Dictionary of Welsh Biography

PRICE, ISAAC (1735? - 1805), Congregational minister at Troedrhiwdalar in 1758. Possessed of a strong constitution, he was able to undertake preaching journeys constantly throughout Brecknock and Carmarthenshire as far as Crug-y-bar. He was invited to Crug-y-bar by Dafydd Jones (1711 - 1777) the hymnist, of Caeo, where he preached regularly once a month throughout the period of his ministry. He inherited the spirit of the Methodist revival; he
PRYTHERCH, WILLIAM (1804 - 1888), Calvinistic Methodist minister Born 25 April 1804 at Tŷn-yr-heol, Cynwyl Gaeo, Carmarthenshire, son of Thomas William Rytherch. He was educated at Carmarthen and used to help David Charles (I) in the public services. In 1825 he began to preach in Caeo chapel, and in 1831 he married Joyce, daughter of Thomas Evans of Pumpsaint. After leaving Caeo he lived in various places in Carmarthenshire - Llanegwad, Llanfynydd, Betws
RICHARD, TIMOTHY (1845 - 1919), missionary in China Born at Ffaldybrenin, Carmarthenshire, 10 October 1845, the son of Timothy and Eleanor Richard, he was baptized in 1859 and became a member of Caeo Baptist church. After a period of school teaching, he entered the Haverfordwest Baptist College (1865), and in 1869 the Baptist Missionary Society sent him to China. There he laboured, with infrequent furloughs, from 1870 to 1915, first in Chafoo
SAUNDERS, EVAN (d. 1742), deacon with Zecharias Thomas and David Davies in the spring of 1771. His ministry, however, was not a complete success. He so lost his popularity among the members of Bethel, Caeo, that he was obliged to confine his activities to the other branches, and eventually adhered to the General Baptists, although it is not recorded that he accepted pastoral charge. He died at the home of his brother Thomas Saunders
THOMAS, ARTHUR SIMON (Anellydd; 1865 - 1935), cleric and writer Born 5 September 1865 at Crug-y-bar, Caeo, the son of D. Simon Thomas. He graduated (1897) at S. David's College, and was ordained in 1894 and 1895. He was a curate at Llanwynno, Llandilo, Llangors, and S. Nicholas (Pembroke town), before being appointed to the livings of S. Michael's (Pembroke town), 1907-10; Maesmynus and other near-by parishes, 1910-21; S. Nicholas and Granston in
THOMAS, JOHN (1730 - 1804?), Congregational minister, and hymnist Caniadau Sion [ sic ] in six parts between 1758 and 1788 (this work [the separate parts of which were collected into a volume in 1788 ] includes some of our best-known hymns), and translated many of Bunyan's tracts. There are elegies by him to Howel Harris, David Jones of Caeo, and Peter Williams.
THOMAS, JOSHUA (1719 - 1797), Baptist minister and historian Born at Tŷ Hen, parish of Caeo, 22 February 1719, though the family moved within three years to Esgair Ithri in Cwm Pedol. There is very little information about his early years, till in 1738 he went to Hereford to be apprenticed as a mercer to his uncle Simon Thomas, the author of Hanes y Byd a'r Amseroedd. There were no Baptists in that city, so Joshua had to walk as far as Leominster, where he
THOMAS, TIMOTHY (1720 - 1768) Maes-isaf, Pencarreg, Baptist minister and author Born at Tŷ-hen, Caeo, 2 March 1720-1 second son of Thomas Morgan and Jane Thomas, and brother of Joshua Thomas, Leominster, and Zecharias Thomas, Aberduar, he was baptized at the age of 18, and started to preach before he was 20; he was educated at the Academy at Trosnant, 1740-1, and in 1743 was ordained minister of his mother-church at Aberduar and its branches, where he remained until his
THOMAS, ZACHARIAS (1727 - 1816), Baptist minister Born at Esgair-ithri, Caeo, 13 (or 24?) August 1727, the youngest of five children born to Thomas Morgan Thomas and Jane, his wife, previously of Ty-Hen in the same parish, and brother of Joshua Thomas, Leominster and Timothy Thomas ' I,' Aberduar. He was baptized at Maes-y-berllan in 1748, during an apprenticeship at Hay, but returned and became a member at Pant Teg on the occasion of his

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