Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JONES, THOMAS (d. 1676), cleric He was appointed vicar of Llangamarch, Brecknock, 24 January 1661, and his successor was appointed (after his death) on 17 August 1676. There is extant a written by him to praise God for the health of Rowland Gwynne of Glan-brân, and two englynion to his brother, Dafydd Jones of Maes Mynys (near Builth).
JONES, THOMAS (1777 - 1847), translator, schoolmaster and minister (CM) Born in Llanfwrog, Anglesey, in 1777. He was fortunate enough to receive some schooling with a cleric in his home area. He and two of his brothers, Rice Jones, Pen-clawdd, Glamorganshire, and Robert Jones, Congl. minister, Corwen, Meironnydd, were preachers. In 1803 he and his wife, Margaret, moved to Ty'nyrefail, Llanynghenedl, Anglesey, where they had at least 8 children. He was elected an
JONES, THOMAS (Gogrynwr; 1822 - 1854), doctor and musician
JONES, THOMAS (Glan Alun; 1811 - 1866), Calvinistic Methodist minister and man of letters Born 11 March 1811 at 'Cefn-y-gadair shop,' Mold, son of John Jones, formerly of Cefn-y-gadair in Llanelidan, and before that of Hendre, Derwen, Denbighshire, who was son of JOSEPH JONES, of Y Seinad near Ruthin. ' Joseff y Seinad,' an Antinomian, was one of the sectaries who found a following after the Methodist disruption of 1750 - see on him J. H. Morris, Hanes Methodistiaeth Liverpool, i, 226
JONES, THOMAS (1818 - 1898), parish clerk of Llanfaethlu, Anglesey, and living before that at Tyn-llan and Newhavren, Llantrisant, Anglesey. Thomas Jones deserves a brief mention by virtue of his industry in transcribing and collecting over forty volumes of music manuscripts, mainly ecclesiastical but with also a large admixture of secular music, including folk-songs, 'national' airs, part-songs, etc. His collection (now NLW MS 8112-52
JONES, THOMAS (1810 - 1849), Calvinistic Methodist missionary Born 24 January 1810 to Edward and Mary Jones, Tan-y-ffridd, Llangynyw, Montgomeryshire. Originally a wheelwright, he became miller at Llifior, Berriw. About 1835 he began preaching; he was one of the first of Lewis Edwards's students at Bala (1837). Desiring to become a missionary, he offered himself to the London Missionary Society, which however refused to send him to India, thinking that his
JONES, THOMAS (1910 - 1972), Welsh scholar Thomas Jones was born in Allt-wen, Pontardawe, Glamorganshire, the eldest of William and Elizabeth Jones's seven children: the father, who had emigrated from rural Carmarthenshire, worked in the local tinplate works. Educated in Ystalyfera grammar school, Thomas Jones entered the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, in 1928 as the holder of a State Scholarship and graduated with first-class
JONES, THOMAS (1742 - 1803), landscape painter Born 26 September 1742, second son of Thomas and Hannah Jones of Trevonen in Cefnllys, Radnorshire. His parents moved to Pencerrig in Llanelwedd near Builth, which still remains the property of the family. He entered Christ College School at Brecon in 1753 and there first developed an interest in pictures and in drawing. He moved in 1758 to the school at Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire, kept by
JONES, THOMAS (Canrhawdfardd; 1823 - 1904), preacher, printer, and musician Born 2 July 1823 at Bwlch-y-creigiau, near Nannerch, Flintshire, the son of John and Mary Jones. He learned to read music when quite young; when only 16 he led the singing in the local Wesleyan chapel. He also started to hold music classes in the districts surrounding his home. In 1849 he began to preach with the Wesleyans; in 1851 he moved to a place near Holywell and, from there, to Lixwm. In
JONES, THOMAS (1908 - 1990), trade unionist and Spanish Civil War veteran Although he was a proud Welsh-speaking Welshman, Tom Jones was in fact born in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire, on 13 October 1908, the son of a Welsh collier and an English kitchen maid. His father, William Jones, was a native of the Mold area of Flintshire who had moved to Lancashire with his Staffordshire-born wife Mary (née Clayton) because of the higher wages paid at the Bryn Hall colliery
JONES, THOMAS (c. 1622 - 1682), Protestant controversialist
JONES, THOMAS, vicar - see JONES, JOHN

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