Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JONES, Sir THOMAS (d. 1731), treasurer and secretary of the 'Society of Antient Britons' in London, and author Author of the pamphlet The Rise and Progress of the … Society of Antient Britons, 1717, frequently reprinted (in part) by that society. He was knighted in 1715 when the society presented a loyal address to George I, and is then described as 'Thomas Jones, of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister at Law.' The only entry in that Inn's admission Register which seems to suit is that of 'Thomas Jones, of Chancery
JONES, THOMAS (Twm Shôn Catti; 1532 - 1609), landowner, antiquary, genealogist, and bard Of Fountain Gate near Tregaron, Cardiganshire, the natural son of a Cardiganshire landowner. According to the diary of John Dee he was born 1 August or 10 August 1532 (J. Roberts and Andrew G. Watson, John Dee's Library Catalogue (1990, 45-46). Thomas Jones visited Dee in London in 1590 and Manchester in 1596, and they corresponded with each other in 1597 : Dee called him 'my cousin'. He is
JONES, THOMAS (1819 - 1882), Independent minister
JONES, THOMAS (1848 - 1900), surgeon
JONES, THOMAS (Cynhaiarn; 1839 - 1916), lawyer and writer of verse
JONES, THOMAS (1756 - 1820), Calvinistic Methodist minister and author Jones of Mold, a devout and wealthy woman who died in 1797 leaving him most of her property; (2) 1804, A. Maysmor of Llanelidan; (3) 1806, Mary Lloyd of Llanrwst. In 1784 he met Thomas Charles of Bala, and their close friendship brought him into touch with the religious world outside Wales and with such movements as the Bible Society, the London Missionary Society, and the circulating schools. He
JONES, THOMAS (1648? - 1713), almanack maker, bookseller, printer, and publisher Welsh version of the Thirty-nine Articles, and the metrical psalms of Edmund Prys. Another substantial London publication was Y Gymraeg yn ei Disgleirdeb, 1688, a Welsh - English dictionary. By about this time Thomas Jones was working up a substantial business as a bookseller with selling-agents at Chester, Abergavenny, Bala, Dolgelley, Llanfyllin, Oswestry, Welshpool, and Shrewsbury. When he actually
JONES, THOMAS (1860 - 1932), farmer and poet Born at Tyn-y-gors, Nantglyn, Denbighshire, 10 June 1860, son of Thomas and Margaret Jones - the mother belonging to the Tyn-y-gors family and the father to that of Llidiard-ygwartheg, Cerrig-y-drudion. He was brought up by his grandparents, moving to Tai-isaf in 1872. He had six months schooling at Pentrefoelas and two periods of six months each at Cerrig-y-drudion. He married Mary, daughter of
JONES, THOMAS (1761 - 1831), Calvinistic Methodist minister and Biblical commentator Born, says Y Gwyddoniadur, at Esgair in Llanpumpsaint parish, Carmarthenshire, but according to others at Trebedw, Capel Drindod, Cardiganshire; in any case he lived long enough at Llanpumpsaint to be widely known as 'Thomas of Llanpumpsaint.' He moved to Carmarthen, chiefly to be a press-corrector; he was there in 1796. It was long thought that he saw through the press the Bible edited by Peter
JONES, THOMAS (1769 - 1850), Baptist minister leadership of Thomas Jones remaining faithful to the Old Baptists and the other under the guidance of John Edwards forming itself into a separate church within the connexion of John Richard Jones. Thomas Jones and John Edwards had also since 1795 been joint ministers of the Baptist church of the Vale of Clwyd, and in 1797 the split in Glynceiriog church spread to this church as well. Thomas Jones was the
JONES, THOMAS (Taliesin o Eifion; 1820 - 1876), poet
JONES, THOMAS (1756 - 1807), mathematician Born at Berriw, Montgomeryshire, 23 June 1756, an illegitimate child. There remains uncertainty as to his parents. According to the tradition recorded by Williams, Montgomeryshire worthies, he was the illegitimate son of Owen Owen, Llifior, Berriew and there is an entry in Berriew register of baptisms 29 June 1756 'Thomas son of Catherine Evans of Llivior'. (Owen had married the heiress of

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