Hugh Hughes

Hugh Hughes (Tegai) (1805 – 8 December 1864) was a Welsh minister and poet.

Life Hughes was born in the small village of Cilgeraint, Llandygai, Carnarvonshire; his father was a deacon of the Independent church at Cororion, and district president of the British and Foreign Bible Society. He was educated at a Sunday school. When the Independent church to which his family belonged was closed, he joined the Wesleyans, but subsequently returned to the Independents, and became known in the district as a preacher.

Successively, Hughes took charge of churches at Rhos-y-lan, Tabor, and Llanystumdwy, at Jackson Street, Manchester, and at Capelhelyg, Chwilog, and Abererch in Carnarvonshire. At Abererch he set up a printing–press, and edited Yr Arweinydd, a penny monthly, for many years. In 1859 he moved to Aberdare, where he took charge of the new church at Bethel, and gathered a large congregation.

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