Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JONES, THOMAS GRIFFITHS (Cyffin; 1834 - 1884), antiquary -singer. In the summer of 1861 he succeeded in founding the Powys Cymreigyddion society, and became its first president. When the Powysland club was formed he became an active member, and contributed to the Mont. Coll. He was a Nonconformist (Independent) and a Liberal. He married, 7 February 1871, Mary Anna, daughter of Samuel Pryce, Gwern-y-pant; they had six children.
JONES, THOMAS LLEWELYN (1915 - 2009), poet and prolific writer T. Llew Jones, who published about 100 books for children and adults, was born at 1 Bwlch Melyn, Pentre-Cwrt, Carmarthenshire, 11 October 1915, the eldest son of James and Hannah Mary Jones and brother to Edwin Sieffre and Megan Eluned. His father was a weaver at the Derw Mill in Pentre-cwrt. T. Llew married Margaret Enidwen Jones, descended from the Cilie family and they had two children, Emyr
JONES, THOMAS ROCYN (1822 - 1877), bonesetter percha splints for keeping the hand at rest and fully extended in cases of paralysis and severe tendon injuries; and he added wedges to inner sides of shoes for foot strain. All these belonged to his common practice at least fifty years before they became part of orthodox professional treatment. Many people affirmed that he had saved their limbs from amputation. He married Mary Rees, a descendant of
JONES, THOMAS TUDNO (Tudno; 1844 - 1895), cleric and poet Born at Llandudno 28 April 1844, the son of Thomas Jones and Mary, daughter of Griffith Griffiths of Bryncelyn Fawr, Llanengan, Llŷn. Having attended local schools till the age of 13, he went to work in a shop kept by his brother. In 1867 he was appointed editor of the Llandudno Directory, and was for a time on the staff of the Caernarvon and Denbigh Herald at Caernarvon. From 1874 till 1880 he
JONES, TOM ELLIS (1900 - 1975), Baptist minister and college Principal entry into the Baptist College in Bangor and the University College of North Wales, Bangor. He graduated in the Arts in 1923 and in Theology in 1926. That year he accepted a call to pastor the Welsh Baptist church in Ebenezer, Mold, and he was ordained to serve there and in its mission in Maes-y-dre. In April 1928 he married Edith Gwendoline Jones from Penuel, Bangor. They had one daughter, Luned. Tom
JONES, Sir WILLIAM (1888 - 1961), administrator and politician Born 27 June 1888, the son of Hugh and Mary Jones of Gellifor in the Clwyd valley, Denbighshire. He was educated in schools at Llanrwst and Denbigh, and began his career as a clerk in a solicitor's office. Jones became a solicitor himself in 1922, and was appointed to a post within the Denbighshire County Council. He served as Clerk of the Peace and as Clerk to the County Council from 1930 until
JONES, WILLIAM (1675? - 1749), mathematician Shirburn castle became Jones's home for many years. He lost heavily when his banker failed, but his friendship with the great brought him profitable sinecures. He was married twice: (1) to the widow of the merchant who employed him when he went to London. This might explain how he came by the money which he later lost; and (2) to Mary Nix on 17 April 1731 when he was 56 and she was 25. They had two sons
JONES, WILLIAM (1762 - 1846), Scotch-Baptist minister, editor, and author Born 17 June 1762, at Parkside, Gresford, son of William and Mary Jones; he spent his early youth at Poulton. He moved to Chester in 1780 and was baptized there by Archibald McLean. In 1793 he opened a bookshop at Liverpool, and was appointed elder of the new church formed there by McLean and J. R. Jones 'of Ramoth ', around 1798-9. Finally, in 1812, he became minister of Windmill Street church
JONES, WILLIAM LEWIS (1866 - 1922), professor of English ground of ill-health he resigned in 1919 and was made Professor Emeritus. He died at Bangor 2 February 1922. In 1901 he had married Edith Owen of Menai Bridge. Lewis Jones wrote many articles for the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, the Quarterly Review, etc. He edited Caniadau Cymru, 1897; Land of my Fathers, 1915; and, in collaboration with W. Cadwaladr Davies, The University of Wales, 1915. He
JOSHUA, SETH (1858 - 1925), minister (Presb.) Born 10 April 1858 in Ty Capel, Trosnant Uchaf, Pontypool, Monmouth, son of George Joshua and Mary (née Walden) his wife. He married Mary Rees, Llantrisant, in Neath, Glamorganshire, 23 September 1883, and they had eight children (one son, Peter, was a minister and a popular evangelist in America; another son, Lyn, was responsible with Mai Jones for the radio programme ' We'll keep a welcome in
KATHERYN of BERAIN (Mam Cymru, The mother of Wales; 1534/5 - 1591) Hamburg, where Clough died in 1570. She and Clough had two daughters, (a) Anne (born 1568), who married Roger Salusbury, and (b) Mary (born 1569), who married William Wynn of Melai. Clough provided handsomely for his widow and daughters and for his two stepsons. Katheryn returned to Berain and engaged William Cynwal of Penmachno, the bard and genealogist, to compile a record of her family - see his own
KEMEYS family Cefn Mabli, March 1822, J.P., D.L., for Monmouthshire and Somerset, colonel Somerset Militia. He married, as his first wife, 2 November 1848, Mary, daughter of George Frome, of Puncknoll, Dorset; as his second wife, 1873, Hannah Lewis; and, as his third, 1879, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Fothergill, M.P., Tenby. He died 10 January 1891. HALSWELL MILBORNE KEMEYS-TYNTE (1852 - 1899), J.P. and D.L. Politics

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