Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whānau a Evans ki New Jersey, kāore i te mōhiotia te rā me te wāhi whānau. I tohua a Evans hei kaitiaki i te 11 o Mei 1798. I muri mai ka eke ia ki te taumata o te kaitiaki, i te 25 o Whiringa-a-rangi 1799 me te rangatira rangatira (kaiwhakahaere) i te 24 o Paenga-whāwhā 1806, i eke ia ki te taumata o te rangatira rangatira i te 4 o Hurae 1812. I a ia e mahi ana hei kaitiaki, i mahi ia i runga i te. I a ia e mahi ana i runga i te "Ganges" ka rere atu ia i Philadelphia i te 24 o Mei 1798, i raro i te whakahau a Kapene Richard Dale, ka rere i te takutai o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa i te timatanga o te Quasi-War me France (1798-1800). I te tau 1799, i whakahaua a Evans ki te, i whakauruhia ki te roopu o Commodore Thomas Tingey i te teihana Guadaloupe. I te tau 1801 i mahi ano ia ki te USS "George Washington" I te 2 o Hune 1801 i kii ia ko ia tetahi o nga Lieutenants i tohua kia puritia ki te Navy i raro i te Ture Whakaaetanga Hauora o te 3 o Poutu-te-rangi 1801, i reira i uru ai ia ki nga mahi moana ki nga Pirates Barbary, i kawea e te "George Washington" he mihi ki Algiers i te raumati o te tau 1801, a i noho ia ki te Moana-a-Kiwa mo nga marama maha i te waahanga tuatahi o te
Te Pakanga ki Tripoli (1801-1805), ka rere ki te kaainga i te timatanga o te tau 1802. I te 27 o Akuhata 1802 i whakahaua a Evans ki Washington DC a i te 6 o Hepetema 1802 ki te United States. I te marama o Hepetema 1802 ka rere ano a Evans ki te Moana-a-Kiwa i runga i te USS "John Adams" i raro i te whakahau a Kapene John Rodgers.