EVANS
,
DAVID DAVIES
(
1787
-
1858
),
Baptist minister and editor
;
b.
27 March 1787
at
Dol-goch, Cards.
He was brought up at
Maes-y-berllan
, the church of his father,
David
Evans
(
1744
-
1821
) (q.v.)
, began preaching on
21 Jan. 1807
, and spent eighteen months in
Abergavenny Academy
. He received a call to
minister
at the
Tabernacle
,
Carmarthen
, as successor to
Titus
Lewis
(
1773
-
1811
) (q.v.)
, was ordained at
Maesyberllan
, and instituted at
Carmarthen
(
25 March 1812
), the congregation meeting at the
New Tabernacle
, the debt on which and on the new burial place he succeeded in clearing. He
started a school for young preachers
; he also hoped to be able to complete the translation of
Gill
's commentary which had been begun by
Titus
Lewis
(above)
,
Christmas
Evans
(q.v.)
, and
Joseph
Harris
(
Gomer
, q.v.)
. He m. a young woman from
Pont-rhyd-yr-ynn, Mon.
, who was possessed of some private means, and moved at the end of
1827
to
minister
in that place; there also he succeeded in clearing the chapel debt. He could
preach
in
English
as well as in
Welsh
, and came to be regarded as one of the wisest leaders in his denomination. [In
1830
he was elected an
honorary member
of the
London Gwyneddigion
.] He retired in
1857
and went to
Cardiff
, but moved to
Carmarthen
six months later. He d.
29 Aug. 1858
and was buried at
Pont-rhyd-yr-ynn
.
Joseph
Harris
(
Gomer
had transferred the ownership and
editorship
of
Seren Gomer
to
David D.
Evans
in
April 1825
; he, in turn, transferred it to his assistant,
Samuel
Evans
(
1793
-
1856
) (q.v.)
, in
1834
. He contributed much to periodicals, e.g. ‘
Adnoddau Cymru
’ in
Yr Adolygydd
; he also wrote part of the biography of
John
Williams
of
Trosnant, Mon.
Bibliography:
-
Seren Gomer
,
1858
, 478;
-
J. Rufus Williams
,
Hanes Athrofeydd y Bedyddwyr yn Sir Fynwy yn
nghyd â byr grybwylliad am athrofeydd Hwlffordd a
Llangollen
, Aberdâr, 1863
, 34;
-
[
Leathart
,
Origin and Progress of the Gwyneddigion
Society of London
, 1831
, 112].
Author:
Rev. William Joseph Rhys, (1880-1967), Gelli, Rhondda / Treherbert
