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THOMAS, JOHN (fl. 1689-1712), minister of the Tivy-side Independents He lived at Llwyn-y-grawys, Llangoedmor, near Cardigan; nothing is known of his family, and little of his career; unsupported tradition makes him a university man. He was a member of a mixed (Independent and Baptist) congregation on Tivy-side; one of the houses at which it gathered for worship was Rhosgilwern (Kilgerran), which is thought to have been the home of Jenkin Jones (died 1689). As John
THOMAS, JOHN (1760 - 1849), Calvinistic Methodist minister Born in Berwig parish, Cardiganshire. He had very few advantages in his early days; he married young and had a large family. He joined the Baptists in 1775 but became a Methodist in 1779. He went to London where he followed his trade as a draper; whilst there he joined the church at Wilderness Row but regularly listened to the famous William Romaine. He returned to Cardigan town where he began to
THOMAS, JOHN (1730 - 1804?), Congregational minister, and hymnist Born in 1730 in the parish of Myddfai, Carmarthenshire (christened 25 March). He came from a thriftless family but was nurtured by relatives. He received short periods of schooling in the neighbourhood of his home and learnt to read Welsh. He worked on farms, reading the Bible, Cannwyll y Cymry, and Taith y Pererin in his leisure hours. He heard Howel Harris preach in the house of Sieffre Dafydd
THOMAS, JOHN (1821 - 1892), Independent minister, politician, and historian Born 3 February 1821 at Holyhead; Dr. Owen Thomas was his elder brother. His father originally came from Llanddeiniolen, Caernarfonshire, and his mother from Anglesey. In 1827, owing to the shortage of work his father, who was a stone-mason by trade, moved with his family to Bangor, where the boy, after spending some time under different teachers, finally went to a school kept by one Hugh
THOMAS, JOHN (1839 - 1921), musician goron' continue to be sung. He was also a poet; some of his poems are given in the biography by Evan Evans, 1926. In 1871, he married Anne, daughter of the family who kept the post office at Llanwrtyd, Brecknock, and he left Blaenannerch to live at Llanwrtyd. He served as music adjudicator and as conductor of hymnody festivals in many parts of Wales. In 1920 he was awarded the degree of M.A. (honoris
THOMAS, JOHN LUTHER (1881 - 1970), minister (Congl.) Born 23 April 1881 in Bigyn Road, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, son of Thomas and Ann Thomas. The family moved to Pontarddulais where he attended the local school before beginning to work in the tin industry. In 1894 he was received as a member of Hope church, where he was encouraged to enter the ministry. He attended the school of Watcyn Wyn (Williams, Watkin Hezekiah) at Ammanford and Bala-Bangor
THOMAS, JOHN ROWLAND (1881 - 1965), religious leader and prominent merchant Born 2 March 1881 at Penrhyndeudraeth, Caernarfonshire, son of Griffith and Ann Thomas. In 1883 Griffith Thomas and the family returned to Dwygyfylchi, Penmaenmawr - his old area. John Rowland attended Pencae school, Penmaenmawr, and won a scholarship to Friars School, Bangor, but after two years transferred to the new John Bright School at Llandudno. He went to work for a short period for the
THOMAS, JOSHUA (1719 - 1797), Baptist minister and historian Born at Tŷ Hen, parish of Caeo, 22 February 1719, though the family moved within three years to Esgair Ithri in Cwm Pedol. There is very little information about his early years, till in 1738 he went to Hereford to be apprenticed as a mercer to his uncle Simon Thomas, the author of Hanes y Byd a'r Amseroedd. There were no Baptists in that city, so Joshua had to walk as far as Leominster, where he
THOMAS, LEWIS JOHN (1883 - 1970), missionary in India with the London Missionary Society Born 2 February 1883 at Llangefni, Anglesey, son of Cefni and Mary (née Williams) Thomas. The family moved to Rhiwbryfdir, Blaenau Ffestiniog, when he was five. After a period as a pupil-teacher and working on the railway, he moved to Corwen and then Birkenhead. There he came under the influence of the 1904-05 religious revival and began preaching; he had wished to become a missionary since he
THOMAS, LOUIE MYFANWY (Jane Ann Jones; 1908 - 1968), novelist Born 29 February 1908 in Primrose Cottage, Holway, Holywell, Flintshire, only child of Walter Owen Davies, master saddler and his wife, Elizabeth Jane (née Jones). The mother died 3 February 1909 aged 26 and the grandmother helped to rear the child. The family moved to Yscawen, Rhuddlan, where the father obtained work as a grocer, and Louie Myfanwy was educated at the Church elementary school and
THOMAS, MARGARET HAIG (1883 - 1958), suffragette, editor, author and businesswoman Margaret Haig Thomas was born on 12 June 1883 in Bayswater, London, the only child of the wealthy industrialist and Liberal politician, David Alfred Thomas (later Lord Rhondda), from Ysgubor-wen near Aberdare, and his wife Sybil Margaret (née Haig, 1857-1941) descended from an ancient Scots Border family, with parents living at Pen Ithon Hall, Radnorshire. The Thomases spent long holidays there
THOMAS, NATHANIEL (1818 - 1888), Baptist minister Born 13 April 1818 at Clydach, near Swansea. At 7 years of age he went to work in a colliery for a short time; later he assisted boatmen on the canal near his home. The family moved to Nant-y-glo in 1830, he was baptized there (at Hermon), began to preach in 1837, and went to Pontypool College in January 1842. He ministered at Cilfowyr, 1846-50, and at Penuel, Carmarthen, 1850-6; at the latter

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