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WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (1732 - 1799), Baptist minister, and justice of the peace Born at Tre-fach, Llanfair Nantglyn, Pembrokeshire, the son of William and Anne Williams; his father was a justice of the peace related to many of the local gentry and possessing an estate worth £1,600 a year. His parents died when he was six years old, but he was well looked after by his trustees, and went to good schools. It has to be admitted, however, that next to nothing is known about him
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (1717 - 1791), Methodist cleric, author, and hymn-writer Born in 1717 at Cefn-coed, Llanfair-ar-y-bryn, Carmarthenshire, son of John and Dorothy Williams. His father was a ruling elder in the Cefnarthen Independent church. He was educated, with a view to becoming a doctor, at Llwyn-llwyd Academy, but while he was there he heard Howel Harris preaching in Talgarth churchyard and was completely converted. He joined the Established Church and was ordained
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (1738 - 1817) Llandygái, antiquary, author, prominent official at Cae-braich-y-cafn quarry Gwyneddigion Society; he had also struck up an acquaintance with William Morris of Holyhead. The great turning-point of his life was his father's interview with Richard Hughes, the agent of the Penrhyn estate (and a squire in his own right, of Bodrwyn and Tre'rdryw in Anglesey). William Williams was given work as occasional clerk in the estate office, filling up his spare time as a saddler. As time went on
WILLIAMS, Sir WILLIAM (1634 - 1700), lawyer and politician Eldest son of Hugh Williams, D.D. (1596 - 1670), rector of Llantrisant and Llanrhuddlad, Anglesey (Willis, Bangor, 170-1; Pryce, Diocese of Bangor in Sixteenth Century, 41, 43, 44; An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Anglesey, 114). Educated at Jesus College and Gray's Inn (admitted 1650), he was called to the Bar in 1658, becoming treasurer of Gray's Inn in 1681. Recorder of Chester from
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (c. 1625 - 1684), antiquary Born c. 1625, second son of Edward Williams of Carwed Fynydd, Llanefydd, Denbighshire. He was educated at Westminster, and in 1642 was admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. 1647/8, and M.A. 1657. In 1660 Robert, lord Bulkeley, gave him the living of Llandegfan cum Beaumaris, which he appears to have held for not more than a year. In 1668 he left Llandegfan to become
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (1748 - 1820), cleric, a pioneer of the Sunday school movement in Wales son of Rhys and Ann Williams, Glanwenlais, Cil-y-cwm, Carmarthenshire. Ordained deacon by the bishop of S. Davids, 1 September 1771, and priest, 14 August 1774, he was curate at Carmarthen; he is, however, better known as curate of S. Gennys, Cornwall. He corresponded with Thomas Charles (of Bala) on the subject of education in Wales. He is given credit for establishing a Sunday school in the
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (Gwilym Twrog; 1768 - 1836), poet
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (fl. 1648-1677), author of Poetical Piety Sir Thomas Pryse in the days of his infancy and of his majority. He emphasises that he is to be distinguished from another William Williams ('he's Cornwal born and I am Cardigan'), who also published a book in London in 1677, viz. Divine Poems and Meditations, by William Williams of the county of Cornwall… when he was a prisoner in the King's-Bench.
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (1747 - 1812), Evangelical cleric Generally known as ' William Williams, Waterbeach,' Cambs. He was ordained and appointed chaplain to an English foundry in Rotterdam; afterwards he was vicar of Waterbeach, 1794-1812. William Owen Pughe, the official editor of the 1807 (Cambridge) edition of Y Bibl Cyssegr-Lan, is said to have been so negligent that nearly 3,000 copies were issued in a defective form, chapter viii of the Book of
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (Caledfryn; 1801 - 1869), Congregational minister, poet, and critic Born 5 or 6 February 1801 at Bryn y Ffynnon, Denbigh, eldest son of Thomas and Mary Williams. His father, a weaver, also kept a shop. He was educated at a number of schools in the town but c.1814 his father became financially embarrassed; the shop was sold and the family removed to Henllan-street where the father continued his work as a weaver. The son was sent to his grandfather and uncle at
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (Myfyr Wyn; 1849 - 1900), blacksmith, poet and local historian A regular contributor of articles to the Welsh press, especially to Tarian y Gweithiwr in the 'nineties.' He was born on Twyn Star, Tredegar, and was the son of John and Hannah Williams. His father, a coalminer, was a native of the Cardigan district, who died following an accident in the Bryn Bach mine, Tredegar, when Myfyr Wyn was a boy, one of four children. His mother was born at Nant-y-bwch
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM (Ap Caledfryn; 1837 - 1915), portrait painter The son of William Williams (Caledfryn), Congregational minister and poet. He was born at Caernarvon, 24 March 1837. He received his first drawing lesson when he was 6 years old from the Welsh artist Hugh Hughes (1790 - 1863). He married Mary Daniel, daughter of Herbert Daniel, Congregational minister at Cefn-y-crib, and had two children, both of whom inherited their father's love of music. Among

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