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LEWIS, IVOR (1895 - 1982), consultant surgeon Ivor Lewis was born on 27 October 1895 at Llanddeusant, Carmarthenshire, the only child of Lewis Lewis, a farmer steeped in Welsh culture, and his wife Mary (née Davies). Educated at Llandeilo Grammar School, though his devout mother cherished the hope that her son would one day enter the ministry, Ivor Lewis aspired to be a doctor. After spending the years between 1915 and 1918 pursuing
LEWIS, JAMES (1674 - 1747), Independent minister Born at Dinas Cerdin, in the parish of Llandysul, Cardiganshire, a descendant of the old Lewis family of that place. His tombstone in Llanllawddog churchyard says that he was born of godly and charitable parents. In 1706 he was ordained minister of Pencadair church of which he was probably already a member, and Pantycreuddin (afterwards Horeb) chapel was also entrusted to his care. He succeeded
LEWIS, JANET ELLEN (1900 - 1979), novelist, poet and journalist Eiluned Lewis was born on 1 November 1900, in a house called Glan Hafren ('Bank of the Severn') in Penstrowed, Newtown, Montgomeryshire, the daughter of Hugh Lewis (1860-1921) and his wife Eveline (née Griffiths, 1871-1958). She was christened Janet Ellen, and adopted the name Eiluned for her creative work. She had two sisters, Medina and May, and a brother, Peter. Her father was a landowner and
LEWIS, JENKIN (1760 - 1831), Independent minister and tutor Born at Brithdir Uchaf, Gelli-gaer, Glamorganshire, 12 August 1760, son of Malachi and Cecilia Lewis, members of the Arminian church at Cefncoedcymer under Philip Charles. From a school at Merthyr Tydfil, he was sent at 17 to Abergavenny Academy as a lay pupil. There, he changed his theological views, and in 1778 the Congregational Fund Board accepted him as an entrant into the ministry; before
LEWIS, JOHN (fl. 1646-1656) Glasgrug,, Puritan author son of James Lewis of Cwmowen, and Mary his wife, heiress of Glasgrug. (S. R. Meyrick, History and Antiquities … of … Cardigan, 1907 ed., 308.) As a Presbyterian, he advocated acceptance of the Covenant during the Civil War, and his report for Parliament was acknowledged in his appointment as one of the Commissioners of the Act for Propagation (1650). His pamphlet in support of Parliament had
LEWIS, JOHN (1792? - 1816), Wesleyan missionary son of Jenkin and Mary Lewis of Talsarn, Trefilan, Cardiganshire. Apparently, his parents attended Trefilan parish church, where he was christened on 23 January 1793. He was educated locally, and also at Castellhywel, under the famous David Davis. Joining the Wesleyans, he served during 1813 on the Dolgelley circuit. The following year he was accepted as an accredited missionary for the West
LEWIS, JOHN (fl. 1759-1773), Quaker and author John Lewis was the author of Brief Observations on the History of Modern Enthusiasm, 1759. He translated into Welsh J. Crooksworth's Principles of Truth, under the title Egwyddorion o'r Gwirionedd (Carmarthen 1773). He exercised considerable influence upon the Welsh Quakers of his day in Pembrokeshire.
LEWIS, JOHN (GOMER) (1844? - 1914), Baptist minister and orator Born June 1843 (1844?) at Pensarn, Llangeler, Carmarthenshire, son of John Lewis, a tradesman and Baptist deacon. He was baptized at the age of 14, grew to maturity under the ministry of Benjamin Thomas (Myfyr Emlyn), and began to preach in 1862. In 1864 he left the Newcastle Emlyn grammar school and went to Haverfordwest Baptist College. In 1867 he was ordained minister of Salem chapel, Maes-teg
LEWIS, JOHN (fl. 1728-1755), printer and publisher He was a native of Radnor and is said to have been a brother of Thomas Lewis (fl. 1731-49), the Methodist exhorter. He was in London in 1728 and came into prominence c. 1740 as publisher to the religious societies. He found his spiritual home either in the Tabernacle, Moorfields, or in the society at Fetter Lane. It was from his office in Bartholomew Close that he began to publish The Christian's
LEWIS, JOHN (Eos Glyn Wyre; 1836 - 1892), poet and musician Born 6 April 1836, the son of Lewis and Margaret Lewis, Hen Dŷ Mawr, Llanrhystud, Cardiganshire. The father, who was a good musician, was by trade a tailor and brought up his sons, John Lewis and David Lewis (1828 - 1908), to the same trade; a third son, Evan Lewis, was a shoemaker. John Lewis married Jane Davies, Felinganol, and on marriage went to reside at his wife's home; seven children were
LEWIS, JOHN (bu farw 1616?) Llynwene, Llanfihangel Nant Melan, barrister, and author of The History of Britain Born in the parish of Pencraig (Old Radnor), son of Hugh Lewis and Sibyl, daughter of Roger ap Watcyn Fychan, Hergest. W. Rowlands (Llyfryddiaeth, see under 1729) connects him, in error, with Maenor Owen, Pembrokeshire, and describes him as a great-grandfather of Richard Fenton, the Pembrokeshire historian. It is unlikely that he is the John Lewis who entered Lincoln's Inn, 28 February 1562-3
LEWIS, JOHN DANIEL VERNON (1879 - 1970), scholar, Independent minister, author, tutor and theological college principal Born at Pentre Estyll, Swansea, 13 June, 1879, son of Thomas Jones Lewis and Ann Daniel his wife, originally of Glascoed Fach, Llanarthne. His parents emigrated to the U.S.A. when he was a young boy and his father soon afterwards undertook a course in Bangor theological college, Maine. He spent most of his subsequent life in the ministry in America, at Green's Landing, Mount Vernon and East

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