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William Williams Pantycelyn ( 1717 – 11 January 1791 ), also known as Williams Pantycelyn and Pantycelyn, is generally acknowledged as Wales ' most famous hymn writer.

He was also one of the key leaders of the 18th century Welsh Methodist revival, along with Daniel Rowland and Howell Harris.

As a poet and prose writer he is today considered to be one of Wales ' greatest writers.

The son of John Williams, a small farmer at Pantycelyn (" holly hollow "), his mother's name was Dorothy.

His father died in 1742.

The farm is located 4 miles from Llandovery in West Wales.

As a boy he attended a Nonconformist church ( Welsh usage: chapel ) at Cefnarthen.

Later the family identified with the Calvinist doctrines and moved church.

Later, after his conversion, Williams was a painstaking upholder of traditional Reformation doctrine in its Calvinist form and gave stern warnings against Arminianism, Arianism, Socinianism, Sandelmanism and other deviations ( ref. p. 7 G. T. Hughes ).