Dictionary of Welsh Biography

JENKIN, THOMAS JAMES (1885 - 1965), plant breeder and Professor of Agricultural Botany Born 8 January 1885 at Budloy, Maenclochog, Pembrokeshire, younger son of David and Sarah Alice Jenkin. After leaving the elementary school at Garn'rochor he worked on the farm with his parents and brother. He went to U.C.W., Aberystwyth, in October 1907 to attend a short course in agriculture (one term), and returned for a follow-up course of two terms in 1908-09. He went to the Old College
JENKINS, DAVID (1582 - 1663), judge He was the best known member of a family established at Hensol, Pendeulwyn (Pendoylan), Glamorganshire, which claimed an impressive ancestry and had illustrious descendants. His father was named Jenkin and his grandfather Richard, and he was apparently the first member of the family who adopted a surname. He was born in 1582, died on 6 December 1663, and was buried at Cowbridge, where there is a
JENKINS, JENKIN (d. 1780), tutor of Carmarthen Academy
JENKINS, JOHN (1779 - 1853), Baptist minister, theologian, editor, and publisher Born 28 November 1779 in Llangynidr parish, Brecknock, son of Jenkin and Mary Jenkins. The only education he had was a short term at a night-school, and he taught himself to read and write. He began to preach in 1800 and was ordained at Llangynidr, May 1806. In 1809 he was inducted at Hengoed, Glamorganshire, where he remained for the rest of his life, travelling all over Wales on mission, and to
JONES family, smiths, poets, musicians and preachers Cilie, They farmed Cilie, a farm of over 300 acres above the sea between Llangrannog and New Quay, Cardiganshire. Jeremiah Jones, the father (9 April 1855 - 19 February 1902) was a smith from a family of smiths in northern Pembrokeshire, a family which had, according to tradition, a close relationship to the poets of Cwmdu, near Newcastle Emlyn (see Siencyn Thomas, and John Jenkin). Jeremiah and his
JONES family Llwyn-rhys, book, Castell Gorfod transcript in N.L.W., xiv, L1671). His brother, JENKIN JONES, of Coed Mawr, Llanddewi-brefi (buried at Cardigan, 1705), was a prominent figure in that neighbourhood, and his distinctive signature is preserved on a large number of local documents for a period of over forty years. The DAVID JONES of Llanddewi-brefi who had a licence to preach in his own house in 1672 (Richards, loc
JONES, DAVID (1770 - 1831), Congregational minister, hymnist, and musician Born October 1770, at Coed-y-ddôl, Llanuwchllyn, Meironnydd. By trade he was a maker of wooden domestic dishes and utensils. Whilst still a young man he went to Wrexham for a course of instruction at the Academy conducted by Jenkin Lewis. In 1801 he took charge of the Congregational church at Holywell, Flintshire. He published a collection of hymns in 1821 (2nd ed. the same year and a 3rd ed. in
JONES, JAMES IFANO (1865 - 1955), librarian and bibliographer printing house of Jenkin Howell. Meanwhile, he seized every opportunity for self-improvement. The great formative influence of his early years was the Sunday school at Gadlys Baptist chapel and the cultural activities associated with it. He became the secretary of the Aberdare and District Baptist Sunday School Union, he was keenly interested in music and acted as the chapel organist; he was an
JONES, JENKIN (d. 1689) Kilgerran, captain in the Parliamentary army, Puritan preacher, Independent witness was the John Thomas (fl. 1689-1710) who acted as pastor of Independents on both sides of the Teivy after the death of Jenkin Jones, and engaged in sharp controversy with the Baptists of those districts. It is somewhat unlikely that the son, Theophilus Jones followed in the footsteps of his father; at least, his name appears with those of good churchmen who subscribed towards repairing the church
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 supported by an entry in Lambeth MS. 998 (137) that he was in the living by 18 November, and by a statement in the Alarum to Corporations published in 1659 that he was 'pastor of a congregated church' in the county; it is not easy, therefore, to accept Calamy's word that he was minister at Llangattock-juxta-Neath about the same time. Though Jenkin Jones was a great friend of Vavasor Powell, there is
JONES, JOHN (1802 - 1863), Unitarian minister and schoolmaster -y-felin. He was a good linguist, had a sound knowledge of Greek, Latin, and Welsh, and his school was celebrated for two generations. He married Anne Rees of Gilgellisaf; Rees Jenkin Jones was their son. He was probably the first person to conceive of a Welsh Unitarian denominational magazine, and that as early as 1835. He was a disciple of Priestley's and entirely opposed to war. He published

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