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WILLIAMS, JOHN JAMES
(1869 - 1954), minister (Congl.) and poet
newydd yr Ysgol Sul (1930); he also assisted in preparing the Caniedydd (1960). It was he who edited the memorial volume to Hedd Wyn (Ellis
Humphrey
Evans), Cerddi'r Bugail (1918), and he was editor of ' Congl y Beirdd ' in Y Tyst, 1924-37, and Y Dysgedydd, 1933-36. He received an honorary M.A. degree from the University of Wales in 1930. He married (1), 1899, Claudia Bevan of Mountain Ash. She died
WILLIAMS, MARIA JANE
(Llinos; 1795 - 1873), folklore collector and musician
maintained a correspondence with other female scholars, such as the antiquary Angharad
Llwyd
and the historian Jane Williams ('Ysgafell'). In her old age she delighted in the frequent visits of Fanny Baker, by then long married to Evan Jones of Pontneddfechan, and their five children. Only in old age was she allowed to thus express her feelings towards her own child. Maria Jane Williams died in Ynys-las
WILLIAMS, MOSES
(1685 - 1742), cleric and scholar
second impression of this work in 1731 under the title Glossarium Antiquitatum Romanarum; The Breviary of Britain,
Humphrey
Lhuyd, 1723; and Britannicae Descriptionis Commentariolum,
Humphrey
Lhuyd, 1731. He also published Y Namyn un deugain Articlau Crefydd, 1710; Cofrestr o'r Holl Lyfrau Printjedig, 1717; Proposals for Printing by Subscription a Collection of Writings in the Welsh Tongue to the
WILLIAMS, Sir ROGER
(1540? - 1595), soldier and author
he was a member of a troop of 300 men who went to Flushing, under captain Thomas Morgan (c. 1542 - 1595), to assist the Dutch against the armies of Spain; he fought also alongside of Sir
Humphrey
Gilbert and Sir Philip Sidney. From the Netherlands he went to Germany - for details refer to the D.N.B. He was knighted by the earl of Leicester - possibly in 1586. His first publication was A Brief
WILLIAMS, WALDO GORONWY
(1904 - 1971), poet and pacifist
of his most popular poems, but the poet was not satisfied with its derivative mode of expression. In 1936, he published jointly with his friend E.
Llwyd
Williams a book of poetry for children, Cerddi'r Plant (Children's Poems). A more ambitious poetic vision was also given expression in the years up to 1939; inspired by the Crown competition at the 1929 National Eisteddfod he wrote an unfinished
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM
(Crwys; 1875 - 1968), poet, preacher, archdruid
buried in Pant-y-crwys cemetery. He was prominent in the activities of the National Eisteddfod for many years. He won the crown in 1910 on the subject ' Ednyfed Fychan ' and in 1919 on ' Morgan
Llwyd
o Wynedd '. But the pryddest ' Gwerin Cymru ', which won him the crown in 1911, is his best-known work. He was elected archdruid in 1938 and held the office until 1947. The University of Wales conferred on
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM
(Gwilym Peris; 1769 - 1847), poet
married man, a slate quarryman, born in the parish of Llanberis but now resident at Waunfawr.' He wrote an awdl on ' Providence,' which was the subject prescribed by
Humphrey
Thomas, brother of Dafydd Ddu Eryri, as a set piece for the poets of Caernarvonshire at their meeting at Bontnewydd, Llanwnda, in 1803. In 1804 he sent an awdl on ' Ynys Prydain ' to the Gwyneddigion eisteddfod, but it was Dewi Wyn
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM
(1717 - 1791), Methodist cleric, author, and hymn-writer
Born in 1717 at Cefn-coed, Llanfair-ar-y-bryn, Carmarthenshire, son of John and Dorothy Williams. His father was a ruling elder in the Cefnarthen Independent church. He was educated, with a view to becoming a doctor, at Llwyn-
llwyd
Academy, but while he was there he heard Howel Harris preaching in Talgarth churchyard and was completely converted. He joined the Established Church and was ordained
WYNN
family Cesail Gyfarch, Penmorfa
This family numbered some well-known men among its members and was connected by marriage with many other influential North Wales families. To it belonged MEREDYDD ab EVAN (died 1525), of Gwydir, descended from Owain Gwynedd; he married Margaret, daughter of Morris ap John ap Meredydd, of Clenennau, Penmorfa, and by her (she was his third wife), was the father of
HUMPHREY
WYNN of Cesail Gyfarch
WYNN
family Glyn (Glyn Cywarch), Brogyntyn,
This family traces its descent from Osbwrn Wyddel, a member of the Geraldine clan. EINION, living 16 October 1380, and fifth in descent from Osbwrn, married Tanglwst, daughter of Rhydderch ap Ieuan
Llwyd
, of Gogerddan, Cardiganshire. He was succeeded by IFAN (living 6 October 1427), RHYS, and IFAN (living 4 March 1513), who married Laurea, daughter of Richard Bamville, of the Wirral, Cheshire
WYNN
family Maesyneuadd, Llandecwyn
, daughter of Maurice Gethin, Voelas, Denbighshire. The heir of Dafydd and Lowry was
HUMPHREY
AP DAFYDD, who was, it may be noted incidentally, the uncle of
Humphrey
Davies, vicar of Darowen.
Humphrey
ap Dafydd married Annes, daughter of Eliza Morris (i.e. Ellis ap Maurice), Clenennau - see Morris and Owen families of Clenennau - their heir being EDWARD AP
HUMPHREY
, whose death in 1620 was mourned in
WYNN
family Gwydir,
. (Gesail Gyfarch went to his half-brother,
Humphrey
). He rebuilt Gwydir in 1555 and was Member of Parliament for Caernarvonshire, 1551-3, and high sheriff for Caernarvonshire, 1544-5, 1553-4, and 1556-7. The career of his son, MAURICE WYNN (died 18 August 1580), was similar. The first to adopt the name ' Wynn ' as a surname, he was Member of Parliament for Caernarvonshire, 1553, 1554, 1559, and 1563-7
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