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JONES, JANE ANN - gweler THOMAS, LOUIE MYFANWY
JONES, JENKIN (1623 - ?), captain in the Parliamentary army and Puritan preacher He was born at Tŷ Mawr in Llanddetty parish, Brecknock, matriculated at Jesus College, Oxford, in 1639, and married as second wife Barbara, daughter of Sir Anthony Mansell of Briton Ferry, niece to Bussy Mansell, who was very prominent on the Parliament's side in Glamorgan. Jones speedily came to the front in the Civil War both as soldier and as preacher; he was convinced that the Baptists were
JONES, JENKIN (bu farw 1689) Kilgerran, captain in the Parliamentary army, Puritan preacher, Independent 1675; in the census of 1676, only five nonconformists were counted in the parish. Under the proposals of James II in 1687 to grant freedom of worship to all (especially to Roman Catholics), Jones was suggested as a Dissenting J.P. to give force to these proposals, but there is not the slightest proof that he believed in the sincerity of the king or that he was willing to further the king's plans. His
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, JEREMIAH (1693 - 1724), minister - gweler JONES, SAMUEL
JONES, JEREMIAH WOOD (1778? - 1867), harpist - gweler WOOD
JONES, JOHN (1790 - 1855), printer and publisher year - a disciplinary measure in which John Elias concurred, although Jones was not only a friend of his but had, in February, officiated as groomsman at Elias's second marriage. Jones was restored to membership in 1833, but his re-election as elder (1836) was over-ruled. He would seem (on admittedly prejudiced testimony) to have been a difficult yoke-fellow; his theological and his political views
JONES, JOHN (1777 - 1842) Ystrad, politician Born at 38, King Street, Carmarthen, 15 September 1777, the son of Thomas Jones, solicitor, of Job's Well and Capel Dewi, and the grandson of Thomas Jones, R.N. Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, he was called to the Bar from Lincoln's Inn in 1803 and became the leading counsel on the South Wales circuit and recorder of Kidwelly. He unsuccessfully contested Carmarthen borough against the
JONES, JOHN (1766? - 1827), classical scholar and Unitarian divine Born at Wernfelen near Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, the son of a farmer. When about 14 years of age, he entered Christ College School, Brecon, then under David Griffith (1726 - 1816), and remained there until 1783. He later became a divinity student at Hackney College, London. In 1792 he became assistant tutor at the Presbyterian Academy at Swansea, but left in 1795, when he became minister of
JONES, JOHN (Vulcan; 1825 - 1889), Wesleyan minister Born at Llandwrog, 26 December 1825, son of Richard Jones (Callestr Fardd). Father and son both joined the local Cymreigyddion and the Wesleyans at Bethesda. He had very little early schooling but managed to educate himself. He began to preach at Corris and then went for a time to the Normal College at Swansea. He was a minister in the following circuits: Mold (1854), Abergele (1856), Llanfyllin
JONES, JOHN (Leander; 1575 - 1636), Benedictine monk and scholar
JONES, JOHN (1807 - 1875), Calvinistic Methodist minister Born 4 October 1807 at Melin Blaenpistyll, Llangoedmor, Cardiganshire, son of Samuel and Charlotte Jones. While still very young, his parents went to live at Cytir-bach, near Blaenannerch. He was given a little education in the local day school and later in a school at Cardigan. His interest in preaching started when he was a boy, and in 1833, after experiencing a profound religious emotion, he

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841 - 852 of 1933 for "Griffith Hartwell Jones"