JAMES, JOHN (d. 1705), Congregational minister.
He was educated at Ystrad Wallter or at Swansea and ordained at Llan-y-bri, 1688. He was given £2 by the Presbyterian Board, 16 Jan. 1690, to encourage him in his work at Crug-glas (Pantêg); it is confirmed, in the minutes of the ‘Happy Union,’ 1690-2, that he was at Crug-glas, that he was a freeholder, and that he had received £1 from his congregation in acknowledgement of his services. He was present at Tirdoncyn, 17 Nov. 1697, on the day that Llewelyn Bevan was instituted to Cwmllynfell and Gellionnen. According to a report by the churchwardens of Henllan Amgoed, 4 Sept. 1705, he used to preach to Lewis Thomas's congregation, a body of Calvinists [see under Owen, Jeremy]. He d. during that year.
Bibliography:
- D. Peter, Hanes Crefydd yng Nghymru, 594;
- Gordon MS., 291;
- H.E.A.C., iii, 384;
- Tirdoncyn Church Book, 17 Nov. 1697 (in N.L.W.);
- minutes of the Presb. Board, 16 Jan. 1690;
- Henllan Amgoed churchwardens’ accounts, 4 Sept. 1705.
Author:
Rev. John Dyfnallt Owen, M.A., (1873-1956), Aberystwyth
