Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WILKINS family a Norman family surnamed ' de Wintona,' settled apparently at Llandough (it may be Llandow), Glamorganshire, changed its name in the 14th century to ' Wilcoline ' or ' Wilkyn,' and in the 17th to ' Wilkins.' THOMAS WILKYN (died 1623), his son ROGER WILKINS (died 1648), and his grandson THOMAS WILKINS (1625/6 - 1699) Literature and WritingScholarship and Languages, were successively rectors of S
WILKINS, CHARLES (Catwg; 1830 - 1913), writer of Merthyr Tydfil Subscription Library for twenty years from its commencement in 1846. Thomas Stephens (Gwyddon) was secretary. He died at his residence, Springfield, Merthyr Tydfil, 2 August 1913. Wilkins wrote prolifically, and mostly for the weekly newspapers of Merthyr Tydfil and Cardiff. His chief works are: The History of Merthyr Tydfil, 1867 and 1908; The History of the Literature of Wales
WILKINSON, JOHN (1728 - 1808), 'father of the iron trade' employer, and he showed great generosity towards his sister's husband Joseph Priestley, especially after his losses in the Birmingham riots of 1791. After his death his fortune was squandered in litigation between his mistress and her children and his nephew Thomas Jones (Wilkinson). The Bersham works were derelict within twenty years; those at Brymbo were bought out of Chancery and restarted by a
WILLANS, JOHN BANCROFT (1881 - 1957), country landowner, antiquarian and philanthropist from 1901 and of the Powysland Club from 1899, being its Chairman of Committee at the time of his death. He published a book The Byways of Montgomeryshire in 1905; this was kindly reviewed, albeit with helpful criticism, by Archdeacon D.R. Thomas in Mont. Coll. 1907. He contributed regular articles to Mont. Coll. between 1910 and 1951, most of them recording his own researches into aspects of the
WILLIAM(S), LEWIS (1774 - 1862), peripatetic teachers served at Dover and Penzance. Next, being moved by the illiteracy of the masses, he started a school at Llanegryn, although he himself was unable to read - he used to get someone to help him to prepare for the next session of his school. Thomas Charles heard about him, and insisted on seeing him; he arranged for him to get a quarter's schooling, and then appointed him a paid teacher (at £3 a year
WILLIAM(S), ROBERT (1744 - 1815), poet, and farmer Day of Judgement, which his master Rolant Huw thought not unworthy of comparison with the better-known cywyddau of Goronwy Owen and William Wynn (of Llangynhafal) on the same subject. He also wrote a to Dafydd Ionawr (David Richards), and exchanged englynion with Twm o'r Nant (Thomas Edwards). But the bulk of his work consists of elegies of purely local interest, carols, and 'club songs' - there is
WILLIAM, THOMAS (1717 - 1765), Methodist exhorter and later Independent minister
WILLIAM, THOMAS (1697 - 1778) Mynydd-bach, Independent minister, and author
WILLIAM, THOMAS (1761 - 1844), Independent minister, and hymn-writer Saint Athan are to be found in Dyfroedd Bethesda. A collected edition of his works, together with a memoir, was published by Thomas Rees of Swansea in 1882.
WILLIAMS family Marl, under the name of ' William Roberts.' Mistress or not, the Conway parish register, under the date 10 June 1742, testifies that William Roberts was the son of Sir Robert Williams 'by his mistress Margaret Roberts.' In 1739 Anne married Sir Thomas Prendergast, an Irishman; the marriage was an unhappy one, and part of the property had to be sold, tradition says because of Anne's wastefulness. Sir Thomas
WILLIAMS family Gwernyfed, founded by one THOMAS WILLIAMS, who married a daughter of the old Powell family of 'Tallyn.' He had a son, WILLIAM WILLIAMS, whose youngest son was Sir THOMAS WILLIAMS (1604 - 1712) 'of Eltham,' a doctor who became physician to Charles II and later to James II. Charles's method of paying his doctor's bill was by heaping profitable sinecures on him - Assay-Master of the Mint, Examiner in Bankruptcy
WILLIAMS family Bron Eryri, Castell Deudraeth, Ebenezer Thomas (Eben Fardd) and John Thomas (Siôn Wyn o Eifion) are preserved in Cwrtmawr MS 404C. He was clerk of the peace for Merioneth, 1842-59, one of the deputy-lieutenants for Merioneth and Caernarvonshire, high sheriff for Merioneth, 1861-2, and for Caernarvonshire, 1862-3. He contested Merioneth as a Liberal in 1859 and 1865, unsuccessfully, but he won the seat in 1868. He married 25 September

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