Moses Williams

For the Buffalo Soldier, see Moses Williams (Medal of Honor recipient).

Moses Williams (1685–1742) was a Welsh antiquarian scholar.

He was born the son of Samuel Williams, Vicar of Llan Dyfriog and Rector of Llan Gynllo, Cardiganshire, and his wife, Margaret, daughter of Jenkin Powell Prytherch, in Y Glaslyn, near Llandysul, Ceredigion, in south-west Wales.

He was ordained a deacon in 1708 and a priest in 1713. he was made Curate of Chiddingstone, Kent (1708–1713), Vicar of Llanwenog, Cardiganshire (1715–1742), Vicar of Devynock of Defynnog, Breconshire (1716–1732), Rector of Chilton Trinity, Somerset and lastly Vicar of St Mary, Bridgewater (1732–1742).

He supervised new editions of the Bible and Prayer Book in Welsh; his library, containing many Welsh books and manuscripts came into the possession of William Jones and then into the library of George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield at Shirburn Castle. He worked closely with Edward Lhuyd on the Archaeologia Britannica (1707) and with William Wotton on the Leges Wallicae, a parallel text edition of the laws of Hywel Dda published in 1730.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1719.^[1]

He died in Bridgewater, Somerset. He had married Margaret Davies of Cwm Wysg, Defynnog.

References

1. ^ "Library and Archive Catalogue". The Royal Society. http://www2.royalsociety.org/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Persons&dsqPos=12&dsqSearch=%28Surname%3D%27williams%27%29. Retrieved 1 November 2010. 

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Name	Williams, Moses
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Date of birth	1685
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Date of death	1742
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