Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JONES, JOHN (Ioan Brothen; 1868 - 1940), poet Born 10 June 1868, son of John and Jane Jones of Cae'r Gorlan, Llanfrothen, Meironnydd. The family went to live at Hafod Mynydd and it was as ' John Hafod Mynydd ' that Ioan Brothen was known to his friends. He was one of five children; his sister Meirionwen also wrote poetry. He was given a little education at the local day school, but was more grateful for the education he received at the
JONES, JOHN (1837 - 1906), minister (Presb.) and writer 19 or 20 June 1906; he was buried at Glanadda, Bangor. He led a fairly prosperous life; he travelled much; he was interested in geology and geography, and wrote much on these subjects for the Traethodydd. He also published biographies of two eccentric ministers, Michael Roberts of Pwllheli and John Jones, Bryn'rodyn.
JONES, JOHN (EMLYN) (Ioan Emlyn; 1818 - 1873), Baptist minister, poet, and man of letters Fawr (by Titus Lewis), published Tiriad y Ffrancodym Mhencaer in 1856 and Gramadeg Cerddorol in 1860, not to speak of other books. He undertook the resumption of Y Parthsyllydd, a large-scale treatise on geography which had been begun by John Jenkins of Hengoed and Thomas Williams (Gwilym Morgannwg), but failed to complete it (it was completed in 1875 by J. Spinther James). Two bardic chairs fell to
JONES, JOHN (fl. second half of the 18th century) Llanddeiniolen, schoolmaster
JONES, JOHN (c. 1578-1583 - 1658?) Gellilyfdy, Loveday, Ysgeifiog, calligrapher and transcriber of manuscripts John Jones leaves his readers in no doubt as to his ancestry, for many of the surviving manuscripts contain such an entry as this: ' Siôn ap Wiliam ap Siôn ap Wiliam ap Siôn ap Dafydd ab Ithel Vychan ap Kynrig ap Rrotbert ap Ierwerth ap Rryrid ap Ierwerth ap Madog ab Ednowain Bendew …' (Peniarth MS 224), with, often, such an ending to the pedigree as 'Yr hwnn Siôn ap Wiliam a elwir yn ol y
JONES, JOHN (1645 - 1709), cleric
JONES, JOHN (1775 - 1834), cleric;
JONES, JOHN (1761 - 1822), Calvinistic Methodist minister -gwyn, to Anglesey he was convinced and in 1784 began to preach. He was a strong, powerfully built man, and his ministry was incisive and convincing. He is said to have converted 180 in the course of one meeting. When he was 35 years of age he married Mary Williams, heiress of Pen-y-bryn, Edern, where he spent the remainder of his life; he is usually known as ' John Jones of Edern.' He was ordained in
JONES, JOHN (Idris Fychan; 1825 - 1887), shoemaker and harpist
JONES, JOHN (1773 - 1853), cleric Born 31 March 1773, the eldest of the thirteen children of Thomas and Lowri Jones, Dolgellau, Meironnydd. Thomas Jones was a businessman and financier, founder of the first bank in Dolgellau, and a relative of David Richards, ' Dafydd Ionawr '. John Jones was educated in Dolgellau, Ruthin Grammar School and Jesus College, Oxford where he graduated B.A. in 1796 (M.A. in 1800). He was curate in
JONES, JOHN (Mephiboseth; 1850 - 1926), Baptist minister, poet, and author Born at Llangoed, Anglesey, 7 April 1850, the fourth of seven children of John Jones and Ellen Roberts, his wife. He had little education; at an early age he was working in the slate quarries, but in 1870 when he began to preach he attended the local church school and later spent a term at Beaumaris. In 1872, before entering the Baptist College at Llangollen, he had pastoral charge of several
JONES, JOHN (Mathetes; 1821 - 1878), Baptist minister and littérateur -rhyd, 27 May 1846, and moved to the Temple, Newport, 1854, Llangollen (co-pastor with John Prichard (1796 - 1875)), 1857, Llanfachraeth (Anglesey), 1859, Pyle, 1861, Penuel, Rhymney, 1862 (with Siloam, Tafarnau-bach, 1871-1875), and Briton Ferry, 1877. He died at the latter place 18 November 1878, and was buried at Pant, Dowlais. He was married three times and was the father of six children. He

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