GRIFFITHS, EVAN (1778 - 1839), Calvinistic Methodist minister
Date of birth: 1778
Date of death: 1839
Spouse: Mary Griffiths
Parent: Margaret Griffiths (née Evans)
Parent: Edward Griffiths
Gender: Male
Occupation: Calvinistic Methodist minister
Area of activity: Religion
Author: Robert Thomas Jenkins
One of the eight ordained in North Wales in 1811. Born at Rhos-fawr near Meifod, Montgomeryshire, 12 March 1778, son of Edward Griffiths and his wife Margaret (Evans) - another of their sons was Thomas Griffiths, husband of the hymnist Ann Griffiths. The mother and her children removed to Ceunant, Meifod, where Evan began preaching in 1802.
He died 6 September 1839. There is a memoir of him, by John Hughes of Pontrobert, 1840.
Author
- Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, (1881 - 1969)
- Y Gwyddoniadur Cymreig (1889-96) (2nd ed.), v, 65Q
- Edward Griffith, Hanes Methodistiaeth Trefaldwyn Isaf (1914)
Sources
- Wikidata: Q20733023
Additional Links
Published date: 1959
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