David Lewis (1760 – 28 July 1850) was a Welsh

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priest and writer.

Life

Lewis was born in 1760 in Abergwili, Carmarthenshire, and studied in Llanpumpsaint and at the Presbyterian Academy in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire. He then matriculated at Jesus College, Oxford but there is no record of him obtaining a degree. He was ordained in 1785, and taught in

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, Shropshire where he was also the

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, before moving to Abernant, Carmarthenshire in 1787 (adding the parish of Cynwyl Elfed later in the same year). He also became

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of Garthbeibio,

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in 1794, and continued to serve these three parishes until his death. In addition to serving as a magistrate for Carmarthenshire, he supported the eisteddfodau held in the county. His translation of a book on the

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was published. He died on 28 July 1850, and was buried in Abernant.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, David 1760 births 1850 deaths 18th-century Welsh Anglican priests 19th-century Welsh Anglican priests Welsh translators Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford