Joshua Thomas (1719–1797) was a Welsh writer and Particular Baptist minister, known for his history of Welsh Baptists.He was the eldest son of Morgan Thomas of Tyhên in the parish of Caio, Carmarthenshire, where he was born on 22 February 1719. In 1739 he was apprenticed to his uncle, Simon Thomas, who was a mercer and independent minister at Hereford. Simon Thomas was the author of works in Welsh and in English, mostly printed at a private press of his own, including Hanes y Byd a'r Amseroedd, a summary of universal history. Wikipedia
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