HOWELLS
,
HOWELL
(
1750
-
1842
),
Methodist cleric
;
b.
12 May 1750
at
Ystrad-gynlais
,
Brecknock
. As a young man he joined the
Methodist society
and began to
preach
when he was travelling in
North Wales
with
John
Evans
(d.
1784
) (q.v.)
of
Cil-y-cwm
. He was educated at
Llanddowror school
c
. 1778
and was ordained
deacon
in
1781
; when he was ordained
priest
in
1782
he was referred to as ‘
curate
of
Ystradgynlais
.’ After that, he is said to have served at
Glyncorrwg
but later went to
S. Nicholas, Glam.
, where he associated with
David
Jones
,
Llan-gan
(q.v.)
and came into collision with his
parish priest
because of his
Methodism
. He obtained an appointment as
curate
of
Llanddiddan Fach
, near
Tre-hyl
, and the local
Methodists
flocked there to receive communion. In
1818
he was forced to relinquish this appointment, and from that time until his death,
19 Jan. 1842
, remained a staunch
Methodist
, frequently taking part in the
ordaining of Methodist ministers
. He was twice m. (1) to
Miss
Thomas
, daughter of the
parish priest
of
Bonvilston
and (2) to
Miss
Samuel
of
Cowbridge
.
Bibliography:
-
T. Morgan
,
Galarnad ar ôl y Parchedig Howell Howells,
gynt o Drehill, Swydd Forganwg, yr hwn a fu farw ar y 19eg
o Ionawr MDCCCXLII, yn y 92 flwydd o'i oed
, Cardiff,
1842
,
1842
;
-
Y Drysorfa
,
1842
, 161-3;
-
Y Tadau Methodistaidd
, 1895
, ii, 300-5;
-
The Episcopal Registers of the Diocese of
St. David's, 1397–1518
. Cymmrodorion Record Series 6,
1917–20
, no. 5.
Author:
Rev. Gomer Morgan Roberts, M.A., (1904-93), Pont-rhyd-y-fen / St
Dogmael's / Llandybïe
