Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JENKINS, JOHN (Ifor Ceri; 1770 - 1829), cleric and antiquary Born 8 April 1770 at Cilbronnau Farm, Llangoedmor, Cardiganshire. He was educated at the local school; then went to Carmarthen Academy, and thence to Jesus College, Oxford, from which he moved to Merton College, where he graduated B.A. in 1791. The same year he was ordained deacon and went as curate to his uncle, Dr. Lewis, rector of Whippingham, I.O.W. In 1799 he became chaplain to H.M.S
JENKINS, JOHN (GWILI) (1872 - 1936), poet, theologian, and man of letters Born at Hendy, Pontardulais, Carmarthenshire, 8 October 1872, son of John and Elizabeth Jenkins. He began preaching (with the Baptists) in 1891, and after a short period at Gwynfryn (Ammanford), the school kept by Watcyn Wyn (Watkin Hezekiah Williams), went in 1892 to Bangor and thence (1896) to University College, Cardiff; at both alike, preaching and poetry seemed to him more important than
JENKINS, JOSEPH (1743 - 1819), Baptist minister Llanuwchllyn. In 1773 (8 September) he was ordained pastor of his father's former church, the Old Meeting, at Wrexham; the church had then twenty-seven communicants, and during his pastorate shrank to ten - he does not seem to have been a powerful preacher, though he was a careful administrator. It was a mixed congregation, of Independents and open-communion Baptists, and Jenkins made a practice of
JENKINS, JOSEPH (1859 - 1929), Calvinistic Methodist minister Born at Tan-y-chwarel, Cwmystwyth, Cardiganshire. According to the christening register of Cwmystwyth chapel, he was born 2 November 1859, and registered at Lampeter, 3 December 1859. His father was John Jenkins, lead miner, and his mother was Mary (née Howells). In his youth he was apprenticed to John Lloyd, draper, of Pentre, Rhondda, and became a member of Nazareth chapel where he began to
JENKINS, ROBERT THOMAS (1881 - 1969), historian, man of letters, editor of Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig and the Dictionary of Welsh Biography spent the greater part of his life; there he reached his full maturity and there the recollection of him is at its sweetest and most fragrant. He died 11 November 1969, his remains being buried in Bangor cemetery. After a national appeal, the R.T. Jenkins memorial lecture was founded in the college in 1972. He married twice: (1) in 1907 to Mary Davies, Aberystwyth (who died in 1946) and (2) in 1947 to
JEREMY, JOHN (DAVID) (1782 - 1860), preacher and schoolmaster Born 28 October 1782 at Cwmynys farm near Carmarthen. After having been at the Wrexham Independent Academy (1803 for a short time) and the Carmarthen Presbyterian Academy (1804-8), he became successively a schoolmaster at Llan-y-bri, a private tutor at Saethon, Llŷn, to the family of Williams of Bron Eryri, and an Independent minister at Salem, Llandovery (ordained 20 April 1815). The story of
JEREMY, WALTER DAVID (1825 - 1893), barrister-at-law Born at Cwmbedw, Pencarreg, Carmarthenshire, 5 May 1825, eldest son of John Jeremy. He attended the Presbyterian College, Carmarthen (1841-5), and the University of Glasgow (1845-8), where he graduated M.A. (1848) with honours in classics and philosophy. After spending some time as a private tutor he became minister of the Unitarian chapel at Northampton (1851-2). He then came to the conclusion
JERMAN, HUGH (1836 - 1895), artist and musician . One son, Richard Henry Jerman, 1866 - 1951, was also a gifted artist. His brother-in-law, Edward Salter, born 1831, was a schoolmaster and artist and father of E.H. Langford Salter, 1870 - 1949, who established a music business in Neath and manufactured organs. He died May 8, 1895 and was buried in the parish cemetery at Llanidloes.
JOAN (d. 1237), princess and diplomat recognition of her achievements and of the couple's reinstatement into the king's good graces, on 8 November 1228 the manors of Rothley and Condover were restored to her. Most significantly, a testament to Joan's official undertakings and status as diplomat occurred on 13 October 1228. As Llywelyn's chief ambassador, and as a royal mother, Joan witnessed her son pay homage to the king at Westminster. It was
JOAN (d. 1237), princess attachment to her appears to have been genuine. When she died at the palace of Aber on 2 February 1237 her body was conveyed across the Menai and buried in a new cemetery near the manor of Llan-faes, where Llywelyn founded a Franciscan friary in her memory. She was the mother of Dafydd ap Llywelyn. A stone coffin, removed from Llan-faes at the Dissolution, and now preserved in S. Mary's church at Beaumaris
JOB, JOHN THOMAS (1867 - 1938), Calvinistic Methodist minister, hymn writer, and poet Born 21 May 1867 at Sunny Hill, Llandebïe, Carmarthenshire, the youngest of the five children of John and Mary Job - he was also a nephew of Thomas Job, Conwil. He was educated at Llandebïe National School, Watcyn Wyn's school at Gwynfryn (Ammanford), and Trevecka College, and held pastorates at Nazareth, Aberdare, 1893-8, Carneddi, Bethesda, Caernarfonshire, 1898-1917, Pentour, Fishguard, 1917
JOHN, DAVID (1782? - 1853), Unitarian minister, a Chartist, and, by trade, a smith , where on Sundays and the evenings of week-days, subjects to help workmen in their occupations were taught. His sons, DAVID JOHN and MATTHEW JOHN, were also prominent Chartists; the former, a fiery soul, published, with Morgan Williams, the Welsh Chartist paper Udgorn Cymru, 1840-2, and the English Advocate and Merthyr Free Press, 1840, of which only five numbers appeared. He represented the Chartists

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