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EVANS, THEOPHILUS (1693 - 1767), cleric, historian, and man of letters He was christened in Llandygwydd church, Cardiganshire, 21 February 1693, son of Charles Evans of Pen-y-wenallt, near Newcastle Emlyn, by his second wife, and grandson of Evan Griffith Evans - the ' Captain Tory ' of Charles I's army. It is not known where he was educated. There is no record of him at Shrewsbury school nor is there any certainty that he attended the grammar school at Carmarthen
EVANS, THOMAS (1739 - 1803), booksellers are commemorated in the D.N.B. The elder Thomas Evans is famous for his fight with Oliver Goldsmith (1773). He is usually called 'a Welshman ', and is said, in the D.N.B., to have been born in Wales, but confirmation of this is lacking - unless, indeed, the fact that Goldsmith had to pay £50 'to a Welsh charity' (presumably the Welsh Charity-school) may be so regarded. The younger Thomas Evans is
EVANS, THOMAS (Tomos Glyn Cothi; 1764 - 1833), Unitarian minister the first specifically Unitarian minister in Wales
EVANS, THOMAS (1625 - 1688), Baptist minister Spinther seems to think, who attended the Aberafan assembly (1654) but Thomas Evans of Dyffryn-ffrwd. In spite of the fact that under Charles II he was thrown into prison at Brecon and grievously persecuted, two of his sons and many of his descendants entered the ministry, among them being Hugh and Caleb Evans of Bristol, John Evans of Islington, etc. [see under Hugh Evans (1712 - 1781) ]. He continued
EVANS, THOMAS (Telynog; 1840 - 1865), poet Born 8 September 1840 at Cardigan, son of Thomas Evans, boatmaker of that town. At the age of eleven he went to sea in a coastal vessel but, not liking this life, he ran away to Aberdare, where he worked as a miner in Cwm-bach. At an early age he started writing poetry, gaining his first success with a pryddest entitled 'Gostyngeidd-rwydd' in an eisteddfod held under the auspices of the Baptist
EVANS, THOMAS (1897 - 1963), alderman, education and hospital administrator Born in Twyn Carno, Rhymney, Glamorganshire, 9 September 1897, son of William Evans, miner, and Catherine, his wife; his father came originally from Hirwaun, Aberdare, though his roots were in Cardiganshire. Thomas was educated at elementary schools in Rhymney, but left at the age of 12 to work in a brickworks at Rhymney. He afterwards became a miner and worked for 14 years underground at the
EVANS, THOMAS (1714? - 1779), Independent minister -ardd in Cynllwyd (where Howel Harris stayed on his first visit to Llanuwchllyn, in 1740), married a sister of Thomas Owen of Tal-ardd, and kept a good school there. The chapel at Rhos-y-fedwen (the first in Merioneth) was built in 1745-6. In 1756 or 1757, Evans removed to Denbigh; the records of his period there are very defective, but he was certainly there in 1762 (Jeremy's list of ministers, NLW
EVANS, THOMAS (1844 - 1922), Congregational minister and homely style; he also worked hard for the foreign missions. He died 7 December 1922. His brothers, David Evans (1842 - 1914) and Owen Evans (1829 - 1920) are separately noticed.
EVANS, THOMAS (1791 - 1853), naval officer - gweler EVANS, JOHN
EVANS, THOMAS (1716 - 1774), cleric - gweler EVANS, LEWIS
EVANS, THOMAS (1742 - 1784), bookseller - gweler EVANS, THOMAS
EVANS, THOMAS CHRISTOPHER (Cadrawd; 1846 - 1918), antiquary and folk-lorist Born 28 December 1846 (christened 'Thomas,' simply), son of Thomas Evans, parish clerk of Llan-gynwyd, Glamorganshire, and his wife Jane. The father (died 30 December 1877, aged seventy-five) was an Anglican, but the mother a Methodist; the home welcomed Methodist preachers - see the descriptions of it by Edward Matthews of Ewenny, in Y Cylchgrawn, particularly in the number for February 1878

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