Dictionary of Welsh Biography

OWEN, JOHN (1864 - 1953), minister (Presb. C.W.) and author . He also published Cofiant a gweithiau David Roberts y Rhiw (1908); Rolant y teiliwr ac ysgrifau eraill (1920); Y Cyfundeb a'i neges: the Connexion and its message, in English and Welsh (1935). He edited volumes of the sermons of John Williams, Brynsiencyn (1922 and 1923), and Thomas Charles Williams (1928 and 1929). He also published a textbook on the journeys of St. Paul (1902), and a commentary
OWEN, JOHN - see OWEN, OWEN JOHN
OWEN, JOHN (1857 - 1934), preacher - see OWEN, RICHARD JONES
OWEN, JOHN (1849 - 1917), pastor - see OWEN, JOHN
OWEN, JOHN DYFNALLT (Dyfnallt; 1873 - 1956), minister (Congl.), poet, writer, journalist and Archdruid of Wales 1894. He was a close friend of Ben Bowen and other young poets. His interest in the eisteddfod persisted throughout his ministry in Trawsfynydd (1898-1902) where he was an influence on Ellis Humphrey Evans ('Hedd Wyn'); and Deiniolen (1902-05) where he became acquainted with Thomas Gwynn Jones and William John Gruffydd. He then moved to be minister of Sardis, Pontypridd (1905-10) and while he was
OWEN, JOHN JONES (1876 - 1947), musician
OWEN, JOHN LEWIS - see OWEN, LEWIS
OWEN, Baron LEWIS (d. 1555), judge ,' and in revenge was killed, 12 October 1555, on the spot still known as ' Llidiart-y-barwn,' near Mallwyd, Meironnydd. Owen was twice married, and from his first marriage issued an unusually large number of the later gentle families of Merionethshire who appear in the present work; see J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 363. From the eldest son, JOHN OWEN of Llwyn, came the Bronclydwr family (see Hugh Owen
OWEN, LEWIS (1572 - 1629?), anti-Romanist propagandist The Unmasking of all Popish Monks, etc., 1628, dedicated to Sir John Lloyd of Aberllefenni and Ceiswyn, and Speculum Jesuiticum, 1629. W. Llewelyn Williams says that he died in 1629.
OWEN, MARGARET (Peggy; 1742 - 1816) ). She was born at Barking in 1742 and christened there on 28 November After the death of her mother, c. 1756-8, at Penrhos, where the family lived after the father's death, she and her troublesome brother, John Owen (1741 - 1823), were brought up by their aunt, Susanna Lyster. She made her home at Shrewsbury but spent much of her time in the company of Mrs. Thrale, a distant relation and childhood
OWEN, MATTHEW (1631 - 1679) Llangar, Edeirnion, poet Matthew Owen was christened 10 April 1631, son of the first wife of John Owen, who in his turn was son of a John Owen, traditionally stated to have been the son of Owen John, rector of Llangar from 1586 till his death in 1592. He composed a number of songs in the manner of Huw Morys - englynion, cywyddau, and at least one elegiac awdl. Several of his songs reveal that he lived for some time at
OWEN, NICHOLAS (1752 - 1811), cleric and antiquary given the rectory of Mellteyrn with Botwnnog but continued to live at Bangor (Llyfryddiaeth y Cymry, 582). He died, unmarried, 30 May 1811, and was buried at Llandyfrydog. He is one of the several authors who have been credited with the authorship of the History of the Island of Anglesea, 1775 (see John Thomas, 1736 - 1769).

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