Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JONES, WILLIAM (1851 - 1931), Calvinistic Methodist minister ), Aberdulais, 1905-27; after which he resigned and went to live at Nesta, Bon-y-maen, Llansamlet. He died suddenly at Llanelly on Sunday morning, 26 July 1931, and was buried at Pen-twyn. He was moderator of the South Wales Association, 1915, and of the General Assembly, 1923. He was an extremely popular preacher, usually known as 'William Jones of Morriston.'
JONES-DAVIES, THOMAS ELLIS (1906 - 1960), doctor and international rugby player . Jones-Davies played a prominent part in public life. He served as High Sheriff of Carmarthenshire in 1952-53, and was also a Deputy-Lieutenant and a Justice of the Peace for the county. For a number of years he was president of the Carmarthen Divisional Liberal Association and of the county branch of the British Legion. In 1938 Dr Jones-Davies married Nesta, only daughter of Dr. & Mrs. Hector Jones
EVANS, WILLIAM (Wil Ifan; 1883 - 1968), minister (Congl.), poet and writer in Welsh and English although he was a cultured evangelical preacher, he had no desire to be a popular figure at preaching festivals. Indeed, he declined such engagements, but he was loved by the members of his pastorates. He ministered in Dolgellau, 1906-09, Bridgend, 1909-17, Richmond Road, Cardiff, 1917-25, and Bridgend yet again, until 1949 when he was made Pastor Emeritus for the rest of his life. He married Nesta Wyn
EVANS, Sir DAVID EMRYS (1891 - 1966), educationist and translator into Welsh which appeared in 1975. As an administrator he was unobtrusive but firm. He married G. Nesta Jones of Pontypridd in 1927, and they had a son and a daughter. He died 20 February 1966.
EDWARDS, GWILYM ARTHUR (1881 - 1963), minister (Presb.), principal of the Theological College, Aberystwyth, and author appointed professor at Bala College, and worked there with Principal David Phillips until 1939. From 1939 to 1949 he was principal of the Theological College at Aberystwyth. He was awarded an honorary D.D. degree by the University of Edinburgh. In 1917 he married Mary Nesta, daughter of Richard Hughes, a veterinary surgeon in Oswestry; they had a son and two daughters. After retiring he returned to
VAUGHAN, BENJAMIN NOEL YOUNG (1917 - 2003), Anglican priest honorary assistant bishop in his old diocese. Vaughan's first wife, whom he married in 1945, was Nesta Lewis (b. 1920); she died of cancer in 1980. About the time he retired, he married his former secretary, Magdalene Reynolds. There were no children of either marriage. Vaughan died on 5 August 2003. His funeral was held at Brecon Cathedral on 13 August. The Archbishop of Wales described him as 'a larger
JONES, IORWERTH (1913 - 1992), minister, author and editor August 15 1940 he married Nesta Roberts from Llandegái, Bangor, a nurse by profession, whose roots were in Anglesey, her father from Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, her mother from Llangoed. They had two daughters, Nia and Eurgain, and a son, Powys. He accepted a call to Capel Als, Llanelli in 1969, and remained there until he was elected General Secretary of the Union of Welsh Independents in 1975. Prior to
WYNNE family Peniarth, , LLEWELYN AP KENRIC, also of Corsygedol, who married NEST (NESTA), daughter and heiress of GRIFFITH AB ADDA, of Dôl Goch and Ynysmaengwyn, Towyn (the tomb of Griffith ab Adda can be seen in Towyn church). From this marriage there descended - to take only the main line - EINION AP GRUFFYDD AP LLEWELYN, IEUAN AB EINION, RHYS AP IEUAN AB EINION (Rhys had a better-known brother, Dafydd ab Ifan ab Einion), and

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