HARRI, EDWARD (1752?-1837), poet and weaver;
b. in Penderyn, Brecknock, but moved early in life to Cefn-Coed-y-Cymer. At the time of his death, 20 Aug. 1837, at the age of eighty-five, he had been a member of Hen-Dŷ-Cwrdd Unitarian church, Cefn-Coed-y-Cymer, for 60 years. He had been m. for 50 years; four children survived him. At one period the church paid him ‘Charity to Edward Harri 1/-‘. The following item also appears in the church books — ‘July 22, 1827, Edward Harri, weaver, and his wife have been restored and partook of the Lord's Supper.’ He composed several poems, but only two appear to have survived: ‘Galargan ar ol ei wraig’ and ‘Cynghorion idd ei ŵyr.’ He was a brother of William Harri (q.v.), of Garw-dyle, Penderyn.
Bibliography:
- W. Morgan, The Vaynor Handbook, 1893;
- T. Lewis, Hen Dŷ Cwrdd Coed y Cymmer, 1947.
Author:
Watkin William Price, M.A., (1873-1967), Aberdare
