Dictionary of Welsh Biography

RICHARDS, THOMAS (1754 - 1837), cleric Nantcwnlle in Cardiganshire; he also kept school at Nantcwnlle. He received priest's orders in 1809, and in 1811 he went to Llanbryn-mair as curate and schoolmaster. In December 1816 he moved to Caerwys in Flintshire, and after ten years as curate there he was appointed rector and stayed there till 1849. In that year he went as vicar to Meifod, Montgomeryshire, and died there, 3 April 1860. He was buried
ROBERTS, EDWYN CYNRIG (1837 - 1893), pioneer in Patagonia Edwyn Cynrig Roberts was born on 28 February 1837, the firstborn child of John Kendrick (1809-1839), farmer, and Mary Hughes (1809-1892), on Bryn farm, situated between the villages of Cilcain and Nannerch, Flintshire. The record of his baptism dated 14 March 1837 at Ebeneser Independent Chapel, Rhes-y-cae, parish of Halkyn, shows that he was named Edwin Hughes Kendrick. Soon after the birth of a
ROBERTS, JOHN (1753 - 1834), Calvinistic Methodist minister , he made his home in that neighbourhood. He was ordained minister at the first Calvinistic Methodist ordination, 1811; and from 1809 until he died 3 November 1834, at the age of 82, continued to live at Llangwm. He was a short man but possessed a strong constitution. He took part in the preparation of the Calvinistic Methodist Confession of Faith and the Rules of Discipline in 1823, and was regarded
ROBERTS, MORRIS (d. c. 1723), poet, and carpenter y Bala (both in ' Cyfres y Fil'). And many years after Morris Roberts's death, William Thomas (1749 - 1809), Independent minister at Bala, printed (Tre-vecka, 1793) a religious tract by him, Cyngor i'r Cynmry mewn Deuddeg o Bennodau.
ROBERTS, RICHARD (Gruffydd Rhisiart; 1810 - 1883), writer and Independent preacher Born 5 November 1809 at Diosg, Llanbryn-mair, youngest son of John Roberts (1767 - 1834). He was educated at the school kept by his father, was brought up to be a farmer, and had the chief responsibility for the smallholding, but like his brothers, 'S.R.' and 'J.R.,' he was keenly interested in writing. The periodicals of the time, especially Y Cronicl (which was edited by his brothers), abound
ROBERTS, ROBERT (1774 - 1849), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and hymnist Born at S. Asaph, and given a good general education, he became a whitesmith. He seems to have led an irregular life until he was converted to religion under the preaching of Robert Prys (1738 - 1809) of Plas-winter; he thereupon joined the Methodists, despite his father's opposition; and in or about 1805 became a preacher. His wife died, and he married again (1813), a widow called Clarke, of Tan
ROBERTS, WILLIAM (1809 - 1887), Calvinistic Methodist minister, editor, and author Born 25 September 1809 at Llannerch-y-medd, Anglesey. He was educated under John Richards, who held the living of Llannerch-y-medd, and at a school kept at Holyhead by William Griffith (1801 - 1881), Congregational minister. He began to preach in 1829 at Hyfrydle chapel, Holyhead. He then went to Dublin for a further course of education; there he gathered together some of the Welsh -speaking
ROGERS, DAVID (1783 - 1824), Wesleyan minister and author Born at Garth, Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd. He was convinced under the ministry of Edward Jones of Bathafarn (1778 - 1837) in 1800 and was, therefore, one of the first-fruits of the Welsh Wesleyan mission. He began to preach c. 1803, and was made a circuit minister in 1805. He served in the following circuits: Denbigh (1805), Caernarvon (1806-7), Llandeilo (1808), Caerphilly (1809-10), Llanidloes
SAUNDERSON, ROBERT (1780 - 1863), printer and publisher periodicals. There is a portrait of him on p. 219 of the second volume of Y Tadau Methodistaidd. Saunderson's small diary is kept at N.L.W. (NLW MS 16370A). Frances his unmarried sister, was buried in St. John's churchyard, Chester, 29 November 1801. Of his sons, the eldest was CHARLES SAUNDERSON (1809 - 1832), ('Siarl Wyn o Benllyn') poet Poetry Born 15 March 1809 and christened 28 March. He died of
SHADRACH, AZARIAH (1774 - 1844), schoolmaster, Independent minister, and author large number of popular books of a homiletic nature bearing long and allegorical titles - (1) Allwedd Myfyrdod, 1801; (2) Breuddwyd … un o drigolion Bethsemes, 1802-3?; (3) Drws i'r Meddwl Segur, 1804; (4) A Looking-glass, 1807; (5) Perlau Calfaria, 1808; (6) Clorianau Aur, 1809; (7) Blodau Paradwys, 1810; (8) Trysorau'r Groes, 1811; (9) Goleuni Caersalem, 1812; (10) Rhosyn Saron, 1816; (11) Udgorn y
SKENE, WILLIAM FORBES (1809 - 1892), Scottish historian and Celtic scholar Born 7 June 1809 at Irvine, Inverness-shire, and died 29 August 1892 in Edinburgh. In 1868 he published The Four Ancient Books of Wales, containing Welsh verse from ' The Book of Aneirin ', ' The Book of Taliesin ', ' The Black Book of Carmarthen ', and part of ' The Red Book of Hergest '; the verse was translated for him by D. Silvan Evans and Robert Williams. This work was an attempt at
SMITH, THOMAS ASSHETON (1752 - 1828) Vaenol, Bangor, landed proprietor and quarry owner to realize that it would pay him to develop the quarries on his estate. In 1809 he formed a company of four with himself as chairman, but, before long, disagreements arose between the partners and the upshot was that in 1820 he took the reins into his own hands. He saw the number of quarrymen rise from 200 in 1820 to 800 in 1826, when 20,000 tons of slate were produced. He built a fine road so that

Search results

97 - 108 of 123 for "1809"