FRANCIS
,
ABEL
(d.
c.
1743
),
Arminian Baptist minister
,
son of
Francis Thomas
Francis
and second-cousin of the more famous
Enoch
Francis
(q.v.)
, was for many years
assistant-pastor
of ‘
Tivy-side church
,’ probably labouring mainly around
Pencarreg, Carms.
, where he lived — in the record of his marriage in
1733
(printed in
Traf. Cymd. Hanes Bed.
,
1948-9
, 52) he is described as ‘of or nigh
Llanybydder
.’ In
1729
he adopted
Arminian
views, and in
1735 or 1736
left the
Baptists
and joined the
Presbyterian-Independents
; he is said (
J.T.J.
, i, 372) to have become a member of
Esgairdawe
(today known as
Ffald-y-brenin
) Independent church, Carms.
Bibliography:
-
Joshua Thomas
,
Hanes y Bedyddwyr ymhlith y Cymry
, 375, 377-9.
Author:
Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, C.B.E., D.Litt., Ll.D.,
F.S.A., (1881-1969), Bangor
