JONES, DANIEL (1757 - 1821), Methodist cleric
Date of birth: 1757
Date of death: 1821
Spouse: Joan Jones (née Williams)
Gender: Male
Occupation: Methodist cleric
Area of activity: Religion
Author: Gomer Morgan Roberts
Born c. 1757, a native, it is thought, of Llanboidy, Carmarthenshire. He was ordained deacon in 1781 and licensed to the curacy of Pencarreg, but he was curate of Llanybyther when he was ordained priest in 1782. He was transferred to Radyr, Glamorganshire, c. 1785, where he remained as curate for the rest of his life. In 1792 he married Joan, daughter of Edmund Williams of St. Fagans. He was a supporter of the Methodists and used to preach in their chapels; for many years they, in their turn, came every month to take communion in Radyr parish church. HEZEKIAH JONES, Methodist curate of Sully and Porthkerry, near Barry, and JACOB JONES of Hendre, the author of a popular elegy upon Williams of Pantycelyn, were his brothers. He died 20 January 1821 at the age of 63, according to his tombstone, and was buried at St. Fagans.
Author
- Reverend Gomer Morgan Roberts, (1904 - 1993)
- Methodistiaeth Cymru (1851–6), iii, 95
- D. E. Jenkins, Life of Thomas Charles (Denbigh 1908), ii, 136; iii, 328-9
Sources
- Wikidata: Q20732773
Additional Links
Published date: 1959
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