About Christmas Samuel
Lived 1674 – 1764 (aged 89–90). Christmas Samuel was a British christian minister.
Christmas Samuel (1674 – 18 June 1764) was a Welsh Independent minister and writer.
He was born in Llanegwad, Carmarthenshire, into a relatively prosperous family. He began to preach at an early age, and by 1707 was in charge of the church at Panteg, though he was as yet unordained. He was ordained on 23 September 1711 at the request of his congregation. He was a supporter of Griffith Jones (Llanddowror) in the campaign for circulating schools.
He either wrote, co-authored or was involved in the publication of several works published in the Welsh language by a press at Trefhedyn in Cardiganshire. About five years before his death, he went blind.
Works Catecism o'r Scrythur (1719) Lloffion y Gwr Tywyll (1759)
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Who was Christmas Samuel?
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Christmas Samuel was born in 1674 in Llanegwad.
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Christmas Samuel died on 18 June 1764.
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Christmas Samuel was a christian minister.
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Christmas Samuel was British.
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