DAVIES, JOHN (1760 - 1843), Calvinistic Methodist minister
Date of birth: 1760
Date of death: 1843
Gender: Male
Occupation: Calvinistic Methodist minister
Area of activity: Religion
Author: Robert Thomas Jenkins
His originality cannot be exemplified here, but there is a short biography by T. Parry (Chester, 1844) which includes Davies's autobiography - see Henry Rees's remarks on it in Y Drysorfa, 1844, 151. Born 1 October 1760 at Glythan Uchaf, Henllan, Denbighshire, his only education was a 'Madam Bevan' school. He was converted in 1778 by a sermon preached by John Evans of Cil-y-cwm (1737? - 1784), and began preaching in 1785; he was ordained at the first C.M. ordination, in 1811. Though he had to contend with much persecution, he attained to great popularity as a preacher, throughout Wales and in London. He married in 1787 (and had five children): shortly after marriage he removed to Nant-yr-hengoed, Nantglyn, Denbighshire (hence he is generally known as ' John Davies of Nantglyn'), and after his wife's death (1837) to Denbigh. He died 10 June 1843.
Author
- Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, (1881 - 1969)
- Sources named, together with E. P. Jones, Methodistiaeth Galfinaidd Dinbych, 1735–1909 (1936), 1936, 155-7
Sources
- William Roos, John Davies
Published date: 1959
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