Buuxi weedha soo socota: Evans wuxuu ku dhashay New Jersey, taariikhda iyo goobta dhalashada lama yaqaan. Evans waxaa markii ugu horreysay loo magacaabay midshipman, 11 May 1798. wuxuu markii dambe u gudbay darajada taliye, 25 Noofambar 1799 iyo taliyaha taliyaha (taliye) 24 Abriil 1806, wuxuu gaadhay darajada kabtan 4 Luulyo 1812. Intii uu ahaa askari ka tirsan ciidamada badda, wuxuu ka soo shaqeeyay markabka. Intii uu ka shaqaynayay "Ganges" wuxuu ka soo shiraacday Philadelphia 24 May 1798, oo uu ka amar qaatay Kabtan Richard Dale, wuxuuna ku safray xeebta Atlantikada qeybtii hore ee Dagaalkii u dhaxeeyay Faransiiska (1798-1800). Sanadkii 1799 Evans waxaa lagu amray in uu ka qeyb qaato, kaas oo lagu daray ciidankii Commodore Thomas Tingey ee ku sugnaa Saldhigga Guadaloupe. Sanadkii 1801 wuxuu mar kale la shaqeeyey USS "George Washington" 2 Juun 1801 wuxuu ku wargeliyay inuu ka mid ahaa taliyeyaashii loo xushay in lagu sii haysto Ciidanka Badda ee hoos yimaada Sharciga Aasaaska Nabadda ee Milatariga ee 3dii Maarso 1801, halkaas oo uu ka qeyb qaatay ficillada badda ee ka dhanka ah burcad-badeedda Barbary, "George Washington" wuxuu abaalmarin u sameeyay Algiers xagaagii 1801, wuxuuna ku sugnaa Mediterranean-ka dhowr bilood inta lagu gudajiray qeybtii ugu horreysay ee
Dagaalkii Tripoli (1801-1805), wuxuu u dhoofay gurigiisa horaantii 1802. Bishii Agoosto 27, 1802 Evans waxaa lagu amray in uu aado Washington DC iyo Bishii Sebtember 6, 1802 in uu aado Maraykanka. Bishii Sebtember 1802 Evans wuxuu mar kale u dhoofiyay badda Mediterranean-ka isagoo saaran USS "John Adams" oo uu hogaaminayo Kabtan John Rodgers.