ANDREWS, JOSHUA (c.1708 - 1793), Baptist minister

Nothing is known of his beginnings, but in 1732 or 1733 he became a member of Pen-y-garn congregation, under Miles Harry. In 1736, he went to Bristol Academy; he was one of six Welshmen there, another being Caleb Evans. He returned to serve as a lay preacher at Pen-y-garn; and about 1740 was ordained to assist Harry, with special charge of the cause at Usk; but he was not a man of popular gifts. In 1743, we find him assistant at Llanwenarth.

In 1745, he became pastor of the historic church of Olchon, and also of Capel-y-ffin, which is twenty miles distant from Olchon. He laboured in these two places in dire poverty and ill health; 'for more than fifty years he frequently appeared like a dying man.' He died 14 June 1793 'aged about 85'; he was buried at Trosnant.

Author

• Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, (1881 - 1969)

Sources

• Rippon, The Baptist Annual Register Including sketches of the state of religion among different denominations of good men at home and abroadfor 1794-7 (the account is pretty certainly Joshua Thomas's work)

Further Reading

• Wikipedia Article: Joshua Andrews

Additional Links

• Wikidata: Q20733741

Published date: 1959

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