In addition to serving as a magistrate for Carmarthenshire, he supported the eisteddfodau held in the county. In 1825 he was King’s Commissioners for Affairs of Taxes and secretary and treasurer for the Bishop of St.

David Lewis was a widower for 25 years before his 2nd marriage to Anne Christopher widow 1772- 1851 David Lewis also became rector of Garthbeibio, Montgomeryshire in 1794, and continued to serve these three parishes until his death. ‘In tracing out a family it may be of use to know that we are related to the Howells of Glaspant, a Squire Family, living, I think, in the parish of Cilreddin - Carmarthenshire’. David Philips Lewis to his cousin Thomas Lewis he states: ‘his grandfather (Rev David Lewis) always traced descent to a Cardinganshire Family Lewis of Llanelwydd later known as Llanelwedd which is a village near Builth Wells, in Powys, Wales and lies within the historic boundaries of Radnorshire.Ī letter dated 10 July 1885 from Rev. Caldecott, Sons & Co., 20 Cheapside, London, Thomas mentions: Rev David Lewis’s wife Mary Anne Lloyd Lewis died 8th February 1794 at Oswestry aged 34.Ī letter by Thomas Lewis (a grandson of Rev David Lewis), dated 25 June 1885 This was prior to moving to Abernant, Carmarthenshire in 1787 (adding the parish of Cynwyl Elfed later in the same year).

He then matriculated from Jesus College, Oxford in June 1782 but there is no record of him obtaining a degree.ĭavid Lewis was ordained in 1785, and initially he taught in Oswestry, Shropshire where he was also the curate. He had a twin sister Elizabeth and two other sisters Mary born in 1764 and Anne born in 1765.ĭavid Lewis studied at school in Llanpumpsaint and subsequently at the Presbyterian Academy in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire under Robert Gentleman. DAVID LEWIS was born in 1760 at Derwen Groes in Abergwili, Carmarthenshire the son of David Lewis and his wife.

The Welsh Man by Dave Lewis