Ellis Thomas Davies (March 1822 – 2 April 1895) was a Welsh Independent minister. He was born at Tymawr, Penant Lliw Bach, and grew up in the

Llanuwchllyn Llanuwchllyn () is a village and Community (Wales), community in Gwynedd, Wales, near the southern end of Bala Lake (Llyn Tegid). It is one of the most sparsely populated communities in Wales. The electoral ward includes the small settlement ...

area, where his father was an elder in the ‘Old Chapel'. He attended school at Weirglodd Wen, tutored by the local minister, Michael Jones. He then continued his education at

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College. He had begun to preach in 1842, and in 1847 began to minister to the churches at Llansantsiôr and Moelfre. After being ordained the following year, he was appointed to the church at

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, where he remained for the rest of his ministry, retiring in 1887. He died in 1895. His written works include a translation of G. B. Johnson's ''Statement of Principles'' (1877), and a book of verse.

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1822 births 1895 deaths 19th-century Welsh clergy People from Llanuwchllyn {{UK-reli-bio-stub