Background
Edwards was born at Crogen Wladys in Glyn Ceiriog in 1747.
Edwards was born at Crogen Wladys in Glyn Ceiriog in 1747.
He, Owen Jones (Myfyr), and Robert Hughes (Robin Ddu o Fon), were the founders of Cymdeithas y Gwyneddigion, or the Venedotian Society, 1770. Sion Ceiriog, as he was called, wrote an awdl (ode) for the meeting of the society on Saint David"s Day, 1778. He was its secretary in 1779-1780, and its president in 1783.