Background
Evans was born in Meidrym, Carmarthenshire, south Wales on 2 September 1702.
Evans was born in Meidrym, Carmarthenshire, south Wales on 2 September 1702.
He studied at the grammar school in Carmarthen and at the University of Oxford, matriculating from Jesus College in 1722.
He was ordained and appointed to the parish of Eglwys Cymyn, Carmarthenshire although he only visited the parish for a few weeks each year in the summer, and employed curates to minister in the parish whilst he lived in London. He was buried at Eglwys Cymyn on 14 March 1782. The attacks did little to harm the position of Griffith Jones and more to hurt the reputation of Evans himself.