DAFYDD, ROBERT (1747 - 1834), Calvinistic Methodist preacher; a weaver
Date of birth: 1747
Date of death: 1834
Parent: Dafydd Prichard
Gender: Male
Occupation: Calvinistic Methodist preacher; a weaver
Area of activity: Business and Industry; Religion
Author: Robert Thomas Jenkins
Born at Cwmbychan, Nanmor, Meironnydd, son of a weaver named Dafydd Prichard. When about 21 he was affected by a sermon preached by John Robert Lewis, and learned to read in the circulating school kept at Beddgelert by Robert Jones (1745-1829), of Rhos-lan. He then went to live and work in Llangybi parish, Caernarfonshire, married, and set up house at Tyddyn Ruffydd. His name appears as one of the witnesses of the first title-deed (1772) of Brynengan chapel, the focus of Eifionydd Methodism, and he began preaching in 1773. He died 17 April 1834 at the chapel-house of Brynengan, where one of his sons lived. Physically, he was a giant; his tongue had a very rough edge, and his sayings are widely remembered.
Author
- Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, (1881 - 1969)
- Henry Hughes, Robert Dafydd, Brynengan; ei hanes, a'i hynodion, ynghyda hanes eglwys hynafol ac enwog Brynengan, gyda darluniau o'r gwrthrych ac o gafel Brynengan (Caernarfon 1895)
Sources
- J. Morgan Jones, W. Morgan, Y Tadau Methodistaidd (1895-1897), ii, tt.68-75
Further Reading
- Wikidata: Q20734314
Additional Links
Published date: 1959
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