GRIFFITHS, THOMAS (JEREMY) (Tau Gimel, 1797? - 1871), Unitarian minister and schoolmaster

Born at Llechryd, Cardiganshire, where his father, Griffith Griffiths (1762 - 1818), was minister. He was educated at home, at Davis of Castellhywel's school, and at Carmarthen Academy (1818-22). In 1822 he was appointed minister of Cribin and Ciliau Aeron where he remained until 1841, opening schools here and there. From that year until 1846 we have no further news of him and it is said that he and his family emigrated to the U.S.A. He was preaching at Caeronnen, 1846-51, and at Cribin and Ciliau, 1846-8. From 1851 to 1855 he was once more on his travels, but not this time to the U.S.A. He returned to his old neighbourhood and preached at Cribin from 1857 to 1868. He spent the autumn of his life at the home of his friend the Rev. David Evans of Maesymeillion. He died 19 January 1871 and was buried in Alltyblaca cemetery. He published a memoir of David Davis of Castellhywel, 1828; Casgliad o Hymnau, a collection of hymns, twenty-nine of which had been written by himself, 1830; a periodical (one number), Yr Hanesydd, 1839; and a number of elegies and poems under the pseudonym Tau Gimel. He was a frequent contributor to Seren Gomer, Lleuad yr Oes, and the Carmarthen Journal.

Author

• Reverend Thomas Oswald Williams, (1888 - 1965)

Sources

• Yr Ymofynnydd, 1871 (22), 1875 (25)
• G. Eyre Evans, Lampeter (1905), 182
• The Unitarian Students at the Presbyterian College, Carmarthen … 1796–1901 (1901), 26
• E. Pan Jones, Oriel Coleg Presbyteraidd, Caerfyrddin: yn cynwys hanes yr holl fyfyrwyr fu yn y coleg o 1796 hyd 1899 (Merthyr Tydfil 1909), 37
• Monthly Repository, 1823, 482
• Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru, iv, 156
• Lanlas Manuscript at the National Library of Wales N.L.W.

Additional Links

• Wikidata: Q20734414

Published date: 1959

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