BEVAN
,
HOPKIN
(
1765
-
1839
),
Calvinistic Methodist minister
,
was b.
4 May 1765
at
Gellifwnwr
(or
Cilfwnwr
),
Llangyfelach
, the son of
Rees
and
Mary
Bevan
, received a smattering of education at
Llangyfelach
and
Swansea
, joined the
Methodists
in
Gopa-fach
in
1788
, and was ordained in the first
Methodist Association
for the ordaining of ministers held at
Llandilo
in
1811
. He was a popular
preacher
and, according to the custom of those days, toured the country from end to end; he was also a
writer of books and of hymns
, and published
Marwnad…Griffydd Morgans
(an elegy) (
Caerfyrddin
,
I.
Daniel
,
1796
),
Hymnau a Phenillion
(hymns) (
Abertawy
,
E.
Griffiths
,
1838
),
Ychydig Hanes neu Goffawdwriaeth
(
Abertawy
,
E.
Griffiths
,
1838
). In the two latter books there are several hymns and elegies, and the last, in particular, is a valuable chronicle of the beginnings of
Methodism
in
Glamorgan
. His autobiography was published by his son in
1840
, and his verse was collected by his
biographer
in
1899
. He d.
29 Dec. 1839
and was buried in the aisle of
Bethel
chapel,
Llangyfelach
.
Bibliography:
-
Ychydig o hanes bywyd y Parch. H. Bevan,
Cilfwnwr, Llangyfelach, Morganwg, un o'r geinidogion hynaf
yn mhlith y trefnyddion Calfinaidd
, 1840
,
1840
;
-
W. Samlet Williams
,
Cofiant y Parch. Hopkin Bevan, Llangyfelach
gyda darlun o hono
, Dolgellau, 1899
,
1899
;
-
W. Samlet Williams
,
Hanes Methodistiaeth Gorllewin Morgannwg sef
hanes Eglwysi y Methodistiaid Calfinaidd yng Ngorllewin
Morgannwg, o ddechreuad Methodistiaeth hyd o gylch y
flwyddyn 1870
, 1916
, 173-4;
-
Cylchgrawn Cymdeithas Hanes y Methodistiaid
Calfinaidd
, ii, 44-7, 74-8, vii, 68-72.
Author:
Rev. Gomer Morgan Roberts, M.A., (1904-93), Pont-rhyd-y-fen / St
Dogmael's / Llandybïe
