WILLIAMS
,
WILLIAM
(
1747
-
1812
;
DWB
, 1080).
He has been confused with two others of the same name. He was not educated at
Magdalene College
,
Cambridge
and he was not from
Cowbridge
.
Author:
Daniel Emrys Williams, Aberystwyth
Corrections and additions:
WILLIAMS
,
WILLIAM
(
1747
-
1812
),
Evangelical cleric
,
generally known as ‘
WilliamWilliams
,
Waterbeach
,’
Cambs.
He is described in one source as ‘of
South Wales
, living near
Cowbridge
.’ Educated at
Magdalene College
,
Cambridge
(
B.A.1768
), he was ordained and appointed
chaplain to an English foundry
in
Rotterdam
; afterwards he was
vicar
of
Waterbeach
,
1794-1812
.
William OwenPughe
(q.v.)
, the official
editor
of the
1807
(
Cambridge
) edition of
Y Bibl Cyssegr-Lan
, is said to have been so negligent that nearly 3,000 copies were issued in a defective form, chapter viii of the
Book of Judges
being omitted altogether. This caused much concern to
ThomasCharles
(of
Bala
, q.v.)
and the other sponsors of this issue of the
Welsh
Bible
, but the situation was saved by the energy and scholarship of
WilliamWilliams
. He d.
13 Oct. 1812
; there is a mural commemorative tablet in
Waterbeach church
.
Bibliography:
W. K. Clay
,
A History of the Parish of Waterbeach in the
county of Cambridge
, Cambridge, 1859
,
1857
;
The Gentleman's Magazine
, 1731-1922.
For a long period two volumes appeared annually—these are
referred to as, e.g. ‘1776 i’ and ‘1776 ii’
,
1812
, ii, 405;
The Bible in Wales
, 1906
;
D. E. Jenkins
,
Life of Thomas Charles
, 1908
, iii, 90, 96.
