ABEL, JOHN (1770 - 1819), Welsh Independent minister
Date of birth: 1770
Date of death: 1819
Spouse: Margaret Williams
Parent: William Abel
Gender: Male
Occupation: Welsh Independent minister
Area of activity: Religion
Author: Robert Thomas Jenkins
Born in Llanybri, Carmarthenshire, 1770, son of William Abel, one of the founders of Capel Newydd in that village. It is said that he attended the Carmarthen Academy but this establishment was in Swansea at that time.
In 1794 he succeeded David Davies (died 1807) as minister of the small congregation at Capel Sul, Kidwelly and he also kept a school. John Abel was not orthodox, according to the Unitarian Wright, who visited Wales in 1816, and 'he was considered to be an Arian' who lent his chapel willingly to Wright.
He died on 25th June 1819.
Author
- Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, (1881 - 1969)
- Thomas Rees and John Thomas, Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru, iii, 336, 471
- E. Pan Jones, Oriel Coleg Caerfyrddin (1909), 29, 246
- Monthly Repository, 1816
- H. P. Roberts, Nonconformist Academies in Wales (1662-1862), The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1928-29, p.56
Sources
- T. Morgan, Enwogion Cymreig 1700-1900 (1907), p.7
- Family notices: Married, The Cambrian, 22 April 1815, p.3
- Wikipedia Article: John Abel (minister)
Further reading
- Wikidata: Q20733349
Additional Links
Published date: 1997
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