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POWEL, JOHN (bu farw 1767), weaver-poet Of Rhyd-yr-Eirin, in the parish of Llansannan, Denbighshire. According to Owen Williams, Awduron Sir Ddinbych, he was born in 1731. It is said that he was a sexton also. One of the closest friends of Evan Evans (Ieuan Fardd) when the latter was curate of Llanfair Talhaiarn, he also regarded him as his bardic teacher. A number of his poems are found in Swansea MS. 1 ('Y Piser Hir'), now in N.L.W
teulu POWELL Nanteos, Llechwedd-dyrus, made by George Eyre Evans). He died without issue and was succeeded by his father's cousin WILLIAM BEAUCLERK POWELL (1834 - 1911) son of Richard Owen Powell (died 1859). W. B. Powell married Anna Maria, daughter of David Lewis, Bronavon, and had issue, EDWARD ATHELSTAN LEWIS POWELL (1870 - 1930), who married Margaret Louisa Joan, elder daughter of Sir Pryse Pryse, Bart., of Gogerddan. Their son and
POWELL, JOHN (Edmund Jones, Hist. of Aberystruth, 103, 131) from March 1736 till 3 October 1742. In the meantime (19 February 1739/40), he had become rector of Llanmartin and Wilcrick near Newport; he died there 25 March 1795. He was one of the earliest Methodist clerics, and was one of the three Welsh clergymen present at the Watford Association of January 1743. In 1778, we find him offering a curacy to Thomas
POWELL, RAYMOND (1928 - 2001), Labour politician at this time. (In the event, Roy Hughes, the Labour MP for Newport East, obliged and went to the House of Lords.) At the time of his death Sir Ray Powell was the oldest Welsh Labour MP and firmly identified as belonging to 'Old Labour' - a member of the old school in the age of 'New Labour'. His hobbies were gardening, sport and music. He had married in 1949 Marion Grace Evans, and they had one son
POWELL, VAVASOR (1617 - 1670), Puritan divine became the wife of John Evans (1628 - 1700). Powell had no children. His published works were: 1, The Scriptures Concord (London, 1646); 2, God the Father Glorified (London, 1649); 3, Christ and Moses Excellency (London, 1650); 4, Saving Faith (London, 1651); 5, Christ Exalted, 1651 (printed with no. 4); 6, Three Hymnes [sic] (London, 1650); 7, Common-Prayer-Book No Divine Service (London, 1660); 8
PRICE, DAVID (fl. 1700-1742), Independent minister, and schoolmaster Nothing is known about his early life but it is thought that he was educated at Roger Griffith's Academy at Abergavenny. He was ordained minister of Maesyronnen church, Radnorshire, c. 1700. He lived at Llwyn-llwyd, in the parish of Llaneigon, Brecknock, where he kept a grammar school - Hugh Evans of Bristol and Howel Harris of Trevecka were among his pupils. In 1735 Carmarthen Academy was
PRICE, DILYS MARGARET (1932 - 2020), educationalist and skydiver Dilys Price was born in Bournemouth on 3 June 1932, the only child of Thomas John Evans (1899-1973), born in Treherbert, and Elizabeth M Evans (née Gould, 1906-1963), from Aberaman, near Aberdare. Her father served in the Royal Air Force during the Great War, before going into service in Bournemouth following a religious conversion by missionaries. There, in 1929, he married Elizabeth Gould. Soon
PRICE, EDMUND (1662 - 1718), vicar - gweler JONES, JOHN
PRICE, EDMUND (1662 - 1718), vicar - gweler PRYS, EDMUND
PRICE, EDMUND (bu farw 1643?), cleric - gweler PRYS, EDMWND
PRICE, PETER (1864 - 1940), Independent minister , where he graduated with honours in philosophy in 1901. He received the degree of M.A. in 1939. He took up his ministry again in 1901. He married Letitia Williams, Tŷ Gwyn, Llanrwst in January 1902. He moved to Bethania, Dowlais in the summer of 1904, a church with over 600 members, where the musician Harry Evans was the organist. The Revival of 1904 was exciting the country by this time. The
PRICE, THOMAS (MALDWYN) (1860 - 1933), musician -tunes-the best-known of the latter is 'St. Elizabeth'), and the male-voice choruses 'Croesi'r Anial' and ' Y Pysgotwr.' He had married (1889) Elizabeth (died 13 December 1933, aged 67), daughter of Richard and Jane Evans, Upper Boar, Llanfyllin, and had two sons.

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