Background
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.
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Moses Williams
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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 (his name is carved on one of the attic beams of the rectory), Breconshire (1716–1732), Rector of Chilton Trinity, Somerset and lastly Vicar of Street Mary, Bridgewater (1732–1742). Williams was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1719.
He died in Bridgwater, Somerset.
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Royal Society.
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United Kingdom