DAFYDD, ROBERT (1747-1834), Calvinistic Methodist preacher; a weaver,
b. at Cwmbychan, Nanmor, Mer., son of a weaver named Dafydd Prichard. When about 21 he was affected by a sermon preached by John Robert Lewis (q.v.), and learned to read in the circulating school kept at Beddgelert by Robert Jones (1745-1829) (q.v.), of Rhos-lan. He then went to live and work in Llangybi parish, Caerns., m., and set up house at Tyddyn Ruffydd. His name appears as one of the witnesses of the first title-deed (1772) of Brynengan chapel, the focus of Eifionydd Methodism, and he began preaching in 1773. He d. 17 April 1834 at the chapel-house of Brynengan, where one of his sons lived. Physically, he was a giant; his tongue had a very rough edge, and his sayings are widely remembered.
Bibliography:
- Henry Hughes, Robert Dafydd, Brynengan, 1895.
Author:
Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, C.B.E., D.Litt., Ll.D., F.S.A., (1881-1969), Bangor.
