Frederick William Evans (9 June 1808 – 6 March 1893) was a Shaker writer who served as an elder in the

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for many years. Evans was the younger brother of the

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reformer

George Henry Evans George Henry Evans (March 25, 1805February 2, 1856) was a radical reformer who was in the Working Men's movement of 1829 and the trade union movements of the 1830s. Evans was born in Bromyard, Herefordshire, England, the son of George Evans and ...

Biography

Evans was born in

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, England. His father settled in the United States in 1820, and apprenticed him to a hatter in New York. A diligent student in his leisure hours, Evans was attracted by the theories of

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and

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. After a brief return to Britain, he joined the Shaker community. He became the Presiding Elder in 1858. He died in

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. Evans was a

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for sixty years.Robinson, Charles Edson
''A Concise History of the United Society of Believers Called Shakers''
East Canterbury. p. 134

Works

''Tests of Divine Revelation''
(1853)
''Compendium''
(1859)
''Ann Lee (The Founder of the Shakers): A Biography''
(1869)
''Shaker Communism''
(1871)
''Autobiography of a Shaker''
(1888)

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