JONES, WILLIAM (1784 - 1847), Independent minister and divine

Name: William Jones
Date of birth: 1784
Date of death: 1847
Parent: Elizabeth Jones
Parent: William Jones
Gender: Male
Occupation: Independent minister and divine
Area of activity: Religion
Author: Gomer Morgan Roberts

Born 1784 at Bala, son of William and Elizabeth Jones. The father was a Calvinistic Methodist elder, but the son [educated at Bala grammar school] joined the Independents c. 1800 and began to preach in 1801. He was trained for the ministry at Wrexham Academy, 1805-9, ordained minister of Bridgend and Brynmenyn chapels, Glamorganshire, in 1810, died 5 June 1847, and was buried near his chapel at Bridgend. 'Jones Pen-y-bont' was a celebrated preacher in his day, but, although he published a volume of his sermons, he is best remembered as a systematic theologian. His Geiriadur Duwinyddol was published in two volumes in 1837, and reprinted in one volume in 1864.

Author

Reverend Gomer Morgan Roberts, (1904 - 1993)

Sources

Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru, ii, 208-10
Album Aberhonddu â€¦ o'r flwyddyn 1755 hyd 1880 (1898), 52-3
W. M. Rees, Hanes Eglwys Annibynnol Brynmenyn, 9-11

Additional Links

Wikidata: Q20734661

Published date: 1959

Article Copyright: http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/

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