Background
Bevan was born in the neighbourhood of Neuaddlwyd, Cardiganshire, about 1796.
Bevan was born in the neighbourhood of Neuaddlwyd, Cardiganshire, about 1796.
He came from a religious home, and at the age of 8, he was already a reader of the Bible. He experienced conversion near Nantgwynfynydd farm and on 19 November 1810, became a church member at Neuaddlwyd. There, the minister Thomas Phillips (1772–1842) encouraged him to begin preaching.
He then went to Phillips"s school at Pen-y-banc, and later to colleges at Newtown and, with Jones, at Gosport.
lieutenant was decided that he should go to Madagascar. Bevan and Jones, with their families, sailed for Madagascar on 9 February, arriving in Mauritius on 3 July 1818.
Five weeks later, they embarked again, and landed at Tamatave, Madagascar, on 18 August 1818. Here they started a school with ten children.
Bevan returned to Mauritius to fetch his family, returning on 6 January 1819.
Tragedy followed. They are buried in Tamatave cemetery.
