Dictionary of Welsh Biography

DAVIES, JENKIN (1798 - 1842), Calvinistic Methodist minister of his life; he was a remarkable preacher, acceptable in all parts of Wales and London; and such men as Henry Rees and Lewis Edwards held him in very high esteem. He died 10 August 1842. There is a short biography of him by Abel Green and J. Hugh Jones (Newcastle Emlyn, 1845). He was married and had a family.
DAVIES, JOHN (1795 - 1858), Unitarian minister and schoolmaster , Alltyblaca, and Bwlchyfadfa. For a time he was an assistant at Davis's school, but before long started schools of his own at Gelli-gron, Tyssul Castle, Blaenbydernyn (Pencarreg, Carmarthenshire), and Tre-fach; in 1830 he opened an academy at Adpar, Newcastle Emlyn, which flourished until his death. Many of his most distinguished pupils have testified to his ability as a teacher. He wrote some hymns and
DAVIES, JOHN LLOYD (1801 - 1860) Blaendyffryn, Alltyrodyn,, M.P. Born at Aberystwyth 1 November 1801. He became articled to a solicitor, and at 24 years of age had succeeded to a practice in Newcastle Emlyn. In 1825 he married Anne, daughter of John Lloyd, Allt-yr-odyn, and through his marriage inherited that estate. He married, secondly, in 1857, Elizabeth Bluett, the only child of Thomas Bluett Hardwicke of Tytherington Grange, Gloucestershire. He was a J.P
DAVIES, RHYS (Y Glun Bren; 1772 - 1847), eccentric Independent preacher Born 1772 in the neighbourhood of Newcastle Emlyn. He was taught by J. Griffiths (1731 - 1811), of Glandŵr, Pembrokeshire, and as a young man began to preach in the Independent chapels. At the outset of his career he went to North Wales, where he was a schoolmaster at Pennal, Dinas Mawddwy, and other places. In 1796 he was attending an assembly at which religious fervour ran high and, in the
DAVIES, STEPHEN (d. 1794), revived the defunct 17th century Baptist church at Carmarthen The labours of Enoch Francis had settled a branch of the Newcastle Emlyn Baptist church at Ffynnonhenry (Llanpumpsaint), and Davies, a son-in-law of his, was a member there. In 1757, Davies rented a dwelling-house in Priory Street, Carmarthen, for holding occasional preaching services, as some of the members of Ffynnonhenry lived in the town. In 1765, Davies opened a linen-draper's shop in the
DEWI EMLYN - see DAVIES, DAVID
EDWARDS, JOHN (Eos Glan Twrch; 1806 - 1887), poet and prose-writer Born 15 April 1806, at Tyn-y-fedw, Llanuwchllyn, Meironnydd. He received some education under Michael Jones and was a member of 'Cymdeithas Cymreigyddion Llanuwchllyn.' He emigrated to the U.S.A. in 1828, lived for a while in New York, in Utica in 1831, and again in New York (1834-42), where he married Mary James, a native of Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire He moved to Floyd, N.Y., and engaged
ELLIS, ROBERT MORTON STANLEY (1898 - 1966), minister (Presb.), and author Congregationalist, but he joined the Presbyterians in Bethania, Glanaman, and began preaching there. He was educated for the ministry in Newcastle Emlyn grammar school and in the Presbyterian colleges at Aberystwyth and Bala. In 1925 he was ordained, and the same year he married Martha Maud Davies of Brynmyrnach, Llanfyrnach, Pembrokeshire. He was minister of Abermeurig and Bwlchyllan churches, Cardiganshire
EVANS, ANNIE FLORENCE (1884 - 1967), revivalist and missionary heart!'). This made a deep impression on those present, and the result effectively marked the start of the Revival in Wales. Joseph Jenkins subsequently took groups of young people across Cardiganshire to spread the revival, Florrie Evans being prominent among them. He said that her example was instrumental in helping 'deliver him from self and philosophy'. When Evan Roberts came to Newcastle Emlyn
EVANS, BENJAMIN (1740 - 1821), Independent minister persecution his denomination increased its hold on North Wales and he secured a High Court judgement compelling the justices to register a house for the purpose of worship at Cutiau in the parish of Llanaber (Barmouth). In 1777 he moved to Albany church, Haverfordwest, and two years later to Tre-wen, near Newcastle Emlyn. He became a prominent leader in South Wales. For years he was an exponent of the
EVANS, CLIFFORD GEORGE (1912 - 1985), actor ; Siân Phillips, Dame Sybil Thorndike and Dame Flora Robson; Emlyn Williams, Alun Owen and Christopher Fry. Meetings with Cardiff City Council progressed and locations were discussed. The plan was for a nine hundred seat theatre, art gallery and restaurant, rehearsal rooms, a two hundred seat student theatre and a large outdoor auditorium in Sophia Gardens, adjacent to Cardiff Castle. This centre was
EVANS, DAVID (1778 - 1866), Baptist minister - and indeed, his oddities. These are recorded in the book about him by Benjamin Thomas (Myfyr Emlyn, 1836 - 1893), first published in 1870 but reprinted time after time and sold by the thousand.

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