Thomas William

Known as: Thomas Williams, Thomas Williams, Bethesda Morganwg, Thomas Williams, Bethesda'r Fro, Thomas Williams, from the Vale of Glamorgan.

See also Thomas Williams.
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Williams, Thomas, of Bethesda'r Frô, was a minister with the Independents in South Wales. He was born at a farmhouse, called Trehedyn, near Cowbridge, Glamorganshire. In 1812 he published a collection of hymns, which he called Llais y Durtur, or The Voice of the Turtle Dove. In 1824 he published a new edition under the title of Dyfroedd Bethesd, containing 143 hymns and 10 songs. Many of his hymns are still used by all denominations in Wales. [Rev. W. Glanffrwd Thomas]

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)