Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JAMES, DAVID (Defynnog; 1865 - 1928), schoolmaster, educationist, organiser of summer schools, and author Born 17 August 1865 in Libanus in the parish of Defynnog, Brecknockshire. He was the son of David James, Baptist minister and his wife Mary, sister of ' Myfyr Emlyn ' (Benjamin Thomas), the poet-preacher. They had four sons and four daughters. Defynnog was educated in Cynwyl Elfed, Carmarthenshire, and Dinas, Pembrokeshire, where his father was minister. He was intent on becoming a teacher, and
JAMES, JAMES (SPINTHER) (1837 - 1914), Baptist historian , however, he displayed unbounded energy; he wrote poetry, and published collections of hymns, but his fame rests rather upon his historical work, more especially in the field of Baptist history. He contributed many articles or chapters to such works as Owen Jones's Cymru, Gweirydd ap Rhys's Hanes y Brytaniaid a'r Cymry, and Enwogion y Ffydd. With John Emlyn Jones he completed Y Parthsyllydd, 1870-5 (see
JAMES, JAMES (Iago Emlyn; 1800 - 1879), Congregational minister and poet Born in the parish of Bettws Ifan, near Cardigan, in 1800, the son of David and Mary James. By November 1809 the parents had died, and he was cared for by his grandmother at Dinas, near Newcastle Emlyn. For some years he was engaged in business in various places, including Bristol. In 1840 he entered the college at Carmarthen, and subsequently served pastorates at Llanelly, Cardiff, Newport, and
JAMES, JOHN (1872 - 1934), director of education in Glamorganshire He was the son of David James, Baptist minister and his wife Mary, sister of ' Myfyr Emlyn ' (Benjamin Thomas), the poet-preacher. They had four sons and four daughters. His brother was Defynnog. He had a brilliant academic career after having worked for a time in a grocer's shop in the Rhondda valley, Glamorganshire. At 16, as the holder of an open scholarship, he went to University College
JAMES, THOMAS (1827 - 1899), Calvinistic Methodist minister Born 18 July 1827 at Llansawel, Carmarthenshire, son of Thomas and Sarah James. In 1842 he moved with his father to Dowlais, became a member of Hermon chapel, and started to preach. He was educated at Ffrwd-fâl school, Trevecka, and Glasgow University - where he graduated M.A. In 1861 he was ordained at the Newcastle Emlyn Association and settled at Llanelly, where, for a time, he kept a school
JENKINS, EVAN (1781 - 1863), hymnist , 1779 - 1847); some of his hymns were printed by Daniel Evans (1774 - 1825) in his collection Swp o Ffigys, and one was set as an anthem by D. Emlyn Evans.
JONES family, smiths, poets, musicians and preachers Cilie, They farmed Cilie, a farm of over 300 acres above the sea between Llangrannog and New Quay, Cardiganshire. Jeremiah Jones, the father (9 April 1855 - 19 February 1902) was a smith from a family of smiths in northern Pembrokeshire, a family which had, according to tradition, a close relationship to the poets of Cwmdu, near Newcastle Emlyn (see Siencyn Thomas, and John Jenkin). Jeremiah and his
JONES, DAFYDD RHYS (1877 - 1946), schoolmaster and musician to Wales to be educated in Cardigan board school; Ardwyn school, Aberystwyth; and Newcastle Emlyn grammar school. Contemporaries at Newcastle Emlyn were William and David Davies of Pontrhydygroes with whom he spent part of his holidays, thus beginning his very long association with that area. He gained a teacher's certificate at Aberystwyth College, and taught in Corris, Bryn-mawr, and Park Boys
JONES, DANIEL (1771 - 1810), General Unitarian Free-communion Baptist minister Born at Drefach (Llangeler, Carmarthenshire) in 1771. As he showed mechanical aptitudes, he was apprenticed to a clock and watch maker. A member of Pant Teg Baptist church (near Newcastle Emlyn), he began preaching and went to Bristol Baptist Academy, 1788-92. He was then called to the pastorate of Pant Teg, but preferred to accept a call from Back Lane, Swansea. Though that church originated in
JONES, DANIEL OWEN (1880 - 1951) Madagascar, minister (Congl.) and missionary Born at Tŷ-gwyn, Rhiw-Siôn, Cwm-cou, Cardiganshire, near Newcastle Emlyn, 23 February 1880, son of David and Rebecca Jones. He was educated at Tre-wen British School. At 16 years of age he began preaching in Tre-wen chapel under the ministry of David Evans (who later became his brother-in-law). He received further education at Newcastle Emlyn grammar school, the Old College School in Carmarthen
JONES, DAVID (1741 - 1792), Baptist minister Ysprydol, o'r Aipht i Ganaan, and in 1777 he published an elegy on Miles Harry. He was twice married; his second wife was Hannah Jones, a widow, who had a farm and a malt-house at Dol-goch, Newcastle Emlyn; and in 1785 or 1786 he went to live there. He now joined Graig church at Newcastle [Emlyn], becoming co-pastor. His new church suited him well, for it was a quasi- Methodist, revivalistic, church
JONES, DILLWYN OWEN PATON (1923 - 1984), jazz pianist Dill Jones was born on 19 August 1923 at Sunny Side, Newcastle Emlyn, the son of John Islwyn Paton Jones, a bank manager, and his wife Lavinia (née Bevan). He inherited musical gifts from both sides, his father being a good singer and his mother a gifted pianist. After attending Llandovery College where he heard jazz recordings for the first time, he worked in a bank while playing the piano at

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