Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JONES, DANIEL (1757 - 1821), Methodist cleric Born c. 1757, a native, it is thought, of Llanboidy, Carmarthenshire. He was ordained deacon in 1781 and licensed to the curacy of Pencarreg, but he was curate of Llanybyther when he was ordained priest in 1782. He was transferred to Radyr, Glamorganshire, c. 1785, where he remained as curate for the rest of his life. In 1792 he married Joan, daughter of Edmund Williams of St. Fagans. He was a
JONES, DANIEL (1788 - 1862), Baptist minister Cristionogol (1845). Daniel Jones was one of the greatest of Welsh Baptist preachers. His daughter Jane married Nefydd (William Roberts, 1813 - 1872).
JONES, DANIEL (1908 - 1985), Labour politician and polled an impressive total of 19,722 votes. Daniel Jones was the Labour MP for Burnley, 1959-83. He was a member of the Estimates Committee, 1964-66, and a PPS, 1964-67, to Rt. Hon. Douglas Jay, the President of the Board of Trade under Harold Wilson. A native Welsh speaker, he keenly supported the activities of CND. He married in 1932 Phyllis, the daughter of John Williams of Maesteg, and they
JONES, DAVID (1736 - 1810), Methodist cleric built a chapel (Salem, Pen-coed) in the parish of Coychurch for the use of his followers. He was a honey-tongued preacher; according to Williams of Pantycelyn he could melt the rocks with his warmth and 'make the stoutest oaktree bend as humbly as the reed.' He is said to have opposed the movement for ordaining Methodist ministers, but he died before the final decision to ordain. He published two
JONES, DAVID (1741 - 1792), Baptist minister which had hived off in 1775 from the older and 'drier' church at Pant Teg. And his closest friends in the neighbourhood were Methodists - David Morris (1744 - 1791) and Peter Williams (1723 - 1796). In September 1786, Jones conceived the idea of a Welsh edition of the ' pocket Bible ' (with notes) of John Canne (died 1667?), which in its English form had been widely sold by Howel Harris and Miles
JONES, DAVID (1708? - 1785) Trefriw, poet, collector of manuscripts, publisher, and printer Little is known about his birth and early years. His father's name is given as Siôn ap Dafydd in NLW MS 476E and NLW MS 3107B, and his mother's as Jane ferch Elizabeth Rowland in B.M. Add. MS. 14888, and Jane ferch Dafydd ap Sion in NLW MS 3107B. He married Gwen ferch Richard ap Rhys (NLW MS 3107B), but the date of his marriage is uncertain; Trefriw parish records note a marriage between a David
JONES, DAVID (1772 - 1854), General Baptist minister Born in the Ceidrych valley, Llangadock, Carmarthenshire; a mason. He was baptized, at 27, by Moses Williams (died 1819), in 1799. In the West Wales Baptist schism of that year, the Arminian party in Salem church at Llangyfelach (near Swansea) took possession of a small meeting-house at Clydach (Swansea valley) known as ' Capel-y-Cwar,' which members of Salem had built in 1795. In 1804, at Moses
JONES, DAVID HUGH (Dewi Arfon; 1833 - 1869), minister (CM), schoolmaster and poet a teacher in the British School, Llanrwst. He became a close friend of Trebor Mai (Robert Williams) and other local poets. While in Llanrwst he became interested in poetry. He was the teacher when John Lloyd Williams, musician and botanist, was a pupil there. Towards the end of this period, he began to preach. However, it was in Capel Coch, Llanberis, in 1861, that he was officially accepted by
JONES, DAVID JAMES (1886 - 1947), Professor of Philosophy Born 22 December 1886 at Y Pandy, Pontardulais, Glamorganshire, son of William and Jane Jones. Educated at Gowerton, Cardiff University College, and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, he took firsts in Philosophy and Hebrew (Wales, M.A., 1912) and became a Fellow of the University of Wales. Ordained to the ministry of the Presbyterian Church of Wales in 1915, he was Chaplain to the Forces in France in
JONES, DAVID JAMES (Gwenallt; 1899 - 1968), poet, critic and scholar Born 18 May 1899 at Pontardawe, Glamorganshire, the eldest of three children of Thomas ('Ehedydd') Jones and his wife Mary. His parents were from Carmarthenshire and his consciousness of his roots was an important element in his personality, as is seen in his essay on Rhydycymerau in the D.J. Williams presentation Festschrift (ed, J. Gwyn Griffiths, 1965). The family moved to Allt-wen and
JONES, DAVID LLOYD (1843 - 1905), Calvinistic Methodist minister became minister of the English church at Llandinam (1875) where he remained for the rest of his life. He married (1) Sophie Williams of Bootle, 1874, and (2) Annie, daughter of the Rev. Evan Jones, 1883; he had two sons by his first marriage and four by his second. He was moderator of the North Wales C.M. Association, 1899, of the General Assembly, 1904, and chairman of the Conference of English C.M
JONES, DAVID MORRIS (1887 - 1957), minister (Presb.) and professor until he retired in 1953. In 1916 he married Esther Ann Williams, Pwllheli, and they had two sons and two daughters. He died 8 October 1957, during his year of office as Moderator of the Association in the South. Morris was a thorough scholar. He became president of the theology section of the Guild of Graduates of the University of Wales, and was the first editor of its periodical Diwinyddiaeth. The

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