Introduction

Biography

Davies was the son of Ro­bert and Ann Da­vies, of Se­gar Farm, Hen­llan, near Den­bigh. At age four, he lost his mo­ther, and was af­ter­ward tak­en by his un­cle to Bronyrhaul Farm, in the same pa­rish.

He was ap­pren­ticed to a paint­er, and in 1834, he moved to Ban­gor, where he be­came a pro­mi­nent mu­si­cian and pre­cent­or of the Wes­ley­an cha­pel. By trade he was a paint­er and plumb­er.

In 1837 he mar­ried Mar­ga­ret, daugh­ter of Ow­en Will­iams of Tros-y-ca­nol, near Ban­gor. At Bang­or he was ve­ry po­pu­lar as a sing­er and mu­sic teach­er.

In 1840, the fa­mi­ly moved to St. As­aph, where he be­came prin­ci­pal al­to in the ca­thed­ral choir, a po­si­tion he held 27 years.

At the 1852 Be­the­sa­da eis­tedd­fod, he won a prize for the best an­them—Mawl a’th Erys. In 1853, he se­cured the prize for the best an­them on Mor hawddgar yw dy begyll at the same place. He was also a prize win­ner at the 1860 eisteddfod at Den­bigh. Davies wrote con­gre­ga­tion­al tunes as well as an­thems.