Evan David

1801 - 1888  (87 years)

• Name	Evan David
  Born	6 Jan 1801	Pencoed, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	Evan Davies
  Also Known As	Myfyr Morganwg
  Occupation	1851
  	Watchmaker
  Died	23 Feb 1888	Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
  Buried	Glyntaff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
  	Address: St. Marys Church, Glyntaf, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
  Person ID	I78510	Lasbury Family
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2024

  
  

  Wife	Sarah Thomas           b. 1811, Heol-y-Cyw, Glamorgan, Wales, UK           bur. Glyntaff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
  Married	30 Jan 1828	Coychurch, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
  	Address: St. Crallo Church, Coychurch, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
  Children	1. Ivor Aneurin David           b. 22 Dec 1828, Coychurch, Glamorgan, Wales, UK           d. 1851, Glyntaff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK  (Age 22 years)   2. Ieuan David           b. 17 Jan 1831, Coychurch, Glamorgan, Wales, UK           d. 2 Dec 1886, Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales, UK  (Age 55 years)   3. Taliesin David           b. 6 Oct 1832, Coychurch, Glamorgan, Wales, UK   4. Thomas Cicero David           b. 16 Mar 1834, Coychurch, Glamorgan, Wales, UK   5. Cecilia Morvydd David           b. 31 Mar 1836, Coychurch, Glamorgan, Wales, UK   6. Rhianedd Golenddydd David           b. 1838, Coychurch, Glamorgan, Wales, UK   7. Iestyn Gwynoryd David           b. 1840, Coychurch, Glamorgan, Wales, UK   8. Octavius M. David           b. 1842, Coychurch, Glamorgan, Wales, UK   9. Mair Gwawrdydd David           b. 1847, Coychurch, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2024
  Family ID	F32721	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 6 Jan 1801 - Pencoed, Glamorgan, Wales, UK Married - Address: St. Crallo Church, Coychurch, Glamorgan, Wales, UK - 30 Jan 1828 - Coychurch, Glamorgan, Wales, UK Died - 23 Feb 1888 - Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales, UK Buried - Address: St. Marys Church, Glyntaf, Glamorgan, Wales, UK - - Glyntaff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Evan Davies (6 January 1801 - 23 February 1888), also known by his bardic name Myfyr Morganwg was a Welsh bard, druid and antiquarian. Born in Pencoed, Glamorgan, it is thought that Davies received no formal education; instead he spent his early years studying Welsh Bardic Rules and teaching himself mathematics, among other subjects. As a young man he preached in his local chapels and became a watchmaker by trade. In 1842 he rose to prominence when he and John Jones of Llangollen began openly debating the subject of temperance at a meeting in Llantrisant, Glamorgan. Before this, he would preach in chapels near to his home. It was around 1844-45 that Davies moved to Pontypridd, where he first took on the name 'Myfyr Morganwg'. He became very interested by the revival of interest in Druidism which had swept the local area. He read heavily on the subject and concluded that Christianity was merely Druidism in a Jewish garb. Following the death of Taliesin Williams in 1847, Davies proclaimed himself archdruid, and from about 1853 he began to hold religious and druidical services near the Rocking Stone at Pontypridd. For about 25 years the practice of holding meetings at the hour of equinoxes and solstices became a Glamorgan tradition, and Davies published a number of books on druidism. Much of his Neo druidic writings were nothing more than a continuation of the 18th-century revival and thus are built largely around writings produced in the 18th century and after by second-hand sources and theorists. Nevertheless, Davies was considered by some of his contemporaries as an expert in the field. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Davies_(Myfyr_Morganwg)