LEWIS
,
DAVID
(
1760
-
1850
),
cleric
;
b. in
1760
at
Derwen Groes
,
Abergwili, Carms.
, son of
David
Lewis
. He was educated at
Llanpumpsaint
and at the
Presbyterian Academy
,
Carmarthen
, under
Robert
Gentleman
. He matriculated at
Oxford University
from
Jesus College
in
June 1782
, but does not appear to have graduated. He served as
schoolmaster
and
curate
at
Oswestry
, being ordained
priest
in
May 1785
; in
Jan. 1787
he was instituted to the benefice of
Aber-nant, Carms.
, and in
March 1787
to the
perpetual curacy
of
Cynwyl Elfed
. He served these parishes till his death on
28 July 1850
. In addition, he was from
1794 to 1850
rector
of
Garthbeibio, Mont.
He was buried at
Aber-nant
.
Lewis
was a
J.P.
for the
county of Carmarthen
, and
auditor
of the
Christian Knowledge and Church Union Society
, founded by
bishop
Burgess
of
S. Davids
(q.v.)
, to
assist candidates for holy orders
. He was
one of the supporters of the Carmarthen eisteddfodau
, and wrote the preface to the
pryddestau
of the eisteddfod held there in
1819
. He also published a translation of
Wood
on the Catechism.
Bibliography:
-
Yr Haul
,
1850, 320
;
-
Seren Gomer
,
1850
, 287;
-
Foster
,
Alumni Oxonienses
;
-
Thomas
,
A History of the Diocese of St.
Asaph
, s.v. Garthbeibio;
-
A History of Carmarthenshire
, 2 vols.,
1935–9
, ii, 125;
-
The Welshman
,
2 Aug. 1850
;
-
Cardiff Free Libraries, Catalogue of Printed
Literature in the Welsh Department
, 1898
.
Author:
Thomas Iorwerth Ellis, M.A., (1899-1970), Aberystwyth
