JONES, DAVID (1770 - 1831), Congregational minister, hymnist, and musician
Date of birth: 1770
Date of death: 1831
Gender: Male
Occupation: Congregational minister, hymnist, and musician
Area of activity: Music; Poetry; Religion
Author: Robert David Griffith
Born October 1770, at Coed-y-ddôl, Llanuwchllyn, Meironnydd. By trade he was a maker of wooden domestic dishes and utensils. Whilst still a young man he went to Wrexham for a course of instruction at the Academy conducted by Jenkin Lewis. In 1801 he took charge of the Congregational church at Holywell, Flintshire. He published a collection of hymns in 1821 (2nd ed. the same year and a 3rd ed. in 1826); this work included a treatise entitled Egwyddorion neu Dôn-raddau Peroriaeth a amcanwyd yn bennaf er anogaeth a chynorthwy i bobl ieuanc. In 1831 he went to Manchester to collect money in aid of the weak churches. He died 25 August 1831 at Liverpool as the result of an accident; he was buried at Holywell.
Author
- Robert David Griffith, (1877 - 1958)
- Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru, iv, 222
- W. A. Griffiths, Hanes Emynwyr Cymru (Caernarfon 1907)
- Charles Ashton, Llyfryddiaeth Gymreig o 1801 i 1810 (1908)
- [ Y Gwyddoniadur Cymreig (1889-96) (2nd ed.), vi, 416
- R. T. Jenkins, Hanes Cynulleidfa Hen Gapel Llanuwchllyn (1937), 99, 114]
Sources
- Wikidata: Q20732845
Additional Links
Published date: 1959
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