Dictionary of Welsh Biography

ROWLAND, DANIEL (1713 - 1790), Methodist cleric profound spiritual conviction under the ministry of Griffith Jones, c. 1735, and began to thunder against the people's sins. On the advice of Philip Pugh he modified his style and preached grace rather than the law. He began to travel up and down the country, and in 1737 met Howel Harris; the result was that, before long, these two had joined forces to push forward the great Methodist revival in Wales
ROWLAND, NATHANIEL (1749 - 1831), Methodist cleric Born in Llangeitho parsonage, son of Daniel Rowland. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. 1771, and M.A. 1774. He was ordained deacon at Oxford. 26 May 1771, and a priest in London 21 September 1773. He was curate of Stock (Essex) from 1771 until his marriage in 1776 to Margaret, daughter of Howel Davies and went to live at Parcau, Henllan Amgoed, on the borders of
SALUSBURY family Rug, Bachymbyd, two daughters. The estate was inherited by the elder of the two, MARIA CHARLOTTE (1721 - 1780), who married firstly Thomas Pryce of Gogerddan (died 1745), and secondly, the Rev. John Lloyd. When she died on 26 August 1780 she left Rug by will to Edward William Vaughan, second son of Sir Robert Howel Vaughan of Nannau and Hengwrt (see the article on that family); he died in Sicily in 1807, and the
SAMUEL, HOWEL WALTER (1881 - 1953), judge and politician
SHEEN, THOMAS (1718 - 1790), Methodist exhorter, afterwards an Antinomian He was christened in Glascwm church, Radnorshire, 8 November 1718, the son of William and Margaret Sheen of the parish. No information is available as to when he started exhorting in the Methodist societies. In 1748 he succumbed to the 'heretical' doctrines propounded by James Beaumont. In 1750 he adhered to Howel Harris's party, but soon afterwards left it and formed his own sect in the district
SIMMONS, JOSEPH (1694? - 1774), Independent minister, and schoolmaster Born c. 1694 at Foxhall, Llansamlet, Glamorganshire, and educated at Carmarthen Academy under Perrott. In 1724 he was appointed assistant-pastor to Roger Howell at Cwmllynfell and Gellionnen. He is found keeping school at Neath in 1730, and Lewis Rees was a pupil of his there. In August 1738 we find Howel Harris staying a night with ' Jos. Symons, near the Abbey at Neath.' Simmons is said to have
SIÔN ap HOWEL ab OWAIN (1550? - 1626/7), translator son of Howel ab Owain, Cefn Treflaeth, Llanystumdwy, Caernarfonshire, and Catherine, daughter of Rhisiart ap Dafydd of Cefn Llanfair. He was, therefore, a nephew of Huw ap Rhisiart ap Dafydd and a cousin of Richard Hughes. At his father's death in 1583 he became head of the family at Cefn Treflaeth, and he was one of those prosecuted by the Earl of Leicester during the troubles relating to
SPARKS, JOHN (1726 - 1769), early Moravian son of a leading tradesman (who was a member of Albany church) at Haverfordwest. He came to Methodism when only a boy - about a dozen letters which passed between him and Howel Harris, in the years 1739-50, are preserved in the Trevecka collection at the N.L.W. In 1742 he began to hold meetings, at first at his father's house, and afterwards in a hired room; and 1745 was recognized as an exhorter
THICKENS, JOHN (1865 - 1952), minister (Presb.), historian and author Lecture in 1934, which was published as a substantial volume in 1938 under the title Howel Harris yn Llundain. He steeped himself in the history and ethos of the Presbyterian Church of Wales; he was chairman of the History Committee (1939-52), and he contributed a great deal to its journal. His astute articles on the Methodist 'fathers' appeared in the beautifully produced booklet published by the
THOMAS, BENJAMIN (1723 - 1790), Independent preacher and Methodist exhorter been ordained and he is not called a minister in Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru. In 1743 he was again in North Wales and suffered persecution in Anglesey. In the Porth-y-rhyd Association (1744), he was appointed to assist Howel Harris as superintendent of the churches in Wales - Harris calls him 'my assistant' in his diary. He was sent to North Wales in 1748, and in 1749 is mentioned as one of the
THOMAS, HENRY (1712 - 1802), Methodist exhorter and Independent minister district used to meet. Howel Harris frequently visited Gelli, where some Associations were held. Henry Thomas sided with Harris in the split between him and the other revivalists, but later on abandoned him. He was ordained c. 1752 according to the rites of the Independents, and converted the society into an Independent church. He continued to minister to the congregation at Godre'r Rhos - the name by
THOMAS, JOHN (1730 - 1804?), Congregational minister, and hymnist Born in 1730 in the parish of Myddfai, Carmarthenshire (christened 25 March). He came from a thriftless family but was nurtured by relatives. He received short periods of schooling in the neighbourhood of his home and learnt to read Welsh. He worked on farms, reading the Bible, Cannwyll y Cymry, and Taith y Pererin in his leisure hours. He heard Howel Harris preach in the house of Sieffre Dafydd

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