Thomas, John (2)

a Welsh Congregational minister, was born at Carmarthen, April 13,1811. He was converted at the age of eighteen, and became an efficient teacher, in the Sabbath-school; removed to Newcastle in 1844, and, at the request of the Welsh population, became pastor of their chapel. He accepted a call from Glynneath in 1855; but after two years of labor with that people, under medical advice, resigned his charge. He died Aug. 3, 1870. See. (Lond.) Cong. Year-book, 1871, p. 353.