Josiah Rees [SEP] date of birth
Josiah Rees
Josiah Rees (2 October 1744 – 20 September 1804) was a Welsh Presbyterian minister.
Life.
Born in the parish of Llanfair-ar-y-Bryn, near Llandovery, he was son of Owen Rees (1717–1768), the first nonconformist minister in the parish of Aberdare, by Mary his wife, who lived to complete her hundredth year. After attending the grammar school at Swansea, he entered around 1762 Carmarthen College, and became minister-elect of the church at Gellionen in 1764
b. 1727)
- May - Evan Hughes (Hughes Fawr), clergyman and author
- 1802
- 28 November - Robert Roberts, preacher (b. 1762)
- 30 November - Thomas Williams of Llanidan (b. 1737)
- 31 December - Francis Lewis, signatory of the Declaration of American Independence (b. 1713)
- "date unknown" - Joseph Hoare, academic (b. 1709)
- 1804
- 20 September - Josiah Rees, Unitarian minister (b. 1744)
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