DAVIES, DANIEL (1797 - 1876) Baptist minister
Date of birth: 1797
Date of death: 1876
Gender: Male
Occupation: Baptist minister
Area of activity: Religion
Author: Morris Brynllwyn Owen
Born at Moelfre, Llanfair-ar-y-bryn, Carmarthenshire, 15 November 1797. In 1803 his father moved to Merthyr Tydfil and, the following year, the boy became blind as the result of smallpox.
He was employed by the firm of Guest, Merthyr, for five years previous to being admitted in 1815 to the Liverpool Institute for the Blind. There he was taught handicraft and learned to speak English.
He returned to Wales in 1817 and began to preach to Methodist congregations. In 1821, however, he was baptized in the river Taff by David Saunders II (1769 - 1840), of Merthyr Tydfil and the same year was established as minister of a (Welsh) Baptist congregation in London. Towards the end of 1826 he was appointed to succeed Joseph Harris (Gomer) at Swansea, and there he laboured until 1855. From 1855 to 1860 he was in charge of Bethania, Cardigan, and from 1861 to 1868 of Ebenezer, Aberavon. In his day he was a very prominent man in his denomination.
He died 19 February 1876 and was buried at Swansea.
Author
- Reverend Morris Brynllwyn Owen, (1875 - 1949)
- H. Blackwell, NLW MSS 9254A: A Dictionary of Welsh Biography (1108)
- T. R. Roberts, Eminent Welshmen: a short biographical dictionary of Welshmen... from the earliest times to the present (1908)
- Notable Welshmen (1700–1900) (1908)
- Hanes y Bedyddwyr yn Nghymru, iv, 407-8
- David Jones, Hanes y Bedyddwyr yn Neheubarth Cymru (1839), 523-4
- Seren Gomer, 1822, 280
- Baptist Handbook, 1877, 357-60
- R. Edwards, Hanes Bethania, Aberteifi (Llandysul 1947), 57-61
- Ll. Griffiths, Hanes Eglwys Ebenezer, Aberafon, a'i chyssylltiadau, o'r flwyddyn 1650 hyd 1883 yn ei pherthynas â rhai agweddau yn hanes foreuol y Bedyddwyr yn Morganwg (1883?), 98
- J. Rowlands, Cofiant y Parch. Daniel Davies, D.D. (Y Dyn Dall) (Llanelli 1879)
Sources
- William Walters, Arwydd o Barch i Ddewrion Bedyddiedig sef, y diweddar barchedigion John Jones (Mathetes), Llansawel, a Daniel Davies, D.D., Llanelli (Aberdar 1879)
- Wikipedia Article: Daniel Davies
Further Reading
- Newman & Co., Y Parch. Daniel Davies Gweinidog y Bedyddwyr yn Abertawe
Images
- Wikidata: Q20732768
Additional Links
Published date: 1959
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