Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JONES, DAVID BEVAN (Dewi Elfed; 1807 - 1863), minister (B, and Church of Christ and Latter Day Saints - Mormons) from about the beginning of 1849. He completed the task of building Gwawr chapel for the church which had been incorporated in June 1848. Dewi altered the chapel lease, deleting the name of the Rev. Dr. Thomas Price (1820 - 1888) and a friend of his and adding his own name and that of a supporter. This was the beginning of the dispute between the two but underlying the disagreement was the accusation
JONES, DAVID HUGH (Dewi Arfon; 1833 - 1869), minister (CM), schoolmaster and poet Born in Ty Du, Llanberis, Caernarfonshire, 6th July 1833, to Hugh and Ellen Jones. He was the eldest of 4 children; one brother was Griffth Hugh Jones, ('Gutyn Arfon'), composer of the hymn-tune ' Llef ', written in memory of Dewi Arfon. When Dewi Arfon was about 5, he went to a school kept by Ellis Thomas, in Capel Coch, Llanberis, and then to a school kept by John Evans, Ceunant Coch. He left
JONES, EDWARD (Iorwerth Goes Hir; 1824 - 1880), poet, musician, and politician , which included Dewi Havhesp (tailor), Rhuddfryn (stonemason), Llew Hiraethog (farmer), Elis Wyn o Wyrfai (rector of Llangwm) and others. His poems were edited by Rhuddfryn, and published, with a preface by H. Cernyw Williams, at Corwen, 1881. He died 14 April 1880.
JONES, EVAN (Gwrwst ab Bleddyn Flaidd, Gwrwst; 1793 - 1855), Baptist minister and littérateur Williams (Robert ap Gwilym Ddu) and David Owen (Dewi Wyn o Eifion), and was an active member of the Cymreigyddion Society at Dolgelley. He published Gwentwyson: sef Ymdrechfa Y Beirdd; neu Awdlau Galarnadol am … Y Parch. Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc), 1849, and the translation of Traethawd ar Faddeuant Pechod, 1809, by Abraham Booth is attributed to him, although he was then but a youth (see under Evan
JONES, GRIFFITH HARTWELL (1859 - 1944), cleric and historian Born 16 April 1859, son of the Rev. Edward Jones (1826 - 1892), vicar of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant. David Jones ('Dewi Fardd'), Trefriw was one of his ancestors and John Jones (1786 - 1865), printer of Gwyndod Wryf Press, Llanrwst, was his grandfather. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and Jesus College, Oxford. He was D.D. and D.Litt. of Oxford. From 1888 to 1893 he was Professor of Latin at
JONES, GRIFFITH HUGH (Gutyn Arfon; 1849 - 1919), musician and was in demand as a conductor of singing festivals. He was probably the first in the Arfon part of Caernarvonshire to introduce a musical instrument into the local chapel - Rhiwddolion chapel in this case. He wrote several anthems and hymn-tunes; his hymn-tune ' Llef,' written in memory of his brother Dewi Arfon, continues to be very popular. He published a collection of his brother's poems. He
JONES, GWILYM EIRWYN (EIRWYN PONTSHÂN; 1922 - 1994), carpenter, entertainer, nationalist Waunwen in Talgarreg, where he had a workshop in the village. The main influences on him there were the headmaster of the local school, Tom Stephens, and Dewi Emrys, who lived there for eleven years in Y Bwthyn. Eirwyn attended Dewi's evening classes and was a member of his drama company. The family moved in 1959 to a smallholding on the outskirts of the village called Black Lion. Eirwyn changed the
JONES, JOHN (1777 - 1842) Ystrad, politician Born at 38, King Street, Carmarthen, 15 September 1777, the son of Thomas Jones, solicitor, of Job's Well and Capel Dewi, and the grandson of Thomas Jones, R.N. Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, he was called to the Bar from Lincoln's Inn in 1803 and became the leading counsel on the South Wales circuit and recorder of Kidwelly. He unsuccessfully contested Carmarthen borough against the
JONES, JOHN (Myrddin Fardd; 1836 - 1921), writer, antiquary, and collector of old letters and manuscripts following books, mostly at his own expense: Golygawd o Ben Carreg yr Ymbill, 1858; Awdl Mynyddoedd Eryri, 1862; Caniadau Ieuan Lleyn, 1878; Adgof Uwch Anghof, 1883; Gwaith Owain Gruffydd, 1895; Cofiant Dewi Wyn, 1902; Gleanings from God's Acre, 1903; Cynfeirdd Lleyn, 1905; Gwerin Eiriau Sir Gaernarfon, 1907; Llen Gwerin Sir Gaernarfon, 1908; Gwaith Owain Lleyn, 1909; and Enwau Lleoedd Sir Gaernarfon, 1913
JONES, JOHN (CYNDDYLAN) (1841 - 1930), preacher and theologian Born 27 February 1841, at Capel Dewi, Cardiganshire. He was for some time a pupil at the school of John Evans, Aberystwyth. He and John Rhys were both appointed pupil-teachers at Penllwyn because the schoolmaster could not choose between them. For a while he kept a school himself near the site of the town clock in Aberystwyth. His pupils were candidates for the ministry, young boys anxious to
JONES, JOHN BOWEN (1829 - 1905), Congregational minister and writer Born 10 February 1829 in Blaenborthyn, Llanwenog, Cardiganshire. He was educated in the local schools at Capel Dewi and Waunifor and at Llandysul grammar school. He had a brilliant career (1846-51) at the Carmarthen Presbyterian College, 1846-51 - he was one of the first in Wales to take the B.A. degree of the University of London (1850). He began to preach in 1847 at Bryn-teg, where he was a
JONES, JOHN ISLAN (1874 - 1968), minister (U) and author Born 17 February 1874, son of Evan and Mary Jones, Tynewydd (later of Cornant and Melin Llys-faen), Cribyn, Cardiganshire. He went to schools in Cribyn and Llanwnnen (under David Thomas, ' Dewi Hefin') until he was about ten years old. After being a farm servant and a stonemason with his father he attended the school of David Evans, minister (U) at Cribyn, (1896-98). He won a scholarship to Jesus

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