 3. HIETT, John, b. 1775, d. Yes, date unknown 4. HIETT, Margaret, b. 9 Jan 1778, Hampshire County, West Virginia , d. 9 Sep 1846, Hampshire County, West Virginia (Age 68 years)5. HIETT, Elizabeth, b. 6 Jan 1779, Hampshire County, West Virginia , d. Yes, date unknown6. HIETT, Jonathan, b. 13 Feb 1781, d. Yes, date unknown 7. HIETT, Jeremiah, b. Abt 1784, d. Yes, date unknown 8. HIETT, Ann, b. Abt 1789, d. Yes, date unknown 9. HIETT, Sarah, b. Abt 1790, d. Yes, date unknown 10. HIETT, Martha, b. Abt 1792, d. Yes, date unknown Last Modified 24 Jun 2018 Family ID F2011 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes
Evan was a Quaker minister. He and Sarah lived on Sandy Ridge at the farm later owned by A. C. Cowgill. They were known to have been industrious, thrifty and religous people and Evan owned a farm for evry child the couple had, (10).
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Evan was apparently "disowned" for marrying out of the society of friends at the Hopewell Virginia Monthly Meeting on November 11, 1770.
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1784 Heads of Families in Hampshire County, Virginia
List of Elias Poston (North River Mills area)
Evan Hyett, 8 white souls, 1 dwelling, 4 other buildings.
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Evan was a Quaker Precher and gave aid to the continental army during the American Revolution. It is belived that Evan and Sarah were buried in the Evan Hiett graveyard (Called Cowgill's during recent years) in unmarked graves. The old house, next to graveyard, and land are owned by Mr. John Whitacre. In 1988 the address is Capon Bridge, W.Vir. According to Quaker records, Evan Hiett was born Oct 24, 1748 and died in Hampshire Co., January 22, 1815. He married Sarah Smith who was a daughter of one of the pioneers to Old Frederick County, Va., Capt. Jeremiah Smith. Hiett was probably born in Hampshire County, where he spent most of his life on Sandy Ridge, farming and ministering. An accompanying photograph of the Hiett graveyard shows the 18th century house in the background. The property is now owned and occupied by John Whitacre. Evan Hiett served as a Quaker minister for thirty-four years. It should be noted that a Quaker minister did not play a traditional role of "Preacher" of evangelist, as in many of the Proestant denominations. A Quaker minister visited various sites to provide spiritual leadership and encouragement to those in the faith, similar to journeys made by apostles in the New Testament. Self-examination was an important practice of the Quakers. The "members" were also subject to a strict church discipline, against which they were measured and disciplined for violating the rules. A minister assisted in administering the system of discipline and examination in the Local Congreation (meeting), both in building up the faithful and in "punishing" those for infractions against the rules.
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1. Capon Valley Pioneers and Descendants, Vol. II, Chapter III, Page 98-99.
2. Smith of Vir., VOl III, by Dorothy Ford Wulfech, page 31 "11253. April 15, 1946 signed D.B. (Wash)
3. History of the Hiett Family of Old Fredrick County, Va. by Wilmer L. Kerns, Ph.D. This is part of a book manuscript titled Settlements and Settlers in Old Frederick County, Va.