Dictionary of Welsh Biography

EDWARDS, CHARLES (1628 - after 1691), Puritan man of letters insanity. He completed the writing of the autobiography on 1 July 1691; what his history was after that is not known. Y Ffydd Ddi-ffuant has won a secure place for itself among Welsh prose classics. It cannot be denied that Charles Edwards is the chief writer of Welsh prose between the days of Morgan Llwyd and those of Ellis Wynne.
EDWARDS, HUMPHREY (1730 - 1788), physician and apothecary Son of Robert Edwards, rector of Llan-rug from 1725 to 1733. Robert Edwards had a small collection of Welsh manuscripts (NLW MSS., Panton 29, 81 et seq.); his daughter Margaret was the wife of Nicholas Owen, rector of Llandyfrydog, and mother of Nicholas Owen, rector of Mellteyrn from 1799 to 1811. Humphrey Edwards was interested in English literature and on 2 January 1782 was lent two volumes of
EDWARDS, JOHN (Siôn y Potiau; 1699? - 1776), translator and poet third part was published 'for Dafydd Llwyd of Bala ' at Chester in 1768 - a Robert Llwyd of Bala is mentioned in the second part as one of the translator's friends. This was the earliest translation of the 'third' part into Welsh.
EDWARDS, WILLIAM CAMDEN (1777 - 1855), engraver landscapes, including one after Salvator Rosa, Edwards excelled as an engraver of portraits. His work includes engravings of portraits after Reynolds, Lawrence, Richard Cosway, Ozias Humphrey, Kneller, Hoppner, Gainsborough, Samuel Cooper, and Opie. Dawson Turner (1775 - 1858), botanist and antiquary, owned a complete series of his engravings and etchings. Edwards died 22 August 1855 and was buried in the
EDWIN family Llanfihangel, Llanmihangel, The original owners of this estate, and the builders of its Tudor manor-house, were the THOMAS family, on whom see G. T. Clark, Limbus Patrum, 272-3; at some time before 1687 the estate was sold to HUMPHREY EDWIN (1642 - 1707), a very wealthy Londoner of whom a full account appears in the D.N.B. Sir Humphrey (knighted, and sheriff of Glamorgan, in 1687, lord mayor of London in 1697) was a
ELLIS family Bron y Foel, Ystumllyn, Ynyscynhaearn ), daughter of Ellis Wynn ap Robert, Rhwng-y-ddwyryd. Griffith and Margaret Ellis were the parents of Thomas Ellis (died 1673), rector of Dolgelley, and John Ellis (died 15 October 1693), chancellor of St Asaph. Owen Ellis I, by his wife Dorothy, daughter of John Wynn ab Humphrey, Cesail Gyfarch, was the father of a large family, among the children being ELLIS ELLIS (died 1631), of Ystumllyn, and Robert
ELLIS, JOHN (1674 - 1735), cleric and antiquary Humphrey Humphreys; they had three children - one, John Ellis, Ll.B., became vicar of Bangor and archdeacon of Merioneth, but the others died in infancy. He died at Llanbedr in July 1735; the register of that parish records his burial on the 12th day of the month. John Ellis took a great interest in antiquities. Browne Willis acknowledges the valuable assistance which he rendered in the compilation of A
ELLIS, ROBERT (Cynddelw; 1812 - 1875), Baptist minister, preacher, poet, antiquary, and commentator Born 3 February 1812 at Ty'n-y-meini near Pen-y-bont-fawr, Montgomeryshire. He was a farm labourer from 1822 until 1835. His interest in literature and antiquities and his knowledge of poetry were probably kindled by his mother and rustic literati such as Richard Morris, the turner of Pentre-felin, James Jones the tailor, and Humphrey Bromley, the Unitarian preacher. These interests absorbed him
ELLIS, THOMAS EDWARD (1859 - 1899), M.P. for Merioneth (1886-99) and chief Liberal whip (1894-5) Students' Association of the University College of Wales, and warden (1896-9) of the Guild of Graduates of the University. He edited the first volume of the works of Morgan Llwyd, a task subsequently completed by his brother-in-law J. H. Davies. He married Annie, daughter of R. J. Davies, Cwrt-mawr, Llangeitho, who survived him, with a son, Thomas Iorwerth Ellis. He died at Cannes, France, 5 April 1899
ERBERY, WILLIAM (1604 - 1654), Puritan and Independent he was haled before the Committee for Plundered Ministers, 8 February 1652/3, to answer for his heresies (Clarke Papers, ii, 233). He had close connections with the Welsh Puritans, and Morgan Llwyd thought of him as his teacher. He was a violent critic of his co-religionists, and in matters of education opposed the Puritan emphasis on what he called 'carnal knowledge.' On 12 October 1653 Erbery and
EVANS family Tan-y-bwlch, Maentwrog Thomas ap Dafydd ab Ifan ab Einion ab Osbwrn. The wife of his son, EVAN AP ROBERT, was Gwen, daughter of Humphrey ap Maredudd ab Evan ap Robert, Cesail-gyfarch, Caernarfonshire, and it was their son, ROBERT AB EVAN, who first stabilized the surname and became known as ROBERT EVANS. Robert Evans married Elizabeth, daughter of John Wynn ap Cadwaladr, Rhiwlas, Meironnydd, their heir being EVAN EVANS
EVANS, DAVID (fl. 1750), poet of Coed-bychan, Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomeryshire. He was one of the descendants of Humphrey Davies of Llanbryn-mair. Some of his verse appeared in the almanacs published by Evan Davies (Philomath, fl. 1720-50). There is one of his poems in NLW MS 14402B: 'Chwech o Benhillion a ddanfonwyd mewn llythyr o Flanders yn amser y Frenhines Anne, at fy Mam, ac mi welais gyffhelyb i'r peth ar ôl hynnu

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