John Williams, 1854-1921, was a Calvinistic Methodist minister from Anglesey. In 1878 he was made a minister at Brynsiencyn where he became a very popular preacher. In 1895 he moved to Liverpool, to Prince's Road. On his retirement in 1906 he returned to Anglesey.
His papers consist of material relating to John Elias, a very famous Calvinistic Methodist preacher. Born in 1774, ordained in 1811, and married in 1830 to Ann, widow of Sir John Bulkeley of Presaddfed, Bodedern. He died in 1841.
For further material relating to the Reverend John Williams of Brynsiencyn and John Elias, held at the Archives Department of the University of Wales Bangor, consult the Archives Hub
From the guide to the Rev. John Williams, Brynsiencyn Manuscripts, 1786-1922, (Bangor University)
