Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JONES, JOHN RICHARD (1765 - 1822), Sandemanian Baptist minister melodious voice and of his ability as a singer, and he was acquainted with the rudiments of music. At least one of his hymn-tunes, ' Ramoth ', is still familiar. He delighted in the art of poetry and was the religious teacher of the poets Robert ap Gwilym Ddu and Dewi Wyn. To convince, to argue, to expound the Scriptures, to discipline the will - these were the outstanding characteristics of his teaching
JONES, JOHN ROBERT (Alltud Glyn Maelor; 1800 - 1881), poet and hymn-writer
JONES, JOHN ROBERT (1911 - 1970), philosopher and patriot
JONES, JOHN SHARE (1873 - 1950), veterinary surgeon the Royal Veterinary College, and was President for one term. He was awarded the Steel memorial medal by that institution in 1928. He wrote a number of pamphlets and articles and acquired considerable fame in his field. He served on many committees, national and local, and was a member of the Wrexham Rural Council for many years. He was the Liberal candidate for the Oswestry constituency in the 1929
JONES, JOHN WILLIAM (1883 - 1954), author, collector of letters and papers, publisher, antiquary and folk poet others. He also ensured that the poets, authors and musicians of the locality were commemorated in a worthy manner. He arranged the erection of a gravestone for Robert Owen Hughes ('Elfyn'), and a memorial stone (a stone from Cwm Pennant) to 'Eifion Wyn.' With another friend and T. Gwynn Jones, he insisted on having a slate tombstone on the grave of Robert Roberts, 'Y Sgolor Mawr', 1834-1885 in
JONES, JOSEPH (1799 - 1871), Catholic priest , 2 December 1871 and was buried at Pant Asaph. An obituary was printed in The Tablet, 23 December 1871. In his will (under the name of James Jones) there is reference to brothers William and Robert and sisters Mary and Sarah. He left money to the Catholic orphanage at (? Holywell) and to the Catholic Clergy Fund, diocese of Shrewsbury.
JONES, LEWIS (fl. 1703) Pandy, Llan-uwchllyn, poet Three examples of his work remain, these being ' Ymddiddan rhwng y Cybydd a'r Trugarog,' ' Cyngor i'r Gôf o Rôs y Gwaliau,' and ' Cerdd i ŵr ifanc oedd yn glaf o gariad merch.' It is not clear whether there was any connection between him and two other poets from Llanuwchllyn - ROBERT JONES and ROLANT JONES (fl. 1762). A love ballad composed by the former is found in NLW MS 645B (34b), and
JONES, LEWIS (1808 - 1854), Calvinistic Methodist minister and author Born at Melin Cae'r Berllan, Llanfihangel-y-pennant, Meironnydd. When a lad, he went to Bala to assist in bookbinding, under Robert Saunderson. He began preaching; went to the school kept by John Hughes (1796 - 1860) at Wrexham; and was ordained in 1838. He lived in the house attached to Llwyneinion chapel, and there he died, 29 March 1854, aged 46; he was buried in the graveyard of Llidiardau
JONES, MEIRION (1907 - 1970), educationist Born at Llithfaen, Caernarfonshire, 30 July 1907, the son of Robert Owen Jones and Annie Jones. He attended Llithfaen primary school, Pwllheli grammar school, and Bangor Normal College, and served as a teacher at Corris primary school (1929-30), Blaenau Ffestiniog central school (1930-39), headmaster of Llandrillo primary school (1939-45), headmaster of Dyffryn Ardudwy primary school (1945-50
JONES, MORDECAI (1813 - 1880), promoter of British Schools, colliery proprietor, etc. Born 2 May 1813 at Brecon, son of Richard Jones, boat-builder on the Brecon Canal, a nephew of Robert Jones, Rhos-lan. He was educated at the expense of a coal-merchant at Brecon, and later succeeded his patron as the proprietor, trading in coal and lime from Lanelli, Brecknock, to Brecon by means of boats on the canal. He owned a brewery at Brecon (1841), purchased the Abergavenny Gas Works, and
JONES, OWEN (Owain Myfyr; 1741 - 1814), a skinner in London and one of the most prominent figures in the literary life of Wales at the end of the 18th cent, and the beginning of the next in the history of the literature of Wales and in the literary life of the period. At this time he called himself ' Owain ap Huw.' With his friend, Robin Ddu o Fôn (Robert Hughes, 1744 - 1785), he is found in 1768 copying from the manuscripts of the Morris brothers the work of Dafydd ap Gwilym, together with all kinds of other material which they saw in the old manuscripts. This was one of his main
JONES, OWEN (1787 - 1828), pioneer in Sunday school work Born 16 February 1787 at Towyn Meironnydd, son of John Jones of Crynllwyn; his mother (from Aberllefenni) had a brother, Owen Jones, vicar of Llandecwyn Meironnydd, after whom the boy was named. Apprenticed to a saddler at Aberystwyth, he and his cousin Robert Davies (1790 - 1841) engaged in Sunday school work; on removal to Llanidloes he continued this work. He then spent some time in London

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