EVANS, DAVID (fl. 1710?-1745?), an early Independent minister in the Welsh Tract, etc., Pennsylvania, and author

Although it is not certain that he was born in Wales - some authorities say that he was a son of the Rev. William Evans, Pencader, Carmarthenshire, who emigrated to America - he deserves notice as one of the earliest Welsh authors in America. At least three books by him were published, (a) A Help for parents and Heads of families … by David Evans, a Labourer in the Gospel at Tredyffren in Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, B. Franklin, 1732); (b) The Minister of Christ and his Flock … (Philadelphia, B. Franklin, 1732); and (c) Law and Gospel, or Man wholly ruined by the Law and Recovered only by the Gospel. Being the Substance of some Sermons preached at Tredyffren in Pennsylvania … 1734 and again at Piles-Grove in New Jersey in … 1742 (Philadelphia, B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1748). He ministered to the church of Pencader, Pennsylvania, for seven years.

Author

• Robert (Bob) Owen, (1885 - 1962)

Sources

• Y Cenhadwr Americanaidd sef cylchgrawn gwybodaeth fuddiol a dyddorawl i Gymry America / The American messenger (New York 1840-1901), December 1878
• The Cambrian, 1882, 118-9

Additional Links

• Wikidata: Q20732807

Published date: 2001

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