Education
Jesus College.
Jesus College.
Williams, from Mallwyd, Merionethshire, Wales, was baptised on 27 March 1779. After his ordination in 1802 by John Randolph, the Bishop of Oxford, he was an usher at Friars School, Bangor and also curate of Llandygai. He then held other parish appointments in north Wales from 1807 as vicar of Cilcain, vicar of Halkyn, vicar of Meifod and, from 1836 until his death, vicar of Ysceifiog, Flintshire.
Williams was an enthusiast for Welsh literature and regarded as an authority on the Welsh language.
He contributed to various church magazines and published sermons. He died on 28 December 1854.
Street Asaph Cathedral contains a memorial window for him at the west end of the building.