Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JAMES, WILLIAM (1833 - 1905), Calvinistic Methodist minister the ministry; he went in 1853 to a school at Chester, and in 1855 to the college at Bala; he matriculated in London University in 1859, and graduated in 1862. He was pastor at Garn for some months, and at Aberdovey and Towyn, Meironnydd, from October 1863 till January 1866; he then removed to take charge of Moss Side C M. church, Manchester, and was there till he died, 19 October 1905. James became
JARMAN, ELDRA MARY (1917 - 2000), harpist and author 'shock' to Eldra; she felt as if there were a 'mask' over her face and she had difficulty finding 'the things that were important to me' amidst the bustle of the place. She used her time, however, to begin to research into the history of the Roma in Wales, drawing on the work of John Sampson (1862-1931) and Dora Esther Yates (1879-1974), two pioneers in the field of Roma scholarship. She added to their
JEFFREYS, JOHN GWYN (1809 - 1885), conchologist removed to London in 1856 and was called to the Bar, but in 1866 totally abandoned the law. Meantime, he had begun to produce a standard work on British shells; the first volume appeared in 1862, and the fifth and last in 1869. Afterwards, he began dredging at depths hitherto deemed unapproachable, and in this way greatly enlarged our knowledge of conchology (1869, 1870, 1880). He died suddenly, 24
JENKINS, EVAN (1799 - 1877), cleric Udgorn Cymru (see under John, David) bitterly attacked the rector; but long after this (1849) Jenkins won universal esteem for his courage during a cholera epidemic - he himself sickened under it. In 1851 he was made a prebendary of Llandaff, and at some time or other was given a Lambeth M.A. In 1862 he accepted the rectory of Llangynyw, Montgomeryshire; he died there during the last week of 1877, and
JENKINS, ISAAC (1812 - 1877), Wesleyan minister , Llanidloes 1839, Brecon 1842, Merthyr 1843, Carmarthen 1845, S. Davids 1848, Brecon 1851, Ebbw Vale 1854, Cardiff 1856, Aberdare 1859, Cowbridge 1862, Swansea 1865, Merthyr 1868, and Cardiff 1871. He was secretary of the Welsh province of South Wales, 1843-66, and its chairman, 1866-74. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Hugh Hughes (1778 - 1855). He retired in 1874 and died at Merthyr Tydfil 25 August 1877
JENKINS, JABEZ EDMUND (Creidiol; 1840 - 1903), cleric and poet curacy of Vaynor, Brecknock, and on 16 May 1883 became incumbent of that parish, where he remained until his death, 4 June 1903. He was a keen eisteddfodwr, and, under the bardic name of Creidiol, composed a considerable amount of poetry. His Dyddanion Min yr Hwyr, sef Rhiangerdd Emma Prys, was published in 1862, Egin Awen, yn cynnwys awdlau, cywyddau …, in 1867, and Rhiangerdd - Gwenfron o'r Dyffryn
JENKINS, JOHN (1821 - 1896), editor and translator Reform, 1845; National Education, 1848; The Laws Relating to Religious Liberty, 1880; The Laws Concerning Religious Worship, 1885. His paper on ' The Feudal System ' was printed in the second edition of Ieuan Brydydd Hir, Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards. Translated into English, with Notes (Llanidloes, O. Mills, 1862). In 1873 Jenkins published his translations of Welsh poetry
JOHN, THOMAS (1816 - 1862), Calvinistic Methodist minister Born 29 September 1816 at Kilgerran, Pembrokeshire, son of Lewis and Hannah John. He joined the Calvinistic Methodists c. 1837 and began to preach in 1839. He was ordained at the S. Davids Association, 1846, underwent training at Trevecka in 1849, and died 27 November 1862. He was a celebrated preacher in his day. His bony, emaciated body, his pallid countenance, and his dramatic and bodeful
JONES, DANIEL (1788 - 1862), Baptist minister Caernarvon. In 1841, however, opposition to him arose within his flock; he left in 1843 for Cowbridge, and thence in 1845 for Felin-foel (Llanelly), a church which was then in a bad way, but which he brought back into good shape. In 1853 he removed to Tongwynlais (near Cardiff), where he died 31 December 1862. At Felin-foel he published a volume of sermons, and also a book of hymns, Crynhodeb o Hymnau
JONES, DAVID (1805 - 1868), Calvinistic Methodist minister message was highly effective. Much of his work in prose and verse has been published, chiefly in Y Drysorfa and the Traethodydd. His principal works were: in prose, Perffaith Gyfraith Rhyddid (1862), and in verse, Dyn, yn ei Greadigaeth, ei Ddirywiad, a'i Adferiad yn y dyn Crist Iesu (1867). Several of his hymns are well known. Two volumes of his sermons were published in 1876.
JONES, DAVID BEVAN (Dewi Elfed; 1807 - 1863), minister (B, and Church of Christ and Latter Day Saints - Mormons) October 1862. He settled in Logan, about a hundred miles north of Salt Lake City, but died of tuberculosis in May or June 1863. He published Eos Dyssul (1838); Cân newydd yn dangos niweidiau meddwdod (n.d.); and Serch Gerdd (n.d.). His work appeared mainly in the Baptist and Mormon periodicals, (Seren Gomer and Udgorn Seion in particular); but the zenith of his literary career came undoubtedly with his
JONES, DAVID HUGH (Dewi Arfon; 1833 - 1869), minister (CM), schoolmaster and poet his denomination to be a minister, and in 1862, he went as a student to the school kept by Eben Fardd (Ebenezer Thomas) in Clynnog. He was accepted as a minister to serve the whole circuit of the Arfon Presbytery in 1863. During Eben Fardd's illness he taught in the school, and he followed Eben Fardd in the post. He was ordained to the full work of the ministry in the Association held at Llangefni

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