Dictionary of Welsh Biography

EVANS, JOHN (1723 - 1795), cartographer Ordnance Survey; it was dedicated to Sir Watkin Williams Wynn and engraved by Robert Baugh of Llandysilio. Evans prepared an edition on a reduced scale (about three miles to the inch) also engraved by Baugh, but it was not published until 1797, two years after his death. The maps were, for the time, of unusually high merit on account of their pleasing appearance and the amount and accuracy of the details
EVANS, JOHN (1756 - 1846), surgeon : ROBERT WILSON EVANS (1789 - 1866), cleric, Fellow and tutor of Trinity College, Cambridge, a prolific author who became archdeacon of Westmorland; THOMAS EVANS (1791 - 1853), a naval officer who saw active service in the Napoleonic wars; and WILLIAM EDWARD EVANS (1801 - 1869), cleric, who became canon of Hereford. They are all commemorated in Williams, Montgomeryshire worthies, and Robert Wilson Evans
EVANS, JOHN (1815 - 1891), archdeacon of Merioneth Born 4 March 1815, son of John Evans of Tan-y-coed, Llanfair, Meironnydd, and Anne, daughter of John Owen of Crafnant, Llanfair. His mother was a descendant of Edmwnd Prys. He was educated at Beaumaris grammar school. He then became a clerk in the office of David Williams, solicitor, who was at that time M.P. for the county of Merioneth. His wife Mary, of Saethon, was a cousin of David Williams
EVANS, JOHN (1737? - 1784), Methodist exhorter A native of Cil-y-cwm, Carmarthenshire. He travelled considerably in both North and South Wales and in some places suffered persecution. His temperament was genial, but he could thunder forth on occasion. ' John Evan of Killy-comb ' is mentioned in the will of Morgan Rhys, the hymn-writer, 1779. William Williams of Pant-y-celyn wrote a short elegy upon him according to which he was buried at Cil
EVANS, JOHN (c. 1680 - 1730), Presbyterian minister and theologian , among those officiating being Matthew Henry of Chester, James Owen of Oswestry, and Francis Tallents of Shrewsbury. In 1704 he became assistant pastor to Daniel Williams at Hand Alley, London, succeeding Williams in the pastorate on the latter's death in 1716. He took a leading part (on the orthodox side) in the Arian controversy of 1719, but always maintained a tolerant attitude in matters of
EVANS, JOHN (d. 1779), Evangelical cleric, translator, and commentator sef Didwyll Air Duw, 1773 (a translation of Gastrel's Christian Institutes). As a commentator he was earlier in the field than Peter Williams, his chief work being Cyssondeb y Pedair Efengyl; Gyd ag Agoriad Byrr a Nodau Athrawus (Bristol, 1765) - the first regular commentary to appear in Welsh. He died in 1779 at Portsmouth.
EVANS, JOHN (1830 - 1917), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and biographer pastorate of Abermeurig, Cardiganshire, and remained there till his death, 24 January 1917. He was moderator of the South Wales Association in 1898-9. He published several books. The most important of these are his very valuable contributions (in biographical form) to the history of Calvinistic Methodism in Cardiganshire : Yr Offeiriad Methodistaidd (1891, on John Williams, 1754 - 1828, of Lledrod), Byr
EVANS, JOHN (1702 - 1782), cleric and anti-Methodist the Crown living of Eglwys Cymyn (variously spelt), but resided only for a few weeks each summer - Peter Williams (1723 - 1796) was one of his curates, but was dismissed for Methodism. Evans lived in London, in Cowley Street, Westminster, where Richard Morris of Anglesey was his neighbour and friend. He was a protégé of bishop Edmund Gibson's, and about 1742 became 'Reading Chaplain' of the Chapel
EVANS, JOHN (1770 - 1799), traveller and Spanish colonial agent Born at Waunfawr, Caernarfonshire (christened 14 April 1770), son of Thomas Evans, a Methodist exhorter, and Anne, daughter of Evan Dafydd, also a Methodist exhorter. In 1792 he agreed to accompany Edward Williams (Iolo Morganwg) on a journey to visit the so-called 'Welsh Indians' who were reputed to be inhabiting the upper reaches of the Missouri. On Iolo's withdrawal from the enterprise, Evans
EVANS, JOHN CEREDIG (1855 - 1936), Calvinistic Methodist missionary, tutor, and author Born March 1855 at New Quay, Cardiganshire. He attended the local school, and went to sea, but at 21 prepared for the ministry at Llandysul grammar school kept by Thomas James, 1834 - 1915, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, and the University of Glasgow. Ordained in 1885, he settled at Gilead, Nant-y-moel, Glamorganshire. He married Sarah Williams of Llandysul. He offered himself for the
EVANS, JOHN GWENOGVRYN (1852 - 1930), palaeographer indispensable. His work as inspector further enabled him to take a leading part in the negotiations which led to the purchase (1905) by Sir John Williams of the Peniarth manuscripts, and so to determine the location of the National Library of Wales, of whose court and council he became member as a nominee of the Privy Council; he was also a J.P. (Cardiganshire) and a member of the court and council of the
EVANS, JOHN JOHN (1862 - 1942), journalist Born 9 December 1862, at Llanberis, Caernarfonshire. He was educated at the local primary school but left to work in the quarry. He competed at literary meetings and took an interest in drama, being a member of the Llanberis company, the first Welsh drama company to be formed in Wales. During the Llanberis strike of 1886 he was told by Tecwyn Parry, minister of Gorffwysfa, who was responsible for

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