GRIFFITHS
,
GRIFFITH
(
1799
-
1845
),
Anglican missionary
;
christened
24 Dec. 1799
, son of
Griffith
and
Elizabeth
Griffiths
,
Ty'n–nant
,
Llanfihangel-genau'r-glyn, Cards.
He was educated locally and under
John
Williams
(
1792
-
1858
)
at
Lampeter grammar school
. Ordained
deacon
, he sailed for
Jamaica
in
1825
as
missionary
of the
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel
; he was
priested
in
Jamaica
by
bishop
Lipscombe
, and appointed to the
Marchioneal Bay
area; he was translated to
Portland
in
1833
and later to
Trelawney
; he ministered successfully amongst the negroes during the turbulent period of the emancipation of the slaves. He d.
8 Dec. 1845
.
Bibliography:
-
Eminent Welshmen
, 1908
;
-
Geirlyfr Bywgraffiadol o Enwogion
Cymru
, 1870
.
Author:
Rev. Dr. Evan Lewis Evans, D.Th., (1898-1978), Pontardulais /
Swansea
