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JONES, MICHAEL (bu farw 1649), soldier Of Irish birth but Welsh family, being sixth in descent from Gruffydd Derwas, lord of Nannau and ancestor of the family of Nannau as well as (on the female side) of John Jones the regicide. His father, Welsh-born LEWIS JONES (son of John Wynn ap John) went from Merioneth to Brasenose College, Oxford, c. 1562, proceeding straight from B.A. to a Fellowship of All Souls (1569), thence to Ireland
JONES, MICHAEL DANIEL (1822 - 1898), Independent minister and principal of the Independent College at Bala subscribers, whereas his opponents maintained that the governing body should consist of representatives appointed by the churches in each county. The leader of the opposition was John Thomas of Liverpool (1821 - 1892) who, according to M. D. Jones, wanted to 'presbyterianize' the denomination. The quarrel spread to the churches, and the whole country was thrown into a turmoil. The party which supported M. D
JONES, MORGAN (1717? - 1780), Congregational minister Born at Tŷ-gwyn, Cefnarthen, in 1717 it is thought. He lived on his own property, Tŷ-gwyn. He officiated with other ministers at the ordination of John Davies at Cefnarthen, August 1768; it is not known, however, whether he was an ordained minister or had started to preach in his own church before 1771, but it is known that he ministered at Cefnarthen from 1771 to 1780, and that he received a
JONES, MORGAN (1768 - 1835), Independent minister at Glandŵr school, Pembrokeshire under John Griffiths (1731 - 1811), paying particular attention to English and divinity, but also acquiring a fair knowledge of Latin and Greek. He was ordained at Tre-lech and Capel Iwan, Carmarthenshire, 13 March 1770, and spent the whole of his ministry in this one district. Influenced by his powerful preaching, his churches experienced a strong spirit of revival
JONES, MORGAN HUGH (1873 - 1930), Calvinistic Methodist historian thence to Water Street church, Carmarthen, where he remained till 1906; he married a daughter of one of his predecessors, John Wyndham Lewis (they had one daughter). At Carmarthen he took a leading part in the foundation (1905) of the Carmarthenshire Antiquarian Society, and was for twenty-one years editor of its Transactions. But he left in 1906 to become one of the tutors of the C.M. preparatory
JONES, NATHANIEL CYNHAFAL (1832 - 1905), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and poet without pastoral charge, but from 1895 to 1902 he held the pastorate of Engedi church, Colwyn Bay. After retiring, he lived at Abergele, and at Blaenau Ffestiniog, where he died 14 December 1905; he was buried at Abergele. As a poet he was often successful at eisteddfodau, and more than once he was placed second in the chief competitions at the national eisteddfod. Cynhafal and John Davies (Gwyneddon
JONES, OWEN (Meudwy Môn; 1806 - 1889), Calvinistic Methodist minister, and man of letters Penygarnedd. In 1827 he began to preach in the C.M. chapels. He also addressed meetings on behalf of the Bible Society, of which he became an assistant superintendent, a post he held for over forty years. He married Ellen, daughter of Richard Rowlands of Bryn Mawr, Llangoed. He left Anglesey in 1833 and went to Mold as proof-reader in the publishing firm of John and Evan Lloyd (1800 - 1879). The following
JONES, OWEN (1787 - 1828), pioneer in Sunday school work Born 16 February 1787 at Towyn Meironnydd, son of John Jones of Crynllwyn; his mother (from Aberllefenni) had a brother, Owen Jones, vicar of Llandecwyn Meironnydd, after whom the boy was named. Apprenticed to a saddler at Aberystwyth, he and his cousin Robert Davies (1790 - 1841) engaged in Sunday school work; on removal to Llanidloes he continued this work. He then spent some time in London
JONES, OWEN (Manoethwy; 1838 - 1866), school teacher and writer Born 4 June 1838, son of John Owen of Tan-y-ffordd, Llangian, Caernarfonshire. He was a brother of John Jones (Myrddin Fardd, 1836 - 1921). His early education was received at the Foel Gron national school. When he was about 15 years old he entered the North Wales training college where he spent three years. He was subsequently appointed master of the National school at Llanfair Caereinion
JONES, OWEN GLYNNE (1867 - 1899), mountaineer and schoolteacher Born 2 November 1867 in 110, Clarendon St., Paddington, fourth of the six sons of David Jones, stonemason, and his wife Eliza (née Griffiths), both of Barmouth, Meironnydd. His mother died in 1882 (his father in 1890) and Owen and his only sister Nellie (Margaret Ellen) made their home with a cousin and her husband, Alderman John Evans, 11 Brogyntyn, Barmouth, where Welsh was the language of the
JONES, OWEN VAUGHAN (1907 - 1986), obstetrician and gynaecologist Owen Vaughan Jones was born at Pengwern, Llanwnda, Gwynedd, on 27 December 1907, the second son of John Edmund Jones (1874-1965), farmer, and his wife Mary (née Jones, 1877-1960). After primary school in Llanwnda he attended Caernarfon County School, and went on to Liverpool University to study medicine, graduating in 1931. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh in 1934
JONES, (WILLIAM JOHN) PARRY (1891 - 1963), singer Born 14 February 1891 in Blaina, Monmouthshire, son of John Rees Jones, butcher, and Mary Jones (née Parry) his wife. At 11 years of age he won a scholarship to Abertillery county school, but he left after 18 months owing to the family's financial circumstances, and went to work in the colliery. After studying in evening classes and being appointed librarian at the Miners' Institute there, he

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