Elegy on Caleb Evans

Yet another elegy by Francis was one for his fellow Welshman Caleb Evans An elegy on the death of the Rev. Caleb Evans D.D. who departed this life, August 9, 1791, in the fifty-fourth year of his age. Caleb Evans (1737-1791) was the son of Hugh Evans (1712-1781) head of the Baptist Academy in Bristol. Born in Bristol, Caleb became his father's coadjutor in 1758 and his successor in 1781, He had a DD from Aberdeen. He published several books. He is remembered for his championing of the American colonists against John Wesley in 1778. Though he and his father had left Wales, like Francis neither lost touch with Wales and would attend association meetings there. However, Caleb could not speak Welsh.