Background
Rhees, John Morgan was born on December 8, 1760 in Glamorganshire, Wales. Son of John and Elizabeth Rhys.
Rhees, John Morgan was born on December 8, 1760 in Glamorganshire, Wales. Son of John and Elizabeth Rhys.
Attended Bristol College, August 1776.
Ordained to ministry baptist Church, November 17, 1785. Pastor Penygarn Baptist Church, Pontypool, Monmouthshire, England. Interested in results of French Revolution, went to Paris, 1792, preached, distbd.
Bibles.
Published quarterly (in Welsh) devoted to civil and religious liberty, 1793-1794. Came to New York City, 1794. Formed society for benefit of immigrants.
Influential in movements on behalf of missions, evangelism, civil and religious liberty.
Published The Good Samaritan: An Oration in Behalf of the Philadelphia Society for the Information and Assistance of Persons Emigrating from Foreign Countries, 1796. Justice of peace, associate judge (1799), clerk quarter sessions, recorder deeds (1800), all Somerset, Pennsylvania
Married Ann Loxley, February 22, 1796. Children: John, Benjamin Rush, Mary, Morgan John, Eliza.