HUGHES, DAVID (1800 - 1849), Independent minister

Born in Amlwch, Anglesey, the son of a prosperous farmer. He received a good education locally and he also went to a school in Liverpool. He became a member of Tabernacl chapel, Liverpool under the ministry of John Breese and he started to preach there. He was a student at the Presbyterian College, Carmarthen, 1824-28 and he was ordained minister of Mill Street Chapel, Newport, 1 January 1829=. Ten years later he was inducted as minister at Trelech, Carmarthenshire on 11-13 June, 1839. He published a useful catechism for Sunday schools and he worked diligently for years on a general dictionary but this was not finished. He died 20 February, 1849.

Author

• Reverend John Dyfnallt Owen, (1873 - 1956)

Sources

• E. Pan Jones, Oriel Coleg Presbyteraidd, Caerfyrddin: yn cynwys hanes yr holl fyfyrwyr fu yn y coleg o 1796 hyd 1899 (Merthyr Tydfil 1909), 45
• Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru, iii, 397, 403-6
• Josiah Thomas Jones, Geiriadur Bywgraffyddol o Enwogion Cymru (Aberdâr 1867-70), i, 544-7
• Walter J. Evans, NLW MS 10327B: Carmarthen Presbyterian College roll of students

Additional Links

• Wikidata: Q20821104

Published date: 2001

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