Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JONES, JACK (1884 - 1970), author and playwright and India before resuming work as a miner at Merthyr Tydfil. In 1908, he married (1) Laura Grimes Evans of Builth Wells. By the outbreak of war in 1914 he was employed at a colliery near Pontypool because he found that his small wage as a bark-stripper at Builth was insufficient to keep himself, his wife, two sons and a daughter. As a member of the army reserve, he was called up immediately: he was
JONES, JENKIN (d. 1689) Kilgerran, captain in the Parliamentary army, Puritan preacher, Independent will, dated 2 January 1688/9 - it was proved at Carmarthen on 25 June - proves that he was a man of considerable substance: he kept four yoke of oxen, more than twenty horses, and was possessed of much landed property in the counties of Pembroke and Carmarthen. The overseers of his will were Stephen Hughes and John Evans of Trefenty in Abercywyn, high sheriff of Carmarthen in 1687-8; the first
JONES, JOHN (1796 - 1857), Calvinistic Methodist minister, a celebrated and unusually forceful preacher Llangernyw and in 1821 he began to preach. He never had any formal schooling, but when he was at Trefriw he was to some extent taught by Evan Evans (Ieuan Glan Geirionydd). In 1822, at Bala, he was admitted to membership of the Merioneth Monthly Meeting. In 1823 he worked in the Tal-y-sarn and Llanllyfni quarry, and at the age of 27 married Fanny Edwards; in 1824 he left the quarry for his wife's shop
JONES, JOHN Maes-y-garnedd,, 'the regicide' William Williams (1634 - 1700), he retained a leasehold interest, and it was used as a manse for the Independent minister John Evans (1628 - 1700). Jones himself ultimately conformed, and served as under-sheriff for Merioneth in 1679-80; he was pricked as sheriff in December 1687 (when James II was angling for the 'Dissenting interest' in local government), but was displaced a week later by the
JONES, JOHN (CYNDDYLAN) (1841 - 1930), preacher and theologian Born 27 February 1841, at Capel Dewi, Cardiganshire. He was for some time a pupil at the school of John Evans, Aberystwyth. He and John Rhys were both appointed pupil-teachers at Penllwyn because the schoolmaster could not choose between them. For a while he kept a school himself near the site of the town clock in Aberystwyth. His pupils were candidates for the ministry, young boys anxious to
JONES, JOHN (Ivon; 1820 - 1898), man of letters eisteddfod. Commerce House became a place of call at Aberystwyth for poets, writers, and musicians from all parts of Wales, and there is in the National Library a collection of their letters to Ivon. One of his closest friends for half a century was Daniel Silvan Evans, and while the latter held the chair of Welsh at the College, the two friends met every Monday evening. One of the fruits of these meetings
JONES, JOHN (1786 - 1865), printer and inventor the output of Trefriw press which can be attributed to the work of John, although his name does not appear on the output (other than in englynion addressed to patrons and others) until 1817, when Ismael died. He married Jane Evans in 1824; in 1825 he moved to 29, Station Road, Llanrwst, and again in 1836 to 30, Denbigh Road. He kept a paper and bookshop, and printed much miscellaneous work for the
JONES, JOHN (1773 - 1853), cleric once more to Llanaber parish, Meironnydd. He retired in 1843 and went to live in Borthwnog near Pemaenpool where he spent the rest of his life. He died 6 April 1853 and was buried in Llanelltud churchyard. He was a wealthy and generous person and was the Maecenas of the literary clergy. He also gave financial support and encouragement to Evan Evans, ' Ieuan Glan Geirionydd ' and John Blackwell
JONES, JOHN EVANS (1839 - 1893), journalist Born at Bagillt, Flintshire, 1839. After apprenticeship to P.M. Evans, printer and publisher, Holywell, he entered the service of David Roberts, timber merchant, Liverpool, in 1867. While at Liverpool he began to preach and became a student at the Bala C.M. College with a view to entering the Calvinistic Methodist ministry. He did not proceed to ordination, decided to become a journalist, and in
JONES, JOHN HERBERT (Je Aitsh; 1860 - 1943), journalist and author period he became a compositor at Wrexham. Having already embarked on a literary career by writing at the end of his day's work weekly articles for Y Genedl, he came to an agreement with Hugh Evans (1854-1934;) in 1906 to take charge of a forthcoming weekly publication - Y Brython - which he edited until he retired in 1931. Afterwards he continued to deliver lectures frequently and visited the U.S.A. in
JONES, JOHN ISLAN (1874 - 1968), minister (U) and author Born 17 February 1874, son of Evan and Mary Jones, Tynewydd (later of Cornant and Melin Llys-faen), Cribyn, Cardiganshire. He went to schools in Cribyn and Llanwnnen (under David Thomas, ' Dewi Hefin') until he was about ten years old. After being a farm servant and a stonemason with his father he attended the school of David Evans, minister (U) at Cribyn, (1896-98). He won a scholarship to Jesus
JONES, JOHN MORGAN (1873 - 1946), minister (Congl.) and Principal of Bala-Bangor College, Bangor (Aberdare, 1905) for the day-schools of Aberdare. In 1902 he married Lucy Evans of Bridgnorth; two sons and one daughter were born of the marriage. In January 1914 he moved to Bangor to become Professor of Church History and English literature at Bala-Bangor Independent College. With the Principal, Dr Thomas Rees, he took a leading role in publishing the pacifist newspaper Y Deyrnas from October 1916 to

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