PARRY, DAVID (1760-1821), Calvinistic Methodist minister;
b. 13 Feb. 1760 at Llwyndiriad, Caeo, Carms., son of Dafydd Parry. As a young man, he joined the Methodists and began to preach in 1778, after which he was a student at lady Huntingdon's college at Trevecka for a short time. In 1784 he m. Margaret Evans of Llofft-wen, Llanwrtyd, and c. 1797-8 went to live at Cilfach, Llanwrtyd. He was one of the first batch of ministers ordained by the Methodists at Llandeilo in 1811. He was a very notable preacher and his services were frequently in demand at the Associations. He d. 27 April 1821, and was buried inside Rhydybere chapel.
Bibliography:
- Drys., 1834, 65;
- Y Cylchgrawn, 1884, 86;
- Hanes Meth. Cymru, iii, 335;
- J. Evans, Biog. Dict., 234;
- J.M. Jones, Ordeiniad 1811, 147.
Author:
Rev. Gomer Morgan Roberts, M.A., (1904-93), Pont-rhyd-y-fen / St Dogmael's / Llandybïe
