Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JENKINS, JOHN (1779 - 1853), Baptist minister, theologian, editor, and publisher , TITUS JENKINS (1804 - 1834) was a Baptist minister at Ramsey, Huntingdon; JOHN JENKINS (1807 - 1872) went to Brittany as a missionary; and Llewelyn Jenkins (1810 - 1878) was a publisher, editor, and author. John Jenkins made two subsequent marriages; he died 5 June 1853 and was buried in Hengoed chapel cemetery.
JENKINS, JOHN (1807 - 1872), missionary - see JENKINS, JOHN
JENKINS, JOHN DAVID (1828 - 1876), cleric, philanthropist
JENKINS, JOSEPH (1743 - 1819), Baptist minister son of the Evan Jenkins (1712 - 1723 March 1752) who was pastor of Wrexham ' Old Meeting ' for some months in 1737 and again (after a period at Exeter) from 1740 till 1752, and grandson of John Jenkins (1656? - 1733), pastor of Rhydwilym. Joseph was only 9 when his father died, but Thomas Llewellyn saw to his education in London; later, he went to Aberdeen (M.A. 1765, D.D. 1790). He was baptized
JENKINS, JOSEPH (1859 - 1929), Calvinistic Methodist minister Born at Tan-y-chwarel, Cwmystwyth, Cardiganshire. According to the christening register of Cwmystwyth chapel, he was born 2 November 1859, and registered at Lampeter, 3 December 1859. His father was John Jenkins, lead miner, and his mother was Mary (née Howells). In his youth he was apprenticed to John Lloyd, draper, of Pentre, Rhondda, and became a member of Nazareth chapel where he began to
JENKINS, KATHRYN (1961 - 2009), scholar and hymnologist , Sir John Rhŷs Scholar at Jesus College Oxford 1985-86 and she gained her PhD at Aberystwyth in 1987. After a brief spell as assistant warden at Trefeca College, the Presbyterian Church lay centre, she returned to Aberystwyth as Reseach Fellow from 1988 to 1992 when she was appointed lecturer in Welsh at St. David's University College Lampeter. Much to the surprise of most of her friends and
JENKINS, Sir LEOLINE (1625 - 1685), civil lawyer, diplomat, benefactor of Jesus College, Oxford . It was then that he met his friend and patron, Gilbert Sheldon (later archbishop), who, along with Francis Mansell, principal of Jesus College, had taken refuge in Sir John Aubrey's house at Llantrithyd. Here Jenkins acted as tutor to Aubrey's son and others until he was forcibly removed and indicted with keeping a seminary of rebellion and sedition. He then moved with his pupils to Oxford and
JENKINS, LLEWELYN (1810 - 1878), printer and publisher Born in 1810, he was the fourth son of John Jenkins (1779 - 1853) of Hengoed, Glamorganshire. In his young days he worked in his father's printing office, first at Merthyr Tydfil, and then at Maesycymer, Monmouth. With his brother John he took over the business in 1831, moving to Cardiff, and took sole charge on his brother's departure to become a missionary in 1834. He was especially active in
JENKINS, ROBERT THOMAS (1881 - 1969), historian, man of letters, editor of Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig and the Dictionary of Welsh Biography , and to her husband, William Dafis, a coalmerchant. Profoundly influenced by the town of Bala, its craftsmen and his recollections of notable inhabitants, its sturdy Welsh culture, the old grammar school and the denominational colleges, it was thus natural for him often to rejoice that he had been baptized by Thomas Charles Edwards. He was firmly grounded in Latin by John Cadwalader Evans, headmaster
JENKINS, THOMAS JOHN PRICE (1864 - 1922), physician; Wales and London-Welsh Rugby centre three-quarter, and founder of the London-Welsh Football Club
JENKINS, Sir WILLIAM ALBERT (1878 - 1968), shipbroker and politician 1938 and his close association with the Order of St. John was recognised by his appointment to the presidency of the Swansea Order of St. John Council, F.I.C.S., and his appointment as Knight of St. John. He was made Knight Class 1 Order of Dannebrog (Denmark) in 1933; Gold Cross Royal Order George I (Greece) in 1938. France awarded him the Order of Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur in 1949. He died
JEREMY, JOHN (DAVID) (1782 - 1860), preacher and schoolmaster

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