Dictionary of Welsh Biography

CYNAN ap IAGO (d. 1060?), exiled prince was the son of Iago ab Idwal, descended from Rhodri Mawr, and ruler of Gwynedd from 1033 to 1039. Upon the murder of Iago in the latter year by his own men and the accession to power of Gruffudd ap Llywelyn, of a different house, Cynan found refuge among the Danes of Dublin. Here he married Ragnhildr, granddaughter of Sitric of the Silken Beard (died 1042), and thus became allied to the royal
DAFYDD ap GWILYM (fl. 1340-1370), poet region. By 1252 he was King's Bailiff in the district around Llanbadarn Fawr, and was appointed constable of Cardigan Castle in 1260. The name of his son Einion occurs as witness to a deed in 1275. A son of this Einion, Gwilym, the poet's grandfather, was a tenant of the king in Emlyn in 1302. Another prominent member of the family was Llywelyn ap Gwilym, Dafydd's uncle, who was constable of Newcastle
DAFYDD AP GWILYM (c. 1315 - c. 1350), poet of his poems display detailed knowledge of that region, and in one he depicts himself eyeing up the girls in the parish church. He had family links with south Ceredigion as well, and it is possible that he spent a period in fosterage in the home of his uncle, Llywelyn ap Gwilym, a man of considerable influence who was constable of Newcastle Emlyn. In a passionate elegy to Llywelyn when he was
DAFYDD EMLYN (fl. 1603-1622), poet and cleric according to Moses Williams. The epithet ' Emlyn ' suggests that he was a native of the Teify valley. His poems, written in the strict metres, were composed in honour of families living in the Cemais (Pembrokeshire) area, such as those of Henllys (1603), Llwyn-gwair, Tre Wern (1614), and Pen-y-benglog (1618, 1622), in Trimsaran, and in Margam. Some of his poems written in his own hand may be seen
DAFYDD WILIAM PYRS (or PRYS) (fl. c. 1660), poet A native, it is said, of Cynwyd, Meironnydd. No details regarding his life are known, but at least two of his poems in free metres remain. One is entitled 'Hanes yr hen ŵr o'r coed,' and the other, in the form of a dialogue between two sisters, has alternate stanzas by Mathew Owen of Llangar and himself. Avoid confusing him with Dafydd Emlyn (Dafydd William Prys), fl. 1603-1622
DAFYDD, PHILIP (1732 - 1814), Methodist exhorter of Newcastle Emlyn
DAVID, REES (fl. 1746), early Arminian Baptist of Matthew Mead's book), although preface and title-page bear the name of Jenkin Jones. It seems that David's school was in or near Newcastle Emlyn : he was one of the signatories of a letter sent to Rhydwilym church from Llandysul in 1725. But in 1729 he adopted Arminian views, and removed to keep school at Hengoed, Glamorganshire, where Charles Winter lived. In the doctrinal disputes at Hengoed
DAVIES, BEN (1840 - 1930), Independent minister, popular preacher, and author and Watford. In 1873 he moved to the Tabernacle at Treorchy, and from there, in 1885, to Trelech, where he was also in charge of Capel Iwan; it was as 'Davies Trelech' that he was known in the days of his popularity as a preacher. In 1902 he left Trelech to take charge of Ebenezer, Newcastle Emlyn, with Capel Iwan, but gave up the latter in 1918. He published in 1882 a volume of sermons, Gair y
DAVIES, DAFYDD GWILYM (1922 - 2017), minister, lecturer and Baptist College Principal Dafydd G. Davies was born on 1 July 1922 at Prysgol, Four Crosses, Pwllheli, the only child of John Clement Davies (1896-1982), a Baptist minister, and his wife Gwen Ellen (née Griffith, 1894-1970), a Welsh teacher. The family moved in 1922 when his father became minister of Graig Baptist Church in Newcastle Emlyn, and Dafydd was brought up there. He was educated at Adpar Primary School
DAVIES, DAVID (1753 - 1820), Methodist cleric Born 1753, son of John and Catherine Davies of Pen-y-bont, Newcastle Emlyn. His parents were the leading supporters of the Methodist connexion in that town, and the society used, at one time, to meet at their house. There was a David Davies, curate of Llanddarog and Llanarthney, Carmarthenshire, 1769-1785, who was a strong Methodist but, if the age recorded on his tombstone is correct, the
DAVIES, DAVID (Dewi Emlyn; 1817 - 1888), Congregational minister in the U.S.A., poet and writer Born 9 November 1817 at Pant-y-garn, Cenarth,Carmarthenshire; he was a member of the Congregational church at Capel Iwan. He was educated at Newcastle Emlyn and Swansea Academy, and later became a school teacher. He began to preach in 1843, emigrated with his wife to the U.S.A. in 1852 and, the same year, was ordained at Paris, Portage, Ohio. He had a long ministry at Tallmadge, Thomastown, and
DAVIES, DAVID CHRISTOPHER (1878 - 1958), missionary and representative of the British Missionary Society (B.M.S.) in Wales spoke Lingala. In 1933, because of his ill-health, he returned to Wales as a representative of the B.M.S. He arranged summer schools in various locations before being stationed for a period in the Theological College, Aberystwyth, and afterwards at Cilgwyn, Newcastle Emlyn. His good humour, his great sense of fun and enthusiasm greatly inspired those attending the summer schools. He retired in 1943

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