Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A mụrụ Evans na New Jersey, a maghị ụbọchị na ebe a mụrụ ya. A họpụtara Evans ka ọ bụrụ onye isi ụgbọ mmiri, na 11 Mee 1798. O mechara bulie ọkwa lieutenant, na 25 Nọvemba 1799 na onye isi ndị isi (onye isi) na 24 Eprel 1806, ọ ruru ọkwa onye isi na 4 Julaị 1812. Mgbe ọ bụ onye ọkaiwu, o jere ozi na. Mgbe ọ na-eje ozi na "Ganges" ọ siri na Philadelphia 24 Mee 1798, n'okpuru iwu nke Captain Richard Dale, wee gaa n'ụsọ oké osimiri Atlantic na mbido akụkụ nke Quasi-War na France (1798-1800). N'afọ 1799, e nyere Evans iwu ka ọ banye n'ụgbọ mmiri, nke e tinyere na ndị agha nke Commodore Thomas Tingey na Guadaloupe Station. N'afọ 1801 ọ rụkwara ọrụ na USS "George Washington" 2 June 1801 gwara ya na ọ bụ otu n'ime ndị Lieutenants ahọpụtara ka a debe ya na ndị agha n'okpuru Iwu Iwu nke 3 March 1801, ebe o sonyere na agha mmiri megide ndị omempụ Barbary, "George Washington" na-asọpụrụ Algiers n'oge ọkọchị nke 1801, wee nọrọ na Mediterranean na ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri ruo ọtụtụ ọnwa n'oge akụkụ mbụ nke
Agha na Tripoli (1801-1805), na-aga n'ụlọ na mbido 1802. N'abalị iri abụọ na asaa n'ọnwa Ọgọstụ n'afọ 1802 ka e nyere iwu ka Evans gaa Washington DC ma n'abalị isii n'ọnwa Septemba n'afọ 1802 ka ọ gaa United States. Na September 1802 Evans gaghachiri Mediterenian n'ụgbọ mmiri USS "John Adams" n'okpuru iwu nke Captain John Rodgers.