Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JONES, ELIZABETH MARY (Moelona; 1877 - 1953), teacher and novelist . Her eldest brother was Owen Rhys Owen (1854 - 1908), a Congl. minister whose name has become associated with Glandŵr. The family had to leave Moylon and take Llwyneos, a smaller, remote farm, and it was from there that she went to the elementary school in Rhydlewis. John Newton Crowther was the headmaster -an Englishman who learnt Welsh and became a Welsh poet; he also took a leading part in Hawen
JONES, EVAN (Gwrwst ab Bleddyn Flaidd, Gwrwst; 1793 - 1855), Baptist minister and littérateur Williams (Robert ap Gwilym Ddu) and David Owen (Dewi Wyn o Eifion), and was an active member of the Cymreigyddion Society at Dolgelley. He published Gwentwyson: sef Ymdrechfa Y Beirdd; neu Awdlau Galarnadol am … Y Parch. Thomas Price (Carnhuanawc), 1849, and the translation of Traethawd ar Faddeuant Pechod, 1809, by Abraham Booth is attributed to him, although he was then but a youth (see under Evan
JONES, GRIFFITH (1683 - 1761), cleric and educational reformer Born at Pant-yr-efel, Cwmhiraeth, Penboyr, Carmarthenshire, 1683; christened 1 May 1684, son of John ap Gruffydd and Elinor John. Educated in the village school, he afterwards became a shepherd. He then determined to be a clergyman, and, after some preparation, entered Carmarthen grammar school, under John Maddocks. About 1707 he applied for ordination, and, according to John Evans of Eglwys
JONES, GRIFFITH RHYS (Caradog; 1834 - 1897), conductor of a once well-known South Wales choir, 'Côr Caradog'
JONES, GWILYM CLEATON (1875 - 1961) Cape Town, Johannesburg, bank manager election for the Caernarfon boroughs. Cleaton Jones was educated at Bala grammar school. He succeeded in the introductory examination of the Incorporated Law Society of England and Wales in 1889. By 1893 he had started working with Williams Company, Old Bank, Chester. He emigrated to South Africa (Cape Colony at the time) in November 1902, soon after the death of his elder brother, Eiddon Rhys, of whom
JONES, JAMES IFANO (1865 - 1955), librarian and bibliographer writer. In 1905 his prize play in the Bangor national eisteddfod of 1902 was published, entitled Rhys ap Tewdwr Mawr (a tragedy in three acts). He also published a number of poems, tunes, articles, reviews, and special bibliographies in Welsh and English periodicals. He was a keen eisteddfodwr, a member of the Gorsedd of Bards and an enthusiastic supporter of its supposed antiquity. From 1901 he
JONES, JAMES RHYS (KILSBY; 1813 - 1889), Congregational minister Born 4 February 1813 at Pen-lan, Llandovery, son of the Rev. Rhys Jones, Ffaldybrenin. At the age of 15 he went to Neuadd-lwyd Academy (near Aberayron), where he remained for two or three years. After a short period in a college at Blackburn he kept school at Ffaldybrenin, 1833-4. He then went to Carmarthen Academy, 1835-8. Afterwards he ministered at Machynlleth (for about six months), Frampton
JONES, JOHN (Leander; 1575 - 1636), Benedictine monk and scholar Born at Llanfrynach, Brecknock, probably son of Thomas ap John of Tŷ Mawr, and Janet his wife. Brought up as a Protestant, he proceeded in 1591 from Merchant Taylors ' to S. John's College, Oxford, of which he was elected a Fellow in 1593. On account of his Romanist leanings he was deprived of his Fellowship in 1595-6, and left Oxford to study theology with the Jesuits at Valladolid, having in
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 (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 (Eos Bradwen; 1831 - 1899), musician, etc. eisteddfod held in 1885 at Llandudno he won the prize for an opera, 'Dafydd ap Siencyn.' He left S. Asaph for Rhyl in 1878; later he went to live at Caernarvon. He died 29 May 1899 and was buried in Llanbeblig churchyard.
JONES, JOHN OWEN (Ap Ffarmwr; 1861 - 1899), journalist secured from the farmers. A similar conference was held at Llangefni, 2 May 1891, and an unsuccessful attempt made to form an agricultural labourers union. In spite of this failure, the farm workers determined to express their appreciation of Ap Ffarmwr's efforts on their behalf, and at a further public meeting at Llangefni, 11 May 1893, he was presented with a gold watch by them. At this meeting, too

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