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JAMES, JOSHUA (1665-1728), one of the earliest ministers of the Baptists at Llanwenarth, Mon. , received into membership in 1689, but styled ‘minister,’ as assistant to William Prichard (d. 1713) (q.v.) in 1699, and in sole charge after Prichard's death. He was a man of influence in Baptist circles in London and Bristol; he d. in Aug. 1728, aged 63, and was buried at Llanwenarth.

Bibliography:

  • Joshua Thomas, Hanes y Bed., 2nd ed., 219-22.

Author:

Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, C.B.E., D.Litt., Ll.D., F.S.A., (1881-1969), Bangor.