Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JAMES, DAVID (1787 - 1862), musician Born in 1787, he was brought up by his aunt at Penrallt, Pont Saison, near Brynberian, Pembrokeshire. As a child he only had three months' schooling, but he taught himself to be a good arithmetician and something of an astronomer. Dafydd Siencyn Morgan gave him his first lessons in music. In 1804 he was called up for military service at Haverfordwest, where he was given lessons in music by the
JAMES, DAVID EMRYS (Dewi Emrys; 1881 - 1952), minister (Congl.), writer and poet adult education, and ' Y Bwthyn ' became the haunt of poets and writers. He was one of the masters of cerdd dafod, winning among many other prizes at the national eisteddfod the crown in Swansea, 1926 (for ' Rhigymau'r ffordd fawr'), and the chair four times - Liverpool, 1929 ('Dafydd ap Gwilym'); Llanelli, 1930 ('Y Galilead'); Bangor, 1943 ('Cymylau amser'); and Bridgend, 1948 ('Yr Alltud'). He was
JAMES, THOMAS EVAN (Thomas ap Ieuan; 1824 - 1870), Baptist minister, and author Pontestyll, near Brecon, 1853-6. He also served pastorates at Cwm-bach, Aberdare, 1856-8; Neath, 1858-61; and Glyn-neath, 1861-70. He died 21 June 1870. Amongst his works are Marwnad Joel Jones; Coffadwriaeth y Cyfiawn neu sylwedd pregeth … ar farw Dafydd Jones o Gaerdydd a Stephen Edwards o Rymni; Cofiant … James Davies, gweinidog y Bedyddwyr yn yn Cincinatti, Ohio; Deigryn ar ol Cyfaill … John Jones
JENKINS, DAFYDD Rhydwilym - see JENKINS, JOHN
JENKINS, DAVID (1912 - 2002), librarian and scholar Celtic Studies (vol. 8, 1925-37, 140-5) on the personal and place-names in the poems of Dafydd ap Gwilym. The subject had been suggested to him by his teacher, T. Gwynn Jones, as one who knew the topography and place-names of the area and the result was a study that places the poet and his associations firmly in the commote of Genau'r Glyn, an important step in reclaiming the historical poet. David
JENKINS, DAVID ARWYN (1911 - 2012), barrister and historian of Welsh law Dafydd Jenkins was born in London on St David's Day, 1 March 1911, the son of William Jenkins, a bank clerk who had been born in Bermondsey but who had, and retained, Welsh roots (he was of Cardiganshire stock and was Secretary of the Welsh Jewin Chapel in London) and Elizabeth Jenkins who was born in Aberystwyth. He was christened David, but later adopted the Welsh form Dafydd. His sister, Edith
JOAN (d. 1237), princess and diplomat . Joan's role as diplomat is best documented for the 1220s and early 1230s. In 1220 Joan and her son by Llywelyn, Dafydd, were taken into protection by the English Crown, possibly in anticipation of Llywelyn's acknowledgment of Dafydd as his legitimate and chosen heir. The pronouncement was endorsed by the king at Shrewsbury in May. It was also a decision supported and recognised by the papacy. In 1222
JOAN (d. 1237), princess attachment to her appears to have been genuine. When she died at the palace of Aber on 2 February 1237 her body was conveyed across the Menai and buried in a new cemetery near the manor of Llan-faes, where Llywelyn founded a Franciscan friary in her memory. She was the mother of Dafydd ap Llywelyn. A stone coffin, removed from Llan-faes at the Dissolution, and now preserved in S. Mary's church at Beaumaris
JOHN ap JOHN (1625? - 1697), the apostle of the Quakers in Wales Called Siôn ap Siôn by Ellis Pugh in his Annerch i'r Cymru (1721); born at Pen-y-cefn in the township of Coed Cristionydd, Ruabon. He joined the Puritans in the days of the Commonwealth and became a member of the congregation at Wrexham which was under the care of Morgan Llwyd. On 21 July 1653 he and another man journeyed on Morgan Llwyd's behalf to Swarthmore, Lancashire, to meet George Fox, the
JOHN, EWART STANLEY (1924 - 2007), theologian, Welsh Congregationalist minister, college professor and principal Stanley John was born on the outskirts of Goodwick, Fishguard, in the parish of Llanwnda, on 20 May 1924, the sixth of the seven children of Dafydd (a deacon and precentor in the church at Rhosycaerau) and Mary Ann John, Bwlch y Rhos (his birthplace), and later Ffynnon Clun and Brynhyfryd. He was educated at Goodwick elementary school and Fishguard County School, where his English master, D. J
JOHN, HENRY (1664 - 1754), hymnist praise to Harri Siôn for the depth and sincerity of his religious convictions. He died 20 September 1754, aged 91, according to his tombstone.
JOHNES, ARTHUR JAMES (1809 - 1871), county court judge a prize offered by the Cymmrodorion Society for an essay on The Causes which in Wales have produced Dissent from the Established Church. A second edition (expanded) appeared in 1832, and a third in 1870. In 1834 he published some translations of poems by Dafydd ap Gwilym. Johnes took an active part by voice and pen in resisting the scheme (c. 1838) to unite the sees of Bangor and S. Asaph and

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