JONES, DAVID (1797 - 1841), missionary

A missionary connected with the Madagascar Mission for nearly twenty-five years under the London Missionary Society; born 1797 at Pen-rhiw, near Neuadd-lwyd, Cardiganshire. He studied when 14 under Thomas Phillips at the Neuadd-lwyd Academy, and later at Llanfyllin and Gosport. At 16 he felt the urge to preach, and, offering himself for service under the L.M.S., was appointed to Africa and ordained at Neuaddlwyd, 20 and 21 August 1817. He married Louisa Darby of Gosport. Directed to Madagascar instead of Stephen Laidler, he landed in 1818, and was laid low with fever; he buried his wife and child at Tamatave. He settled at Antananarivo in 1820, and in conjunction with David Griffiths translated the Bible into Malagasy; he also, with the help of David Johns, published a Spelling Book, a Catechism, and a Hymnary. He was forced to leave but used Mauritius as a base for evangelization. He died there in September 1841.

Author

• Reverend Dr Evan Lewis Evans, (1898 - 1978)

Sources

• A Register of Missionaries, Deputations etc., from 1796 to 1885 (1886), 1923
• Enwogion Sir Aberteifi (1868)
• E. Lewis Evans, Cymru a'r Gymdeithas Genhadol, sef hanes ei Chychwyn (1945)

Further Reading

• William Evans, Anerchiadau a phregethau a draddodwyd Ebrill 6ed, 1896, yn nghyfarfodydd dathliad trydded jiwbili cychwyniad yr achos, a chanmlwyddiant sefydliad y diweddar Ddr. Phillips fel gweinidog yn Neuaddlwyd (Llandyssul 1896)
• John Austin Jenkins, Hanes cenhadon cyntaf Madagasgar (Llundain 1894)
• Wikipedia Article: David Jones

Images

• H. Cook, J. Andrews, Revd. David Jones, Missionary (Madagascar)

Additional Links

• VIAF: 66256393
• Wikidata: Q3018170

Published date: 1959

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