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DAVIES, JOHN (1781 - 1848) Fronheulog,, one of the most prominent lay leaders of Calvinistic Methodism in his day with America; he amassed a considerable fortune. Withal, he was a leading Calvinistic Methodist elder, and a warm supporter of Thomas Charles's activities. After Charles's death, he sided (1816-7) with Thomas Jones (1756 - 1820) and John Hughes (1796 - 1860) in their attempts to stem the then rising tide of hyper-Calvinism in the C.M. connexion. He had married (5 January 1781) Ann Jones of Cae-gwyn
DAVIES, JOHN (1784 - 1845), Wesleyan minister Born at Halkin, Flintshire, 7 October 1784, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Davies. He joined the ministry in 1806 and was first established in the Llangollen circuit which extended from Llanarmon (Yale) to Llanidloes. After two years there and two in Beaumaris he was transferred to Lampeter and spent most of the rest of his life in various South Wales circuits. He was elected secretary of the
DAVIES, JOHN (Brychan; 1784? - 1864), poet, publisher, and promoter of the friendly society movement Carmarthen, 1832, 1846, 1849); Y Llinos, 1827; Y Fwyalchen, 1835. He also published Telyn y Cantorion, 1828, by John Thomas, Newyddion Da o Wlad Bell (letters from America by two Monmouthshire emigrants - the date, 1830, is significant), and a translation, 1852, of the ' Book of Mormon.' Along with this praiseworthy activity in providing reading matter for the Welsh-speaking 'Hillmen,' Davies was a zealous
DAVIES, JOHN (Siôn Gymro; 1804 - 1884), Independent minister, linguist, and commentator Born at Bwlch-yr-helygen in the parish of Llanarth, Cardiganshire, 5 March 1804, but his parents - David and Mary Davies - shortly afterwards moved to a near-by farm called Castell-y-geifr. His father, whose education was above the average, was his first teacher, but when he was 7 years old he was sent to the school at Neuaddlwyd kept by Thomas Phillips (1772 - 1842). He began to preach on 1 July
DAVIES, JOHN (1772 - 1855), school teacher and missionary He was a school teacher under Thomas Charles of Bala at Llanwyddelan in 1800 and afterwards missionary for fifty-four years under the London Missionary Society in the South Sea Islands; born 11 July 1772 at Pendugwm, a little farm, in the parish of Llanfihangel-yng-Ngwynfa, Montgomeryshire. He was a weaver's son, and after a little education in Madam Bevan's schools he himself set up a school at
DAVIES, JOHN (1860 - 1939), Welsh bibliographer and genealogist Davies married, in 1890, Margaret, daughter of John Thomas, Glantroiddyn, Caeo, Carmarthenshire, and had one son and one daughter. He was a member of the Anglican Church. He died at Aberystwyth, 23 June 1939, and was buried in Aberystwyth cemetery. He was the author of Rhestr o Lyfrau Argraffedig yng Nghaerfyrddin gan John Ross rhwng y blynyddoedd 1763 a 1807 (Caerfyrddin, 1916). In collaboration with
DAVIES, JOHN (c. 1567 - 1644), one of the greatest of Welsh scholars an abridgement of a larger work by Thomas Wiliems of Trefriw, which is still in manuscript (Peniarth MS 228); John Davies himself spent almost a year in London when the dictionary was in the press. He was also the translator of Llyfr y Resolusion, 1632, and the editor of Y Llyfr Plygain a'r Catechisme, 1633. The Articulau, 1664, and Flores Poetarum Britannicorum, 1710, were not published until
DAVIES, JOHN (1652 - post 1716) Rhiwlas,, genealogist and died in 1695; a son, Edward, born 9 November 1683, had died 14 February 1684, and another daughter, Jane, was born 11 January 1688 - Peniarth MS 144, 269); Margaret, the wife, was buried 21 April 1719 - Mr. Watkins (from St Asaph MS. 41) gives her father as Thomas Lloyd of Llanwddyn. His son's death in infancy explains why Davies's manuscripts passed to the nephew, for whom see Archæologia
DAVIES, JOHN (c. 1750 - 1821), Methodist cleric inscription on his tombstone at Llanddowror testifies that he was a 'Minister of the Gospel at Bank-y-felin for upwards of 36 years.' In 1811 he wrote an elegy upon David Jones of Llan-gan. He died 24 December 1821. JOHN THOMAS (1807 - 1870), a missionary in Tinnevelly, India, was the son of his only daughter Frances.
DAVIES, JOHN BREESE (1893 - 1940), writer, musician, and a specialist in cerdd dant Born 22 February 1893 at Gwynfryn, Dinas Mawddwy, Meironnydd, son of Thomas Tegwyn Davies, author of Dinas Mawddwy a'i hamgylchoedd (1893). His mother, Elizabeth, was of the Breese family of Llanbryn-mair. He attended Dinas Mawddwy Elementary School and Dolgellau Grammar School until an illness kept him bedridden for five years and left him lame for the rest of his life. During his confinement he
DAVIES, JOHN GLYN (1870 - 1953), scholar, songwriter and poet (1892-95), with Henry Tate and Sons (1895-96) and then with the Mines Corporation of New Zealand (1896-98). After returning home (via the U.S.A.) he was persuaded by Thomas Edward Ellis and others to bring together a Welsh library at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, which could later form the nucleus of a National Library of Wales. He commenced the task at Aberystwyth in 1899, but after
DAVIES, JOHN GWYNORO (1855 - 1935), Calvinistic Methodist minister years he was chairman of the Barmouth urban council; and served on almost every Welsh public committee. He wrote several articles for Y Gwyddoniadur Cymreig, and was also the author of Flashes from the Welsh Pulpit, to which Thomas Charles Edwards contributed an introduction. He married (1) Mary, daughter of John Jones (Ivon, 1820 - 1898), and (2) Jeannie Mary, daughter of William Watkin, Muriau

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