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a Welsh Congregational minister, was born in the parish of Mothvey, Carmarthenshire, May 1, 1823. He was converted in his twelfth year; began to preach when but sixteen; completed a course at Brecon College; was ordained at Llanelly, Brecknockshire, in 1846; became pastor at Aberaman in 1854; in 1863 removed to Cardiff, and in 1868 resigned his Welsh charge, and became pastor of an English congregation which he had organized in Cardiff; in which capacity he continued till his death, May 8, 1874. He edited the Bierniad, a Welsh quarterly, from its commencement in 1860 until a few months of his death. See (Lond.) Cong. Year-book, 1875, page 321.