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THOMAS, JENKIN (Siencyn Pen-hydd; 1746 - 1807), Methodist exhorter Lewis of Llanfihangel Ynys Afan, and went to live for a time at Aberafan, but left this place to go to Goetre, near the old chapel of Dyffryn, Tai-bach, where he spent the remainder of his life. He died 26 December 1807, and was buried in the churchyard at Llanfihangel Ynys Afan - now known as Cwmafan. 'Siencyn Pen-hydd' was one of the most remarkable preachers of his generation and became talked of
THOMAS, SIENCYN (1690 - 1762), boot-maker, Dissenting preacher, and poet
TUDUR PENLLYN (c. 1420 - c. 1485-90), bard mayor, was slain; Rheinallt died either in 1465 or 1466), and Dafydd Siencyn, one of the faithful supporters of Jasper Tudor and Henry of Richmond, a man who was famous for his raids on England. As might have been expected, Tudur Penllyn was favourably inclined to those noblemen who stood up for their rights at a time of fierce enmity between the Welsh and English. He excelled in writing panegyrics

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