Frederick Mullett Evans

Evans married Maria Moule (died 1850), youngest daughter of George Moule of Melksham, on 21 October 1830. His sister, Mary Mullett Evans, second daughter of Joseph Jeffries Evans, had married Henry Moule, brother of Maria, on 1 July 1824; Henry was the sixth son of George Moule.

Frederick and Maria had 12 children, eight of whom survived to become adults. They included:

Frederick Moule (1833–1902), the eldest son, who married Amy Lloyd, daughter of Richard Lloyd of Henley, in 1859.

Margaret Moule, the eldest daughter, who married the barrister Robert Orridge (died 1866) in 1860.

Elisabeth Matilda Moule (Bessie), who married Charles Dickens, Jr. in November 1861, against his father's wishes.

Horace (born 1841), who became a general and was knighted, and married in 1866 Elizabeth Annie Tresidder, daughter of John Nicholas Tresidder.

There were also Tom, Lewis, Godfrey and a further daughter.

Frederick was nicknamed "Pater", is described as "jovial, Pickwickian", and was taken by contemporaries as the typical Victorian paterfamilias.