REES, DAVID (1751 - 1818), Calvinistic Methodist minister
Date of birth: 1751
Date of death: 1818
Parent: Rhys Rees
Gender: Male
Occupation: Calvinistic Methodist minister
Area of activity: Religion
Author: Gomer Morgan Roberts
Born 1751 at Cymrig, Llanfynydd, Carmarthenshire, son of Rhys Rees, one of the leading members of the Methodist society at Llanfynydd. He began to preach in 1782 and soon came into prominence both in North and South Wales; on one occasion he accompanied Williams of Pantycelyn on a preaching tour. He was conscripted into the army but was released through the influence of one of the local gentry. He was ordained at the first Methodist ordination at Llandeilo in 1811. He died at Pontypridd, 10 September 1818, while on a preaching tour, and his body was taken to Llanfynydd for burial. He was regarded as an able theologian and his preaching was sound and powerful.
Author
- Reverend Gomer Morgan Roberts, (1904 - 1993)
- Y Drysorfa, 1843, 235
- Methodistiaeth Cymru (1851–6), ii, 429
- Josiah Thomas Jones, Geiriadur Bywgraffyddol o Enwogion Cymru (Aberdâr 1867-70), ii, 458
- James Morris, Hanes Methodistiaeth Sir Gaerfyrddin (1911), 20
Sources
- Wikidata: Q20804678
Additional Links
Published date: 1959
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