Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JONES, DAVID (1736 - 1810), Methodist cleric priest in 1760, and was curate of Trefddyn and Caldicot, Monmouth, the same year. He then went to a parish near Bristol, moving to Crudwell, Wiltshire, in 1764. There he came into contact with the countess of Huntingdon, and in 1767 was given the living of Llan-gan, Glamorganshire, by lady Charlotte Edwin. He married (1) Sinah Bowen of Gwaunifor (died 1792), and (2) Mrs. Bowen Parry of Maenorowen
JONES, DAVID (Welsh Freeholder; 1765 - 1816), barrister and author , and practised in London and on the Oxford and South Wales circuits. In 1800 he graduated from Caius College, Cambridge (M.A. in 1803). Under the pseudonym of ' Welsh Freeholder ' he championed the cause of freedom against the attacks of Samuel Horsley, bishop of S. Davids, in a series of pamphlets: (1) A Letter to the Right Rev. Samuel, Lord Bishop of St. David's, 1791, (2) Thoughts on the Riots at
JONES, DAVID (1805 - 1868), Calvinistic Methodist minister Born 2 June 1805 at Dolwyddelan, brother of John Jones of Tal-y-sarn (1796 - 1857). Before beginning to preach in 1826 he had had no education except that given at the Sunday school. Afterwards he went to the school kept by John Hughes (1796 - 1860) at Wrexham. After coming to live at Caernarvon in 1832 he married Mrs. Owen of Siop-y-pendist. He was ordained in 1834 and ministered to Moriah as
JONES, DAVID (1808 - 1854), Baptist minister and editor Born at Pen-rhiw-fach, Llanpumpsaint, 1808, son of Benjamin and Esther Jones. He started to preach at Ebenezer, Blaenavon, and entered Abergavenny Academy at the age of 20. He was ordained minister of his mother church in 1832, and in July 1834 he moved to the Tabernacle, Cardiff, where he remained until his death, 8 November 1854. During his ministry at Blaenavon, he married E. Thomas, Neath
JONES, DAVID LEWIS (1788 - 1830), Arian minister and academy tutor Born 8 April 1788 at Glynadda, Llanpumpsaint, Carmarthenshire. He was brought up as an Independent at Pencader and was educated by David Davis of Castell Hywel and at Carmarthen Academy (1807-11). He was ordained at Llwynrhydowen, 30 August 1811, as co-minister with David Davis of Castell Hywel, and opened a school at Llandysul - at that time he was an Arminian although he ultimately became an
JONES, DAVID LLOYD (1843 - 1905), Calvinistic Methodist minister became minister of the English church at Llandinam (1875) where he remained for the rest of his life. He married (1) Sophie Williams of Bootle, 1874, and (2) Annie, daughter of the Rev. Evan Jones, 1883; he had two sons by his first marriage and four by his second. He was moderator of the North Wales C.M. Association, 1899, of the General Assembly, 1904, and chairman of the Conference of English C.M
JONES, DAVID MORRIS (1887 - 1957), minister (Presb.) and professor until he retired in 1953. In 1916 he married Esther Ann Williams, Pwllheli, and they had two sons and two daughters. He died 8 October 1957, during his year of office as Moderator of the Association in the South. Morris was a thorough scholar. He became president of the theology section of the Guild of Graduates of the University of Wales, and was the first editor of its periodical Diwinyddiaeth. The
JONES, EDWARD (Iorwerth Ceitho; 1838? - 1930), carpenter and eisteddfodwr ' List of Notable Welshmen ' has been a valuable source for the present Dictionary, though only a part of it (A - H) was published [in 1908; the manuscript of the remainder is at N.L.W., except the entries under J and K, which are lost. The work contains more entries than any other Welsh biographical dictionary covering its period.] He was buried at Forest Hill, 2 November 1930.
JONES, EVAN (PAN) (1834 - 1922), Independent minister . In spite of all his services, his denomination did not see fit to extend to him any of the customary honours. He died 8? May 1922 and was buried on the 12th in Pen-rhewl cemetery, Mostyn.
JONES, Sir EVAN DAVIES (1859 - 1949), 1st baronet, of Pentower, Fishguard, civil engineer, Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire the University of Wales conferred on him the degree of LL.D. (honoris causa); he was also an Officer of the Order of the Nile. He married (1), 1884, Cecilia Ann Evans, daughter of Jacob Evans, St. Fagans, Glamorganshire, by whom he had three sons (two of whom lost their lives in World War I) and three daughters, and (2), Lily Ann Railton (died 1945), daughter of James Railton, of Malpas, Monmouth
JONES, FRANCES MÔN (1919 - 2000), harpist and teacher Jones, a native of Aberffraw, in 1947. They lived in a number of different places in North Wales before settling at Llanfair Caereinion in 1965, where she lived for the rest of her life. Her husband died in 1982. She was invested with the MBE in 1983 and the Sir T. H. Parry-Williams Medal at the Anglesey National Eisteddfod in 1999. She died on 8 September 2000 and was cremated at Wrexham Crematorium
JONES, GARETH RICHARD VAUGHAN (1905 - 1935), linguist and journalist engaged on three enquiries, (1) in the U.S.A. on economic trends, (2) in Italy on relief measures in the Pontine Marshes, (3) in Soviet Russia on conditions of living. He joined the staff of the Western Mail in 1933, and in 1934 began a round-the-world-tour. After a hazardous journey through mid-China, he was murdered by bandits in Inner Mongolia on 12 August 1935. A University of Wales Memorial

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