<<Subject:Welsh Baptist Meetings in Montgomery Co./Gwynedd? Does anyone know what Welsh Baptist Meetings existed in this county in the early 1700's? Was a Benjamin Griffith an early Baptist minister at one of these >> Cathy, I have Welsh Baptists in Hatfield Township, which is just north west of Gwynedd. Here is an excerpt from Bean's History of Montgomery Co: "In 1720 was "built the first Baptist Church in he county, above the present Montgomeryville, in which preaching in the Welsh language was maintained down to the Revolution�Rev Benjamin Griffith preached in the Welsh language in the Montgomery Baptist Church down to his death, in 1768, and he was also followed by his successor, the Rev. John Thomas; This establishes the fact that, in consequence, the language must have been retained and spoken in some of the families in that section and in the adjoining townships of Hilltown and New Britain until the beginning of this century; We have thus been curious to gather variety of sources the aforesaid facts respecting the powerful hold of the language on the early Welsh settlers in this county, and to show how most of them were unacquainted with any other" Bean's History is online, linked to the Montgomery Co page. I have a list of burials of the graveyard at Montgomery Baptist--will check your names. Edie