Enoch Francis

Enoch Francis (1688–1740) was a Welsh

minister.

Francis was born in 1688 at Pantyllaethdy, on the banks of the

] "was uncomfortable. There were very warm debates upon general redemption and other articles connected with it. Mr. E. Francis had work enough to moderate some tempers".

He died 4 Feb. 1739–40. Mary, his wife, died 23 Aug. 1739, aged 49, and the inscription on the tomb tells us "Enoch walked with God"; "Mary has chosen the better part". The historian of the baptists^[who?] concludes his memoir with an elegy by Jenkin Thomas, Drewen.

Publications

• The Work and Reward of the Faithful Minister of the Gospel, 1729.
• A Word in Season, 1733.

He was also the author of some of the association letters; that of 1734 is specially mentioned.

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Francis, Enoch". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.