BEADLES, ELISHA (1670 - 1734), Quaker and writer
Date of birth: 1670
Date of death: 1734
Spouse: Anne Beadles (née Handley)
Parent: Elizabeth Beadles (née Jenkins)
Parent: John Beadles
Gender: Male
Occupation: Quaker and writer
Area of activity: Literature and Writing; Religion
Author: Thomas Mardy Rees
Son of John Beadles of Kempston, Beds., and Elizabeth, heiress of Walter Jenkins of Pant, a Quaker. He married Anne Handley in 1699. He translated into Welsh the treatise by his grandfather, Walter Jenkins, entitled, ' The law given forth out of Zion, etc. ', the translation being printed at Shrewsbury c. 1715, under the title Y gyfraith a roddwyd allan o Sion wedi ei gyfieithu i'r Gymraeg er lleshad i bawb.
Beadles also wrote a preface to Theodor Eccleston's replies to Thomas Andrews, vicar of Llanover, who had written about Quakers to a Pontypool parishioner. He sent an account of the beginnings of Quakerism in South Wales to the Meeting for Sufferings in London, dated 21 August 1720. He died in 1734.
Author
- Reverend Thomas Mardy Rees, (1871 - 1953)
- T. M. Rees, A history of the Quakers in Wales and their emigration to North America (1925)
Sources
- Wikipedia Article: Elisha Beadles
Further Reading
- Wikidata: Q20732988
Additional Links
Published date: 1959
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