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MARSH, RICHARD (1710? - 1792), bookseller and printer Richard Marsh married, 12 February 1746-7, Mary Hurst, Wrexham; the bridegroom is described in the parish register as writing master. In 1753 he became a bookseller; in 1756-7 he was one of the churchwardens of Wrexham. When he started printing is not definitely known; Ifano Jones (Hist. of Printing and Printers in Wales) disputes the accuracy of the dates assigned to some of his publications by
MATHEWS, ABRAHAM (1832 - 1899), Independent minister, colonist, and writer Born at Llanidloes in 1832. He was at the Independent College at Bala under M. D. Jones (1856-9), and in 1859 was ordained minister of Horeb chapel, Llwydcoed, Aberdare, where he remained for five years. He married in 1863. In 1865 he went out to Patagonia with the first batch of colonists and there he remained for the rest of his life, working hard both as a minister and a farmer. He was one of
teulu MATHIAS Llwyngwaren, Llwyn Gwaring, Llangwaren, Lamphey ' the King shall have his own again '; so too in 1694; but by 1696 he was quiet, and he made no move in the affair of 1715 (Francis Jones in The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1946-7, 220-1). His son JOHN MATHIAS (1694? - l774) added to the estate the property of Trefayog (Trefaeog) in S. Nicholas parish, some miles to the north of Llwyngwaren - indeed, he died at Trefayog
MATTHEWS, ABRAHAM (1832 - 1899), minister (Congl.) and one of the pioneers of the Welsh settlement in Patagonia Born at Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire, November 1832, son of John Matthews, weaver, and Ann Jones, but brought up by Edward and Ann Lewis, farmers living nearby who moved to Blaencwmlline, in the parish of Cemaes. At 12 years of age he was apprenticed to a factory in Cwmlline for three years, becoming a craftsman working around Montgomeryshire and south Merionethshire. When 22 years old he decided
MATTHEWS, EDWARD (1813 - 1892), Calvinistic Methodist minister and author Richard (Thomas Richard) appeared in 1863, and he was joint author of Cofiant J. Harris Jones John Harris Jones, 1886. He edited two volumes of sermons by Morgan Howells in 1858 and 1869, and two volumes of Thomas Richards's sermons (1866-7). He was a frequent contributor to Y Traethodydd, Y Drysorfa, and Y Cylchgrawn, and a volume containing his articles to these periodicals was published under the
MATTHEWS, JOHN HOBSON (Mab Cernyw; 1858 - 1914), Roman Catholic historian, archivist and solicitor ), and edited Martin Cock's Guide to St. Ives (St. Ives, 1906). He had previously prepared Yr Hen grefydd a'r grefydd newydd. Sef dadl … am yr Eglwys Gatholig … Wedi ei gyfieithu i'r Gymraeg gan … J. H. Jones (Cardiff, 1889), and The Life and Memorials of Saint Teilo (Preston, 1893). He contributed to the transactions of societies, e.g. Cardiff Naturalists Society (see Transactions, xxxiii, for a study
MATTHEWS, MARMADUKE (1606 - 1683?), ejected minister the Court of High Commission, but he emigrated to America [in 1638; he was pastor at Yarmouth, 1640, and at various other places in New England.] In [ 1654 ] he returned at the request of colonel Philip Jones, and became minister of S. John's, Swansea. He was ejected from the living in 1662. He took out a licence to preach under the Act of Indulgence, describing himself as an Independent. He died
teulu MAURICE Clenennau, Glyn (Cywarch), Penmorfa married (1) John Jones, Wern, Penmorfa - see Wynn family of Peniarth; and (2) Ellis Anwyl, Parkie, Caernarfonshire Sir William Maurice was succeeded at Clenennau by his grand-daughter, ELLIN MAURICE (1578 - 1626), heiress of Clenennau, Porkington, and Llanddyn, daughter of William Wynn Maurice (who had died in 1568, i.e., before his father, Sir William Maurice), and Mary, daughter of John Lewis, Chwaen
MAURICE, DAVID (1626 - 1702), cleric and translator . [See close of article on William Jones, died 1679 ].
MAURICE, HUGH (1775 - 1825), skinner, and transcriber of Welsh manuscripts Born at Tyddyn Tudur, Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr, Denbighshire, in 1775 (christened 5 June), son of Peter Maurice and Jane, his wife, sister of Owen Jones (Owain Myfyr). He worked with his uncle in Upper Thames Street, sharing his literary and social activities in London. Under the latter's direction he began to transcribe Welsh manuscript texts in prose and verse, and he became a prominent member
MAURICE, ROWLAND JONES, translator of Nennius - gweler MAURICE, HUGH
McGRATH, MICHAEL JOSEPH (1882 - 1961), Archbishop college in that town. During his stay in Aberystwyth, Michael McGrath followed courses in Welsh literature given by Thomas Gwynn Jones in the university college, and they became close lifelong friends. In 1935, on the death of Bishop Francis Vaughan, Michael McGrath was appointed Bishop of Menevia. He was consecrated on 24 September of that year. On the death of Archbishop Mostyn, the man who had

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