Dictionary of Welsh Biography

THOMAS, ROBERT (Ap Vychan; 1809 - 1880), Independent minister and tutor, poet and man of letters Born at Tŷ Coch, Pennantlliw-bach, Llanuwchllyn, 11 August 1809, the third of ten children, his father, DAFYDD THOMAS (Dewi ap Didymus; 1782 - 1863) being from the parish of Llangower and his mother having been born at Tŷ Coch. Dafydd Thomas was a man of culture and had educated himself far above the average; hymns written by him will be found in the Independent Caniedydd; some of his work
THOMAS, TIMOTHY (1720 - 1768) Maes-isaf, Pencarreg, Baptist minister and author under the titles of The Mystery of the Seven Stars, 1809, and Jesus Christ an Object of Prayer (1819); hymns in Welsh and English, e.g. in Greal y Bedyddwyr; and elegies to his uncle Zecharias Thomas and his aunt Mary Evans, Pantycelyn. His funeral sermon, by W. Newman, D.D., was published in 1819. He is not to be confused, as was done by Henry Blackwell (NLW MS 9272A), with Thomas Thomas, Wareham.
THOMAS, WILLIAM (1749 - 1809), Independent minister, and publisher admitted to Abergavenny Academy and, on 2 October 1782, was ordained minister of Hanover church, Llanover, Monmouth. He was not happy there and in 1787 accepted a call to Bala, where he remained for the rest of his life. He died in May 1809, and was buried in the Congregational burial-ground, Bala. He was greatly interested in book publishing and occasionally suffered financial losses on this account. He
WARDLE, GWYLLYM LLOYD (1762? - 1833), Quaker and Wesleyan preacher and poet An adventurer whose chequered career is recorded in the D.N.B.; as Member of Parliament (for Okehampton, 1807) he made his reputation by his attacks on the army clothing contractors, and added to this by attacking (1809) the duke of York, who at that time was commander-in-chief, and who was forced by this attack to resign. This won for Wardle unbounded praise; addresses were presented to him by a
WATKINS, JOSHUA (1769 or 1770 - 1841), Baptist minister ), and he is found working with his former opponent, Titus Lewis, to re-establish causes like Tŷ Coch (Llangynog), 1806, which had lost their congregations. He was exceedingly popular for the rest of his life. Geiriadur Bywgraffyddol o Enwogion Cymru (ii, 609) says that he had a shop in the town - possibly a bookseller 's; in 1809 he was a printer and publisher, at first in partnership with others, but
WILLIAMS, DAVID (Alaw Goch; 1809 - 1863), coal-owner and eisteddfodwr Born 12 July 1809 at Llwyn Drain in the parish of Ystrad Owen, Glamorganshire. About 1821 his parents removed to Aberdare, and for a time he followed his father's trade as a sawyer. But he soon left that for coal-mining, and with marked ability, grit, perseverance, and a large measure of luck he soon attained a prominent position in the coal-mining world of South Wales. His first attempt at
WILLIAMS, ELIEZER (1754 - 1820), cleric, author, and schoolmaster , who died in infancy; Anne Williams died in 1796; and (2), at the end of 1796, Jane Amelia Nugent, daughter of St. George Armstrong, Armaduff, Drumsna, Leitrim, Ireland; by her he had eight children. Jane Williams died 31 December 1809.
WILLIAMS, JAMES (1790 - 1872), cleric , 20-5. He had a brother JOHN WILLIAMS (1784 - 1876) Law He went to Eton and Jesus College, Oxford (he did not graduate); he was called to the Bar from Lincoln's Inn in 1809, was receiver-general for North Wales, and for many years was chairman of the Anglesey quarter sessions.One of his grandsons was Sir RALPH CHAMPNEYS WILLIAMS (1848 - 1927) Politics, Government and Political Movements He was born
WILLIAMS, MORRIS (Nicander; 1809 - 1874), cleric and man of letters Born at Caernarvon, 20 August 1809, son of William Morris and Sarah his wife (she was a sister of Peter Jones (Pedr Fardd), and had been maidservant to Dewi Wyn - her husband had been a servant to Robert ap Gwilym Ddu. When he was a child, his parents moved to Coed Cae Bach, Llangybi, Caernarfonshire. He had some schooling at Llanystumdwy and was apprenticed to a carpenter; he began to write
WILLIAMS, MOSES (d. 1819), General (but Trinitarian) Baptist minister, and blacksmith Wesleyan mission to those parts, and we find him in 1806 (A History of Carmarthenshire, ii, 253) preaching in the Wesleyan chapel at Carmarthen. He preached in the Assembly of the General Baptists at Newcastle Emlyn in May 1807 (Monthly Repository, 1807, 333), but it is obvious that by 1809 (ibid., 1809, 695) it was a ' John Griffiths ' who had taken the lead at Llandyfân - for further information about
WILLIAMS, PETER (1756 - 1837), cleric and author vicarage of Bangor. He was also master of Friars school, Bangor [ 1790-1802 ]. He took the degrees of B.D. and D.D. in 1802. On 27 October 1802 he was appointed rector of Llanbedrog with Llangïan and Llanfihangel Bachellaeth, and also archdeacon of Merioneth; on 1 July 1809, he resigned the archdeaconry, taking in its place the prebend of Penmynydd. This in turn he resigned, receiving instead, on 21
WILLIAMS, Sir ROGER (1540? - 1595), soldier and author Discourse of War, 1590; this work being followed by Newes from Sir Roger Williams, 1591. In 1618 there was published, posthumously, his Actions of the Low Countries; of this there was a reprint in Somers's Tracts, 1809, a Dutch translation, Memorien van Roger Williams, appearing in 1864. He died at his home in London 12 December 1595, and was buried 23 December in S. Paul's Cathedral.

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