Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WILLIAM, DAVID (1720 - 1794), hymn-writer first publication was Golwg y Ffyddloniaid ar Degwch a Gogoniant Jesu Crist (Carmarthen, 1760). He then published a celebrated series with the title Gorfoledd ym Mhebyll Seion (c. 1760-2, Carmarthen; 1777, Carmarthen; 1778, Brecon; and 1778, Brecon). The various parts were published in a single volume with the same title in 1782 (Brecon), and a third edition with additions in 1786 (Carmarthen). In
WILLIAM, LODWICK (fl. 1689?), writer of interludes composed c. 1689. On the title-page of the 1802 edition, the author is described as of 'Glanllwchwr, Llandybie,' 'Glanllwchwr' (or 'Cwmllwchwr') being a farmhouse in the parish of Llandybie, Carmarthenshire. He appears to have been a physician of some repute, and popular tradition also attributed to him magical powers. Other authorities, however, maintain that Lodwick William was a native of Bala
WILLIAM, THOMAS (1717 - 1765), Methodist exhorter and later Independent minister Born 1717, son of the miller of Corrwg mill, Eglwysilan, Glamorganshire. He came to religion under the ministry of Howel Harris, c. 1738. He was a schoolmaster in the circulating schools, began to exhort among the Methodists, and in 1743 was appointed superintendent of the societies in Glamorgan. He was one of those who, in 1745, conveyed the message concerning the ordination of exhorters to the
WILLIAMS family Cochwillan, Descended from the same stock as Griffith of Penrhyn, the founder of the family was ROBIN AP GRIFFITH (died c.1445) Brother of the Gwilym ap Griffith who established the Penrhyn fortunes on a firm foundation. Robin may have been settled in Bodfeio as early as 1389. He married (1) Angharad, daughter of Rhys ap Griffith and (2) Lowry, daughter of Grono ap Ifan. He supported Owain Glyndwr in the
WILLIAMS family Aberpergwm, settled at Aberpergwm, c. 1500. The family produced no particularly noteworthy member until the end of the 18th century; but long before that (certainly not later than 1670) it was deriving an income from the coal and ironstone on the estate by leasing the rights to speculators. George Williams, a notable athlete (died 1796), is believed to have been the last of the legitimate line, and it was REES
WILLIAMS, ALBERT CLIFFORD (1905 - 1987), Labour politician He was born at Blaina on 28 June 1905, one of the several children of Daniel Williams (born c.1869), a local miner, and his wife Sara Jane (born c.1872). He received his education at local elementary schools at Blaina, Monmouthshire and began his career as a miner at the age of just 14 and then became a colliery repairer. He was the chairman of the western lodge of the miner's union, 1936-46. He
WILLIAMS, BENJAMIN (Gwynionydd; 1821 - 1891), cleric and author Llanover, Monmouth. He published (a) two volumes of poems - Caniadau (Aberystwyth, 1867) and Briallen Glan Ceri (Carmarthen, 1873), (b) a short essay on Lewis Glyn Cothi (Carmarthen, 1866), (c) Enwogion Ceredigion (Carmarthen, 1869), a biographical work which is still consulted. He also contributed to Y Brython, Yr Haul, and Archaeologia Cambrensis. He was a successful competitor at eisteddfodau, being
WILLIAMS, DAVID (1717 - 1792), Methodist exhorter, afterwards Independent minister Born at Is-coed, Llandyfaelog, Carmarthenshire, son of William Dafydd. Richard William Dafydd, the exhorter, was his brother. As a young man he came to Glamorgan to work for Christopher Bassett, junior of Aberthaw, and began to exhort in the Methodist societies c. 1742. It is not certain whether he was the David Williams who was appointed a ' private exhorter ' at the Watford Association, 1743
WILLIAMS, DAVID (1793? - 1845), author Born at Landore, Glamorganshire, c. 1793, becoming in course of time a member of the Congregational church at Mynydd-bach. He emigrated to Mexico, leaving Haverfordwest on 12 March 1825, and reaching Vera Cruz on 13 May; he had learnt Spanish during the voyage. He published Llythyrau Cymro yn Mexico at ei Gyfeillion yn Nglandwr wrth Abertawy … (Abertawy, 1827). Two parts were issued out of three
WILLIAMS, DAVID DAVID (1862 - 1938), minister (Presb.) and author ). He married, c. 1896-97, Clara A. Jones, Ashlands; they had no children. He lived at Prestatyn after retiring, and died there 3 July 1938. He was a prominent figure in his Connexion, being Moderator of the North Wales Association (1931). He was an assiduous researcher and received a M.A. degree of the University of Liverpool for his thesis on ' Vaticination in Welsh literature '. For a period he
WILLIAMS, DAVID PRYSE (Brythonydd; 1878 - 1952), minister (B), writer, and historian , writing and following eisteddfodau and researching the history of the country between Newcastle Emlyn and the sea in the parish of Penbryn, and despite frequent attacks of infirmity, undoubtedly the first ten years of the 20th c. were the most fruitful for his researches. He published a constant flow of poems, articles and notes in the Cardigan and Aberystwyth weekly papers and in periodicals such as
WILLIAMS, EDWARD (Iolo Morganwg; 1747 - 1826), poet and antiquary Morgan. He also had the opportunity to read Welsh manuscripts. Thomas Richards, Coychurch, and John Walters, Llandough, must be listed among his teachers - and this accounts for the great interest which he took in the vocabulary of the Welsh language. Thus it was that he began to grow into a Welsh scholar. He learnt his father's craft, that of a stonemason. He journeyed in North Wales c. 1771-2 and, in

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