Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JONES, CAIN, almanac-maker Son of John Edwards ('Siôn y Potiau'). The date of his birth is not known, but his brother Abel (who became a Baptist minister at Merthyr Tydfil) was christened at Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog, 21 December 1740, and it may be argued that Cain was senior to Abel. Upon the death of Gwilym Howell, in 1775, he undertook the editorship of the Welsh almanac Tymmhorol, ac wybrennol Newyddion. He was
JONES, Sir CYNAN (ALBERT) EVANS (Cynan; 1895 - 1970), poet, dramatist and eisteddfodwr attempted. The influence of contemporary English poets, especially John Masefield and J.C. Squire, is evident in these eisteddfodic poems, but it has been so thoroughly assimilated as to make the poems completely and distinctively Welsh. In the Pontypool eisteddfod in 1924 Cynan was awarded the chair for a poem ' I'r Duw nid adwaenir ', which is a unique achievement in that the poem is in the metre known
JONES, DAFYDD (Dafydd Siôn Siâms; 1743 - 1831), musician, poet, and book-binder Christened 5 May 1743 at Llandanwg church, Meironnydd, son of John and Gwen James. He lived for a time at Maentwrog, where he married his first wife, but spent the greater part of his life at Penrhyndeudraeth where he built a house which he called ' Llundain.' He looked after the singing at the church of the parish of Llanfrothen and wrote a very large number of carols; he also wrote hymns
JONES, DAFYDD (1711 - 1777), hymn-writer Born 1711 at Cwm-gogerddan, Caeo, Carmarthenshire, son of Daniel John, drover. He too was a drover, and was converted in Troed-rhiw-dalar chapel while returning home after a cattle-drove. He joined the Crug-y-bar Independent church of which he was a prominent member for the rest of his life. He married (1) Ann Jones of Llanddewibrefi, and (2) - Price of Hafod Dafolog, Llanwrda. He went to Hafod
JONES, DAFYDD RHYS (1877 - 1946), schoolmaster and musician Born 10 June 1877 in Maes Comet, Drofa Dulog, Patagonia, one of the 10 children of Dafydd Jones and Rachel (née Williams) his wife. The father was among the first group to land on the beaches of Patagonia. He came from the Blaenporth area, Cardiganshire, of the same family as John Jones, Blaenannerch (1807 - 1875). His mother's family had emigrated from Bryn-mawr to the Welsh settlement in Rio
JONES, DANIEL (1725? - 1806), poet of Chirk castle and the Lloyds of Trevor. It is very doubtful whether he translated into Welsh part of Dr. John Gill's Exposition of the Revelation of St. John as is claimed in Owen Williams's Bibliography of Denbighshire, iii, 67. According to NLW MS 325E (39) he was over 80 years of age when he 'died towards the close of 1803,' but the date of his burial from the almshouse at Ruabon is officially
JONES, DANIEL (1811 - 1861), Mormon missionary Born 4 August 1811, the son of Thomas and Ruth Jones, Tan-yr-ogof, Abergele. His eldest brother, John Jones (1801 - 1856), was celebrated as an anti-Baptist controversialist. After emigrating to America, Daniel Jones became a convert to Mormonism through conveying believers on a river boat of which he was in charge. Jones was with the prophet Joseph Smith on the night of 26 June 1844, when he was
JONES, DANIEL (1908 - 1985), Labour politician and polled an impressive total of 19,722 votes. Daniel Jones was the Labour MP for Burnley, 1959-83. He was a member of the Estimates Committee, 1964-66, and a PPS, 1964-67, to Rt. Hon. Douglas Jay, the President of the Board of Trade under Harold Wilson. A native Welsh speaker, he keenly supported the activities of CND. He married in 1932 Phyllis, the daughter of John Williams of Maesteg, and they
JONES, DANIEL EVAN (1860 - 1941), author Born 22 September 1860, at Soar, Llangeler, Carmarthenshire, son of John Jones and his wife of Bargod Villa, Drefach. He was educated at local schools and by the Rev. W. E. Davies at the Pen-rhiw academy. In his youth he worked as a mason and bridge builder. Later he kept flannel and cloth factories in Dre-fach, Llandysul and Machen. He cultivated his literary interests from an early age. In 1899
JONES, DANIEL JENKYN (1912 - 1993), composer , but because he retained his individuality in his compositions, he succeeded in writing music which is both contemporary and accessible. He composed twelve symphonies and eight string quartets. His Fourth Symphony (1954) was dedicated to the memory of Dylan Thomas, and he also wrote, in addition to the twelve, a symphonic work in memory of John Fussell (1933-1990), the director of the Swansea Music
JONES, DAVID (1708? - 1785) Trefriw, poet, collector of manuscripts, publisher, and printer printer at Trefriw. The first output of this press appeared in 1776, the first major work being Histori yr Iesu Sanctaidd in 1776, a Welsh translation of the 'History of the Holy Jesus,' by William Smith. He continued to print until his death on 20 October 1785. His uncle, John Davies (Siôn Dafydd Las, died 1694), is separately noticed.
JONES, DAVID (1741 - 1792), Baptist minister which had hived off in 1775 from the older and 'drier' church at Pant Teg. And his closest friends in the neighbourhood were Methodists - David Morris (1744 - 1791) and Peter Williams (1723 - 1796). In September 1786, Jones conceived the idea of a Welsh edition of the ' pocket Bible ' (with notes) of John Canne (died 1667?), which in its English form had been widely sold by Howel Harris and Miles

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