EVANS, SAMUEL (1777 - 1833), Independent minister
Date of birth: 1777
Date of death: 1833
Gender: Male
Occupation: Independent minister
Area of activity: Medicine; Religion
Author: Robert Thomas Jenkins
Born at Clydach (near Abergavenny) in June 1777. At eighteen (while living at Long-town,, Herefordshire), he began preaching; he afterwards kept school at Cwm-dŵr between Trecastle and Llandovery, and preached at Pentre-tŷ-gwyn and neighbouring chapels. In 1810 he was ordained pastor of Zoar, Merthyr Tydfil, and remained there till his death, 27 June 1833. He was a man of great ability; he published (1815) a notable sermon on the Doctrine of the Trinity, and wrote an account of the history of Zoar (not published till 1869); he was also a hymn-writer. Over and above his ministerial work, he was much in demand as a medical man, and is said to have been very much more highly remunerated in that capacity than he was as a minister.
Author
- Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, (1881 - 1969)
- Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru, ii, 264-6
Sources
Published date: 1959
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