Dictionary of Welsh Biography

PRYS, OWEN (1857 - 1934), Calvinistic Methodist minister and college principal his imagination and in the fervour of his spirit that truth would become a blinding flame. He married Elizabeth, eldest daughter of John Parry of Tal-y-bryn, Bwlch, Brecknock, 2 August 1893, and they had two daughters. He filled a very definite niche in his denomination. In 1904 he delivered the ' Davies Lecture ' at Cardiff, his subject being ' The Doctrine of Man.' He was elected moderator of the
PRYS, THOMAS (1564? - 1634) Plas Iolyn,, poet and adventurer by his second wife, viz.: Peter, John, and William.
PRYSE family Gogerddan, the pedigree in Peniarth MS 156 as printed in West Wales Hist. Records, i, 3-4. As details for subsequent generations are given in Burke, T. Nicholas, Annals of … County Families of Wales, i, 207-9, and in other works there is no need to enlarge on all the members of the family or of its branches in this article. JOHN PRYSE, grandson of Rhys ap David Lloyd and barrister at law, was a member of the
PRYSE, JOHN (1826 - 1883), printer and publisher
PRYSE, JOHN ROBERT (1840 - 1862), poet - see PRYSE, ROBERT JOHN
PRYSE, ROBERT JOHN (Gweirydd ap Rhys; 1807 - 1889), man of letters , Papur y Cymry, 1863-4, was short-lived. His most important works are Hanes y Brytaniaid a'r Cymry (1872-4) and Hanes Llenyddiaeth Gymreig, 1300-1650 (1885). An outstanding characteristic of all his work is his independent judgement; he sought at all times to go to the fountain head and find out the truth for himself. JOHN ROBERT PRYSE (Golyddan; 1840 - 1862), poet Poetry Son of Gweirydd ap Rhys. Born
PRYTHERCH, WILLIAM (1804 - 1888), Calvinistic Methodist minister 1869 married Margaret Gregory of Rhosili. He was ordained at Llandeilo, 9 August 1870, and in 1872 returned to Gopa as minister of the church. On 10 April 1894 he took, as his second wife, Margaretta, daughter of the Rev. John Richards of Llechryd. In October 1894 he became minister of Trinity chapel, Swansea, in succession to Dr. David Saunders (1831 - 1892). He was moderator of the C.M. General
PUGH family Mathafarn, The first prominent member of the family was Dafydd Llwyd ap Llywelyn, the poet who fl. c. 1480 and who was the author of a number of vaticinatory poems about Henry Tudor (Henry VII). He apparently possessed an extensive estate on both sides of the river Dyfi above Machynlleth. The line was continued by EVAN AP DAVID LLOYD and by HUGH AB EVAN, whose son, JOHN AP HUGH, served as a county
PUGH, DAVID (1739 - 1816), cleric Born at Dolgelley, the son of Hugh and Jane Pugh. He went to Hertford College, Oxford, 1758, and graduated in 1762. He became rector of S. Mary, Newport, Pembrokeshire, in 1770, and held the living until his death - this living had been offered to Daniel Rowland in 1769. He visited Llwyn-gwair, the home of the Bowen family, frequently; it was there, possibly, that he first met John Wesley. He was
PUGH, ELLIS (1656 - 1718), Quaker Born at Penrhos, near Tyddyn-y-garreg, Dolgelley, Meironnydd, in June 1656 (in August, according to NLW MS 9270A). His father had died before he was born and his mother died soon after giving birth to him. When he was 18 years old he joined the Society of Friends under the influence of John ap John; six years later he himself began to minister among Friends. In 1686 he and his family and many
PUGH, FRANCIS (1720 - 1811), early Welsh Methodist and Moravian the Brethren. After a probationary period of mission-work, he was formally admitted to Fetter-lane congregation on 9 March 1748; on 12 May 1757 he was ordained deacon by bishop John Gambold, but was never priested. He was in charge of Leominster congregation for two periods, 1755-9 and 1763-8, and in 1768 was sent to take charge of the societies at Laugharne and Carmarthen. His tenure there was long
PUGH, HUGH (1803 - 1868), schoolmaster and Independent minister Born May 1803 at Towyn, Meironnydd. His father had enlisted in the army, in which he served during the Peninsular War. The son was educated by John Jones of Pen-y-parc, a celebrated schoolmaster, until he was 13 years of age, when he went to London as clerk in a solicitor's office. There, he embraced every opportunity of improving his knowledge but was compelled, owing to ill health, to return to

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