Davies, John David

Davies, John David an English Congregational minister, was born at Braintree, Essex, February 10, 1829. He was converted when about eighteen years old; studied at Hackney College; was settled at Blakeney, Gloucestershire, seven years; was sent by the Colonial Missionary Society to Melbourne in 1863, and was soon called to the pastorate at Kew, in the vicinity. After three years he returned, in ill-health, to England; and accepted the pastorate at Wareham, Dorset, where he continued until his death, March 4, 1871. See (Lond.) Cong. Year-book, 1872, page 312.