Mathias Maurice
Mathias Maurice was a Welsh minister and writer.
Career
He initially joined Henllan Amgoed chapel before going to William Evans in Carmarthen to become a minister. In 1713, Mathias was briefly minister at Olney, before succeeding Richard Davis in Rothwell.In 1726, Maurice wrote Byr a chywir Hanes Eglwys Rhydyceished yn eu Nheulltuad o Henllan, trwy y Blynyddoedd 1707, 1708, 1709, a short pamphlet on the history of Rhydyceished church, printed in 1727 in Maurice's book Y Wir Eglwys. This was answered by Jeremy Owen's pamphlet Golwg ar y Beiau. Other writings by Mathias Maurice include Social Religion Exemplify'd, Monuments of Mercy and A modern question affirmed and approved. Social Religion Exemplify'd had seven editions published by 1860 was translated into Welsh by Evan Evans in 1862.