Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JONES, JACK (1884 - 1970), author and playwright
JONES, JACOB, Methodist cleric - see JONES, DANIEL
JONES, JAMES (fl. 19th century), poet and prose writer was undoubtedly of Llanrhaeadr Mochnant, Denbighshire, but very little is known about him. He was a good poet and a sound exponent of the classical forms. He was also a good prose writer and had conducted an animated discussion with Cawrdaf (W. E. Jones) in Yr Eurgrawn on the subject of apparitions. His song ' Efo Deio i Dowyn,' shows that he could also write popular poetry.
JONES, JAMES (1792 - 1876), dean of Bangor - see VINCENT
JONES, JAMES IDWAL (1900 - 1982), headteacher and Labour politician He was born on 30 June 1900, the son of James Jones and Elizabeth Bowyer and was brought up in the Welsh community of Rhos. He was a brother to Thomas William Jones MP, Baron Maelor (1898-1984). He was educated at Ruabon Grammar School and Bangor Normal College. He later gained the degree of B.Sc.(Econ) as an external student of the University of London in 1936. He began his career as a certified
JONES, JAMES IFANO (1865 - 1955), librarian and bibliographer Born Oxford Str. Aberdare, Glamorganshire, 15 May 1865, according to WWP, but there is no record of his birth under this date in the Registry of Births and Deaths in Pontypridd; there is, however, a James Jones, son of Jane Jones of Harriet Street, born 14 May, and a clerical error is possible. His father, Thomas Jones, was a miner and his mother came from Cwmtwrch. She was a sister of the Rev. J
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, JANE (1749 - 1833) - see MORRIS, WILLIAM
JONES, JANE ANN - see THOMAS, LOUIE MYFANWY
JONES, JENKIN (d. 1689) Kilgerran, captain in the Parliamentary army, Puritan preacher, Independent 1675; in the census of 1676, only five nonconformists were counted in the parish. Under the proposals of James II in 1687 to grant freedom of worship to all (especially to Roman Catholics), Jones was suggested as a Dissenting J.P. to give force to these proposals, but there is not the slightest proof that he believed in the sincerity of the king or that he was willing to further the king's plans. His
JONES, JENKIN (1700? - 1742), Arminian minister Born at Trafle, Llanwenog, Cardiganshire, in 1700 (?). The family later moved to Bryngranod which was sufficiently near Crug-y-maen to be influenced by its radical tendencies. There is an entry in the Cilgwyn church register which reads: 'Jenkin Jones of Llwynrhydowen; ordained April 1726, obiit 1742.' We know nothing of his early life except that he was at Carmarthen Academy from 1720 to 1722
JONES, JENKIN (1623 - ?), captain in the Parliamentary army and Puritan preacher He was born at Tŷ Mawr in Llanddetty parish, Brecknock, matriculated at Jesus College, Oxford, in 1639, and married as second wife Barbara, daughter of Sir Anthony Mansell of Briton Ferry, niece to Bussy Mansell, who was very prominent on the Parliament's side in Glamorgan. Jones speedily came to the front in the Civil War both as soldier and as preacher; he was convinced that the Baptists were

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