Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WILLIAMS, PETER (1756 - 1837), cleric and author November 1818, the vicarage of Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch in the Vale of Clwyd. In 1820 his son, Edward, succeeded him there; but Peter Williams retained the living of Llanbedrog until his death on 20 February 1837, at Llanbedrog, where he was buried 25 Feb. He had a son Edward, and another, Cyril. Peter Williams preached a sermon, which was afterwards published, before the University of Oxford on
WILLIAMS, PETER BAILEY (1763 - 1836), cleric and writer -rug and Llanberis, where he spent the rest of his life; in addition, he was for some years (1815-25?) perpetual curate of Betws Garmon. He married (1) Hannah Jones of Llanrwst (died 1835) in September 1804, by whom he had a son, HENRY BAILEY WILLIAMS (1805 - 1879), rector of Llanberis (1836-43) and Llan-rug (1843-79); and (2) Charlotte Hands (widow) of Shrewsbury (died 1849) in November 1835. He was
WILLIAMS, ROBERT (Trebor Mai; 1830 - 1877), poet Born 25 May 1830 at Ty'n-yr-ardd near Llanrhychwyn, Caernarfonshire, the son of a tailor. He was educated at a local Llanrhychwyn school and for a period attended the free school at Llanrwst. When he was 13 his family moved to Llanrwst and he applied himself to his father's craft. After marriage on 13 October 1854 he commenced business as a tailor on his own account in that town, and there spent
WILLIAMS, ROBERT ARTHUR (Berw; 1854 - 1926), cleric and poet Born 8 April 1854 at Caernarvon, son of John Williams, sailor. His mother died when he was but 3 years old, and he was brought up by his aunt at Pentre Berw, near Holland Arms, Anglesey. He was apprenticed in a shop at Gaerwen, and began to take an interest in poetry. Moving to Bangor to work, he came under the influence of dean H. T. Edwards, and went to S. Aidan's College, Birkenhead, to
WILLIAMS, ROBERT DEWI (1870 - 1955), minister (Presb.), headmaster of Clynnog School and writer . ed. 1948); he is considered to be the pioneer of this type of story in Welsh. He also wrote for periodicals, and some of his articles in Y Drysorfa were collected under the title Dyddiau mawr mebyd in 1973. In 1908 he married Helena Jones Davies, and they had a son. He died 25 January 1955 at Rhuddlan.
WILLIAMS, Sir ROGER (1540? - 1595), soldier and author Williams, a member of the family of Penrhos, Monmouth (this family bore, later, the surname Addams-Williams - see under Williams, Sir Trevor); and (3) Sir Roger Williams (1540? - 1595), soldier and author; it is with him that this short note will be concerned. Like his namesake, the second Roger Williams named above, Sir Roger Williams was a member of the family of Penrhos, being the son of Thomas
WILLIAMS, ROGER (1667 - 1730), Independent minister , James, died 1760). He died 25 May 1730 at the age of 63, and John and David Williams were ordained ministers of Cefnarthen. John is known to have been his son and David probably belonged to the same family. The Williamses were a powerful clan in Cefnarthen, and other members of the family were Morgan Williams of Ty'n-coed, the able secretary of the church and one of the most prominent Dissenting
WILLIAMS, THOMAS (Clwydfro; 1821 - 1855), poet preach in 1832, and died suddenly at Llandeilo 7 June 1855, at the age of 51. He contributed prose and verse to the Eurgrawn, and was editor of Y Winllan; he was one of the four ministers appointed in 1844 to revise the denominational hymn-book. He was also a musician, and in 1852 published a book of hymn-tunes, Cydymaith yr Addolydd (Y Bywgraffydd Wesleyaidd, 271-3).
WILLIAMS, THOMAS (Brynfab; 1848 - 1927), littérateur and farmer Born 8 September 1848 at Fforch Aman, a farm in Cwmaman, Aberdare, son of Thomas and Gwenllian Williams. When he was very young, the family moved to Fforch, Treorchy, where he received what little education he ever had. At the age of 25 he settled at Hendre, in the parish of Eglwysilan, and was a farmer there for more than fifty years. On his retirement he went to live at Hendre Wen, S. Athan. He
WILLIAMS, THOMAS (Twm Pedrog; 1774 - 1814), poet Born 25 May 1774, the son of Owen Williams, farmer and inn-keeper, the Sign, Llanbedrog, Caernarfonshire, and Catherine, his wife - and christened 3 June 1774. He spent some time at sea - one of his awdlau was written on board H.M.S. Amethyst, 1800 - but he returned and settled in his native county. Several poems by him were published at Tremadoc in Y Brython and there is a selection of awdlau
WILLIAMS, THOMAS (1658 - 1726), cleric and translator son of the Rev. William Williams and Elizabeth his wife; born at Eglwysbach, Denbighshire, 1658. He matriculated at Oxford from Jesus College, 3 April 1674, took his B.A. in 1677 and his M.A. in 1680. It is thought that he succeeded his father as rector of S. George, near Abergele, in 1684; possibly he was the Thomas Williams who was rector of Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog from 1687 to 1702. He was
WILLIAMS, THOMAS (Tom Nefyn; 1895 - 1958), minister (Presb.) and evangelist guidance of R.B. Jones before proceeding to the theological colleges of his denomination at Aberystwyth and Bala. He was ordained in 1925, and that same year he married Ceridwen Roberts Jones of Coed-poeth, and they had 3 children. He received a call to Ebenezer, Tumble, Carmarthenshire, the anthracite coal district where there was much industrial and political unrest in the 1920s. Tom Nefyn spent a

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