Dictionary of Welsh Biography

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (Gwilym ab Iorwerth; 1800? - 1859), poet Born at Esgair-gadwyth-fach, in the parish of Darowen, Montgomeryshire, c. 1800. His father was a labourer and mole-catcher and he, too, followed the same occupations for a time. With the help of Pugh of Esgair (Llanbryn-mair), and the Rev. Thos. Richards and Miss Richards of Darowen, he learned a little Welsh, English, and arithmetic. He then went to Cardiganshire, where he married. Late in life
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM EMYR (1889 - 1958), solicitor and eisteddfod patron eisteddfod leader whose consistent firmness and dignified personality proved a tower of strength to the All-Welsh eisteddfod. ' He nothing common did nor mean! ' In 1957 the University of Wales conferred an hon. LL.D. on him. The culture of the Llanbryn-mair area had considerable influence on his way of thinking and living, having spent many of his holidays since boyhood at Bontdolgadfan, the home of his
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM MORRIS (1883 - 1954), quarryman, choir conductor, soloist and cerdd dant adjudicator Born one of 7 children, 17 January 1883 in Tan-y-fron, Tanygrisiau, Meironnydd, son of William Morris Williams, quarryman, and his wife Jane. His father was precentor in Bethel (CM) chapel, Tanygrisiau for 25 years and the son began to assist him when he was 17. He married in 1905 Mair, daughter of Daniel and Mary Williams, Conglog, Tanygrisiau and they raised a musical family of 3 sons and 2
WOOD family, Welsh gipsies gone astray by assuming that every Wood in Wales was a member of this tribe, e.g. the Wood s who were settled in Llanbryn-mair from 1500 on (one of them was a churchwarden in 1697), Wood s who were respectable merchants at Carmarthen as early as 1630, even the Londoner, colonel Wood, who was Member of Parliament for Brecknock. ABRAHAM WOOD (1699? - 1799), fiddler Music Performing Arts It used to be
WYNN, WILLIAM (1709 - 1760), cleric, antiquary, and poet , 22 September 1734, and became vicar of Llanbryn-mair 9 June 1739. At Llanbryn-mair he was involved in a dispute with Howel Harris (November 1740). He married Martha Roberts of Rhyd-onnen, Llandysilio, near Denbigh, 6 August 1742; Wynn refers to children of this marriage (Panton MS. 58 (185)), as does William Morris (Morris Letters, ii, 168). His son, Robert, matriculated as of Jesus College, 31

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