Everard was born in [[London]] and was orphaned by the age of ten and was sent to a school for orphans, Christ's Hospital. He was trained in records and bookkeeping. He ended his school days there in 1734 when he was put in the care of his uncle Edward Everard and Edward Athawes, a London merchant. He was apprenticed to Matthew Kemp, a Williamsburg merchant, for seven years. Once his period of apprenticeship was through within a year he was appointed clerk of Elizabeth City County court. | Everard was born in [[London]] and was orphaned by the age of ten and was sent to a school for orphans, Christ's Hospital. He was trained in records and bookkeeping. He ended his school days there in 1734 when he was put in the care of his uncle Edward Everard and Edward Athawes, a London merchant. He was apprenticed to Matthew Kemp, a Williamsburg merchant, for seven years. Once his period of apprenticeship was through within a year he was appointed clerk of Elizabeth City County court. |