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DAVIES, JOHN (bu farw 1694) Nannau,, 'family bard' Parry, parson of Llanelian; he also composed an elegy on the death of king Charles II. Elegies were written after his death by Owen Gruffydd, Llanystumdwy (see O. M. Edwards, Gwaith Owen Gruffydd, 1904; this gives the year of the poet's death as 1694), and Lewis Owen (see Cwrtmawr MS 5B (i-ii)). He was uncle to David Jones (1708? - 1785) of Trefriw; see N.L.W. Jnl., vii, 73-4.
DAVIES, JOHN (1860 - 1939), Welsh bibliographer and genealogist Mrs. Lucy E. Lloyd Theakston he compiled and edited Some Pedigrees of the Lloyds of Allt yr Odyn, Castell Hywel, Ffos y Bleiddiaid, Gilfach Wen, Llan Llyr, and Waun Ifor (Oxford, 1912). He also arranged for publication the contents of Rhestr Eisteddfodau hyd y Flwyddyn 1901 gyda nodiadau ar amryw ohonynt (Llandyssul, 1914), material which D. M. Richards of Aberdare had accumulated over many years
DAVIES, JOHN (1803 - 1854), Independent minister of Welsh Congregationalist leaders of that period. His son, David Stephen Davies, is separately noticed.
DAVIES, JOHN (c. 1567 - 1644), one of the greatest of Welsh scholars Born in the parish of Llanferres, Denbighshire, the son of David ap John ap Rees, who is said to have been a weaver, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Lewis ap David Lloyd; he had three sisters, Jane, Catherine, and Gwen. Very little is known with certainty about him before he went to Mallwyd. He is said to have spent four years at Jesus College, Oxford, and to have graduated on 16 March 1593/4
DAVIES, JOHN (1652 - post 1716) Rhiwlas,, genealogist . According to Archæologia Cambrensis, 1888, 51, Davies was born 10 October 1652. His marriage has now been ascertained, by Mr. David Watkins in his unpublished dissertation 'Welsh Historiography in the 17th Cent.' (1955). The bishop's transcripts of Llansilin parish record, 27 May 1685, the christening of 'Margaret daughter of John Davies and Margaret his wife, of Rhiwlas ' (the child was born 24 May 1685
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 (1795 - 1858), Unitarian minister and schoolmaster Born in 1795, son of David Davies (1764? - 1828) of Llan-y-bri. He was educated at home, at the local grammar school, and at Carmarthen Academy (1815-19). While at college he became a Unitarian and began to preach in the Unitarian chapel in the town. In January 1820, when David Davis of Castellhywel (1745 - 1827) retired, he was invited to minister to his churches - Llwyn-rhyd-Owen, Pen-rhiw
DAVIES, JOHN CADVAN (Cadvan; 1846 - 1923), Wesleyan minister Born at Llangadfan, Montgomeryshire, 1 October 1846, son of David and Jane Davies. He joined the ministry in 1871 and worked in most of the North Wales circuits as well as in Liverpool. He was president of the Assembly in 1910. He was one of the editors of the Wesleyan hymn-book, 1900, which contains a number of his hymns. Others are found in Llyfr Emynau y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd a Wesleaidd
DAVIES, JOHN DANIEL (1874 - 1948), editor and author Born 12 January 1874, at Gwynfryn, Aberderfyn, Ponciau, Denbighshire, one of the seven children of Daniel Davies and his wife. Having completed his schooling he was apprenticed to David Jones, printer, at Rhosymedre, and afterwards to Richard Mills, printer of the Rhos Herald. He married Mary Ellen, daughter of William Humphreys ('Elihu'), of Blaenau Ffestiniog, 25 April 1900. He settled in
DAVIES, JOHN DAVID (1831 - 1911), cleric and antiquary
DAVIES, JOHN GLYN (1870 - 1953), scholar, songwriter and poet Born 22 October 1870 at 55 Peel St., Sefton Park, Liverpool, son of John and Gwen Davies. His father was a tea merchant, and his mother was a daughter of John Jones, Tal-y-sarn; George Maitland Lloyd Davies, Stanley Davies and Captain Frank Davies were his brothers. He was educated at the Liverpool Institute. He worked with the sailing boat companies Rathbone Brothers (1887-92) and The Cambrian
DAVIES, JOHN GRIFFITH (1836 - 1861), poet and translator Second of the four children of John Davies (Siôn Gymro), Yetwen, Glandwr, Pembrokeshire (1804 - 1884), and his wife Phoebe, daughter of J. D. Griffiths and grand-daughter of John Griffiths, Glandwr (1731 - 1811). All four children died when comparatively young: Mary Ann in 1860 when she was 26, Elizabeth in 1859 at 19, David in 1848 aged 5, and John Griffith, who was lost overboard, near

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