ELIAS, DAVID (1790 - 1856), preacher and schoolmaster
Date of birth: 1790
Date of death: 1856
Spouse: Elizabeth Elias (née Roose)
Child: John Roose Elias
Parent: Jane Jones (née Roberts)
Parent: Elias Jones
Gender: Male
Occupation: preacher and schoolmaster
Area of activity: Religion; Education; Literature and Writing
Author: John Edward Hughes
Born at Brynllwyn Bach, Aber-erch, near Pwllheli, 16 June 1790, son of Elias and Jane Jones, and brother of John Elias. He began to preach in 1815 and was ordained in 1835. He opened a school at Holyhead in 1817, but afterwards lived at Bryn-du, moving thence to Pentraeth, where he kept a shop. Of melancholic temperament, he was a stern preacher; like his brother, he was a hyper-Calvinist - he published Yr Arfaeth Dragwyddol (Caernarvon, 1847).
David Elias died 29 May 1856, and was buried at Pentraeth. John Roose Elias was his son.
Author
- Reverend John Edward Hughes, (1879 - 1959)
- W. Pritchard, John Elias a'i Oes (Caernarfon 1911)
- Owen Thomas, Cofiant y Parchedig John Jones, Talsarn: mewn cysylltiad a hanes duwinyddiaeth a phregethu Cymru (Wrexham 1874)
Sources
- Wikidata: Q116883186
Additional Links
Published date: 1959
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