Its time again to post a query on Jesse Evans. I'm looking for his parents. He was proprietor of the inn called The Sign of the Swan from 1807 through about 1823. His wife ran the inn for a while after he quit, probably to run for sheriff. The inn was located in Downingtown and torn down in the 1950's after 148 years there. I understand there is a roadside marker #14 at the location of the inn. Jesse's wife was Esther Parke, daughter of Abiah Parke and Ruth Jones. Futhey and Cope have given me a good bit of the Parke family history, and another lister has given me substantial help on the Jones family. Esther's husband, Jesse Evans, is not the same Jesse Evans who married Lydia Valentine, daughter of Robert Valentine, but was in Downingtown at the same time. Esther's husband, Jesse, died in 1832 in East Caln, leaving one son, William Evans, a tailor by trade. Does this ring a bell for anyone? Florence