Poster: Arddangosfa John Elias

POSTER: Arddangosfa John Elias i ddathlu 250 mlynedd ers ei eni. Canolfan Glanhwfa (Capel Moreia), Ffordd Glanhwfa, Llangefni.

Roedd John Elias yn bregethwr Cristnogol yng Nghymru yn hanner cyntaf y 19eg ganrif, fel rhan o'r diwygiad Methodistaidd Cymreig. Nodwyd ei bregethu yn eithriadol o rymus, "fel pe bai siarad tân i lawr o'r nefoedd". Ganed John Elias yn Abererch ger Pwllheli ar 6 Mai 1774 fel John Jones.

Am lawer o'i fywyd cynnar magwyd ef gan ei daid, ac yr oedd yn meddu ar y gallu prin ar y pryd i ddarllen Cymraeg a Saesneg o oedran cynnar. Yn 1799 symudodd i Fôn. Ar 22 Chwefror priododd ag Elizabeth, merch Richard Broadhead, Llanbadrig, sir Fôn. Bu hi farw Ebrill 2, 1828. Bu iddynt bedwar o blant; bu farw dau ohonynt yn eu babandod a goroesodd dau eu tad. Yn 1830 wedi ei ail briodas symudodd i Langefni, lle y bu hyd ddydd ei farw, 8 Mehefin 1841. Claddwyd ef ym mynwent Eglwys Llanfaes. John Elias was a Christian preacher in Wales in the first half of the 19th century, as part of the Welsh Methodist revival. His preaching was noted as being exceptionally powerful, "as if talking fire down from heaven". John Elias was born at Abererch near Pwllheli on 6 May 1774 as John Jones.

For much of his early life he was brought up by his grandfather, and possessed the rare ability at the time to read both Welsh and English from an early age. In 1799 he moved to Anglesey. On 22 February he married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Broadhead of Llanbadrig, Anglesey. She died on 2 April 1828. They had four children; two of them died in infancy and two survived their father. In 1830 following his second marriage he moved to Llangefni, where he lived until the day of his death, 8 June 1841. He is buried at Llanfaes Churchyard.

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Compiled by Amanda Sweet for Archifau Ynys Môn using the following source: Archifiau Ynys Môn/Anglesey Archives, WM/2814.

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