Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JONES, JOHN EVANS (1839 - 1893), journalist Born at Bagillt, Flintshire, 1839. After apprenticeship to P.M. Evans, printer and publisher, Holywell, he entered the service of David Roberts, timber merchant, Liverpool, in 1867. While at Liverpool he began to preach and became a student at the Bala C.M. College with a view to entering the Calvinistic Methodist ministry. He did not proceed to ordination, decided to become a journalist, and in
JONES, JOHN FOULKES (1826 - 1880), Calvinistic Methodist minister Born at Machynlleth, 6 June 1826, son of John Jones of Fron Deg (Wrexham) and his wife Lydia, daughter of Thomas Foulkes and grand-daughter of Simon Lloyd of Bala. Foulkes Jones at the age of 13 was sent to the recently opened C.M. College at Bala, under Lewis Edwards and David Charles. Deciding (1843) to enter the ministry, he returned to Bala for a second period, and thence went (1844) to
JONES, JOHN HERBERT (Je Aitsh; 1860 - 1943), journalist and author period he became a compositor at Wrexham. Having already embarked on a literary career by writing at the end of his day's work weekly articles for Y Genedl, he came to an agreement with Hugh Evans (1854-1934;) in 1906 to take charge of a forthcoming weekly publication - Y Brython - which he edited until he retired in 1931. Afterwards he continued to deliver lectures frequently and visited the U.S.A. in
JONES, JOHN ISLAN (1874 - 1968), minister (U) and author Born 17 February 1874, son of Evan and Mary Jones, Tynewydd (later of Cornant and Melin Llys-faen), Cribyn, Cardiganshire. He went to schools in Cribyn and Llanwnnen (under David Thomas, ' Dewi Hefin') until he was about ten years old. After being a farm servant and a stonemason with his father he attended the school of David Evans, minister (U) at Cribyn, (1896-98). He won a scholarship to Jesus
JONES, JOHN ITHEL (1911 - 1980), minister (Baptist) and college principal South Wales Baptist College as a ministerial student. He graduated in Welsh (2nd class) in 1932 and in philosophy (first-class) in 1933 before going on to gain his B.D.; he graduated M.A. in 1946 with a theological dissertation. The two great influences on him during his college days were the professor of Hebrew, Dr Theodore H. Robinson, and Dr Thomas Phillips, Principal of the Baptist College. Thomas
JONES, JOHN JAMES (1892 - 1957), teacher, librarian, scholar and linguist Born on 12 March 1892 in New Quay, Cardiganshire, the son of a saddler, Thomas Jones and Elizabeth, daughter of John Williams, Pendre, Llwyndafydd. He was educated at the Council School, New Quay and Aberaeron intermediate school (1906-10); he was a student teacher before entering the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth (1911-14). He graduated B.A. (Wales) with honours in Latin, and was
JONES, JOHN MATHER (1826 - 1874), proprietor of Y Drych Born 9 June 1826, at Bangor, Caernarfonshire. He emigrated to U.S.A. in 1849 and made his home in Utica, New York. He bought Y Drych in 1865 from John William Jones who thereafter became editor of the paper, being assisted by Thomas B. Morris ('Gwyneddfardd'). In 1866 John Mather Jones published a Welsh book on the history of the Civil War, which had been written by the two editors of Y Drych at
JONES, JOHN MORGAN (1873 - 1946), minister (Congl.) and Principal of Bala-Bangor College, Bangor (Aberdare, 1905) for the day-schools of Aberdare. In 1902 he married Lucy Evans of Bridgnorth; two sons and one daughter were born of the marriage. In January 1914 he moved to Bangor to become Professor of Church History and English literature at Bala-Bangor Independent College. With the Principal, Dr Thomas Rees, he took a leading role in publishing the pacifist newspaper Y Deyrnas from October 1916 to
JONES, JOHN OWEN (1857 - 1917), Calvinistic Methodist minister and tutor, and man of letters , and in 1899 these were published in book form under the title O Lygad y Ffynnon. In 1905 he published a translation (Dilyn Crist) of Thomas à Kempis which ran into a second edition in 1907; and he had from time to time been translating the Confessions of S. Augustine in the Drysorfa with a view to publishing them in book form.
JONES, JOHN PULESTON (1862 - 1925), Calvinistic Methodist minister, writer, and theologian . church, Princes Road, Bangor. In 1890 he married Annie Alun Jones, daughter of Thomas Jones (Glan Alun, 1811 - 1866) by whom he had two children. He was minister of the churches at Dinorwig and Fachwen (1895-1907), Penmount, Pwllheli (1907-18), and Llanfair Caereinion (1918-23). He published his Esboniad ar Epistol Iago in 1899, his 'Davies Lecture,' Until the Day Dawn, 1913, and a volume of sermons
JONES, JOHN RICHARD (1765 - 1822), Sandemanian Baptist minister Born at Bryn Melyn, Llanuwchllyn, Meironnydd, 13 October 1765. He was educated at the school kept by Thomas Davies (1751 - 1781), then minister of the ' Old Chapel,' and was originally a member of the Independent church there; he began to preach there, but changed his denomination and was baptized by Henry Davies (1753 - 1825) of Llangloffan, at Trawsfynydd, 7 June 1788. He was ordained, 4
JONES, JOHN ROBERT (Alltud Glyn Maelor; 1800 - 1881), poet and hymn-writer occasion that he wrote the most famous of his hymns. His health and circumstances deteriorated in his last years, but he was given light employment in the Brymbo iron-works. He died 11 May 1881. He wrote a good deal for denominational periodicals, and two books of his were published, Y Fodrwy Arian, 1877, and Y Rhosyn Diweddaf, 1889 (posthumously). There are also elegies by him on Christmas Evans and on

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