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teulu GRIFFITH Cefn Amwlch, Penllech, Llŷn Voelas, the celebrated ' Madam Griffith,' whose name occurs in connection with Howel Harris. Their son, JOHN GRIFFITH VI, who inherited the estate on his father's death in 1752, was the last of that name, and the last, also, of the Griffith line. As a young lieutenant he fought in the battle of Minden (1759), and died, unmarried, in December 1794, leaving the Cefn Amwlch estate to his cousin JANE WYNNE
GRIFFITH, SIDNEY (bu farw 1752), Methodist and associate of Howel Harris Daughter of Cadwaladr Wynne of Voelas, Ysbyty Ifan (see J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 326; her christian name came from her grandmother Sidney Thelwall of Plas-y-ward, Ruthin); married William Griffith of Cefn Amwlch, c. 1741 (her son was born in 1742). Her husband was a boor and a drunkard, and her life with him was unhappy. In 1746, a sermon by Peter Williams (1723 - 1796) brought her into
teulu GRIFFITH PENRHYN, The family was perhaps the first in North Wales to emerge as the owners of a modern landed estate. They claimed descent from Ednyfed Fychan through his son Tudur. The conventional pedigrees attribute the acquisition of Penrhyn and Cochwillan (see Williams of Cochwillan) to the marriage (c. 1300-1310) of Griffith ap Heilyn ap Tudur ab Ednyfed Fychan (died c. 1340) to Eva, daughter and heiress of
GRIFFITH, DAVID (Clwydfardd; 1800 - 1894), eisteddfodic bard and arch-druid Nantglyn (Robert Davies, 1769 - 1835) on many occasions and was awarded a silver medal as early as 1827 for a translation of Goldsmith's 'Deserted Village,' and composed the englynion which appear on the tombstone of Owen Williams of Waun-fawr (1790 - 1874). In 1890 the government made him an award of £200. He died 30 October 1894.
GRIFFITH, GRACE WYNNE (1888 - 1963), novelist Born February 1888 in Newborough, Anglesey, daughter of Captain W.G. Roberts. Elizabeth Ann Williams, author of Hanes Môn yn y bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg (1927) was her sister. She was educated in Caernarfon county school. In the early years of the 20th century she was a nurse in Liverpool, and it was there that she met Griffith Wynne Griffith; they were married in 1914. She died 1 May 1963. She
GRIFFITH, GWILYM WYNNE (1914 - 1989), physician and Medical Officer of Health , his translation of Hanes Môn yn y bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg (1927), written by his aunt, Elizabeth Ann Williams. Gwilym Wynne Griffith married Gwyneth Rees Hughes of Liverpool in 1939 and they had 3 children. He died on April 16 1989 and is buried in the church of Llangwyfan on Anglesey.
GRIFFITH, JOHN (1752 - 1818), Independent minister died 18 February 1818. In 1783 he had published a hymn-book and in 1788 a Welsh translation of Doddridge's Rise of Religion in the Soul. He was twice married. His second wife was Janet Williams of Bwlch Mwlchan - she was a niece of William Griffith (1719 - 1782) of Drws-y-coed, and not (as is stated in the biography of William Griffith of Holyhead) of his wife, Alice Griffith. They had two sons. The
GRIFFITH, JOHN EDWARDS (1843 - 1933), naturalist and antiquary pedigreemaking, of which his natural bent and his family connections made him an ideal devotee. His father, Griffith Griffith of Taldrwst in Llangristiolus, was a descendant of the Penhesgin family of Llanfaethlu, his mother derived from the Hugheses of Plas Coch, an uncle had married a daughter of William Williams (1738 - 1817) of Llandygái, while he himself had married (as second wife) a daughter of Glasfryn
GRIFFITH, OWEN (Eryr Eryri; 1839 - 1903), musician Born 12 August 1839 at Penllyn, near Cwm-y-glo, Caernarfonshire, the son of Griffith Owen, a good musician and conductor of the Llan-rug band. He joined the Waun-fawr choir and received some instruction in music from its conductor, Pierce Williams. When the latter relinquished the leadership of the choir in 1866 Owen Griffith succeeded him. Under his leadership this choir was successful at many
GRIFFITH, PIRS (1568 - 1628), squire and adventurer he was brought to the court in charge of the warden of Fleet prison; by the end of that year it may be said that any effective control he had over the Penrhyn lands had disappeared. Eventually, by a complicated series of transactions, the whole estate became the property of Lord Keeper Williams, later archbishop, a member of the collateral house of Cochwillan. In 1622 Pirs is described as 'late of
GRIFFITH, ROBERT (1847 - 1909), musician Born 1 March 1847 at Glog Ddu, Llangernyw, Denbighshire, the son of John and Jane Griffith. The family moved to Llanrwst in 1853. The father was an Anglican and the mother a Calvinistic Methodist. After receiving some education at the National School, Llanrwst, he became a servant to 'Glan Collen' and afterwards to the Rev. John Rougler, Eglwys-bach. He then became apprenticed to Robert Roberts
GRIFFITH, ROBERT DAVID (1877 - 1958), musician and historian of Welsh congregational singing Born 19 May 1877, in Cwm-y-glo, Caernarfonshire, son of Richard Griffith, a slate quarryman, and Jane (née Williams) his wife. His mother was a cousin of David Roberts ('Alawydd ' and of John Williams ('Gorfyniawc o Arfon'). After moving to Mynydd Llandygái in 1885, the family returned to Bethesda in 1890, where he, too, obtained employment in Penrhyn quarry. Later he became an office clerk, and

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