JONES, EDWARD ('the second '; 1775 - 1838), Wesleyan minister

Born at Cynwyd, Meironnydd, 1775. Before his conversion he wrote and acted in interludes. Before long he joined the Wesleyans and became a minister in the following circuits: Beaumaris (1804), Welshpool (1805), Merthyr (1806), Machynlleth (1807), Ruthin (1808), Dolgelley (1809), Aberystwyth (1811), and Swansea (1813). In 1815 he was compelled to retire on account of ill-health; he died 15 April 1838. A list of the articles published by him in Yr Eurgrawn Wesleyaidd will be found in H. Wesl. Gymr., i, 276. It is said that he co-operated with John Bryan in publishing in 1805 a collection of hymns, but T. Jones Humphreys was of opinion that Edward Jones of Bathafarn (1778 - 1837) was the joint editor of that production.

Author

• Reverend Griffith Thomas Roberts, (1887 - 1977)

Sources

• Yr Eurgrawn Wesleyaidd, 1902, 342
• J. Jones, Y Bywgraffydd Wesleyaidd yn cynwys bras-hanes am un a thriugain o weinidogion Wesleyaidd Cymreig yn nghyda 35 o weinidogion a gwyr lleyg Saesonig (Machynlleth 1866), 153-5
• Hugh Jones, Hanes Wesleyaeth Gymreig (1911–3), i, 273-6
• W. Rowlands, Cofiant bywyd a marwolaeth y diweddar Barch. John Davies, gweinidog Wesleyaidd, 1847, 14-15

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• Wikidata: Q20732953

Published date: 1959

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