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JONES, WILLIAM (1826 - 1899), secretary to the Peace Society as successor to Henry Richard, Tregaron; son of John Jones, a Ruthin Quaker, and great-grandson of Jonathan Hughes, the bard mentioned by Borrow in Wild Wales. William was educated at Ackworth Quaker School. Later he was appointed head of a commission for the relief of distress during the Franco-German war of 1870-1. He had discussions with president Cleveland and Li Hung Chang and other
JONES, WILLIAM (1857 - 1915), Member of Parliament Welsh Calvinistic Methodist church at Holloway, but was excommunicated in 1887 for (presumably) advocating too advanced opinions as Sunday school teacher. From 1888 to 1894 Oxford was his home; there he acted (it is thought) as a private tutor, and began a life-long friendship with Sir John Rhys. During his stay in London he became greatly interested in politics, as a Liberal, and developed into one
JONES, WILLIAM (1718 - 1773?), early Methodist exhorter, and possibly the first Anglesey Methodist 12 February 1779) of Jane Sacheverell, sister of William Jones and of John Jones (died 1761) of Trefollwyn, sheriff of Anglesey in 1750. She leaves money to her brother ' William Jones, merchant, of Liverpool,' to his son Hugh, then 'a mariner,' and to other members of his family, including 'his present wife,' which implies that he had married more than once. William Jones, then (there is, by the
JONES, WILLIAM (bu farw 1679), Puritan minister ), not under the Act of Uniformity (1662). Under the Five Mile Act he had to leave Denbigh, and found refuge at Plas Teg, Flintshire, the home of the Trevor family of Trefalun - the father had been a commissioner under the Propagation Act of 1650 and the son was active in furthering Charles II's design of a Declaration of Indulgence in 1672; it is said that land was settled upon him to the value of £20
JONES, Sir WILLIAM (1566 - 1640), judge was the eldest son of William ap Griffith ap John (died 1587) and of his first wife, Margaret, daughter of Humphrey Wynn ap Maredudd of Cesail Gyfarch (died 1583), first cousin to the grandfather of Sir John Wynn of Gwydir. His great-grandfather, John ap Robert ap Llywelyn ab Ithel, alias John Roberts, of Castellmarch (Llangïan), was among the first batch of Caernarvonshire local officials
JONES, WILLIAM (1675? - 1749), mathematician ' nickname, ' Pabo,' for William Jones. The father was John George; the mother was Elizabeth Rowland, of the family of Bodwigan, Llanddeusant (J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 3), and Elizabeth's mother was of the family of Tregaian and therefore, according to Lewis Morris (Add. M.L., p. 190), related to the Morris family's father and mother. He was at school at Llanfechell, and showed such skill as a calculator
JONES, WILLIAM (Bleddyn; 1829? - 1903), antiquary, local historian, geologist, and collector of folk-lore Born at Beddgelert, 1829, son of John Jones, sexton (who is referred to in Charles Kingsley, Two Years Ago) and Catrin Williams. He was apprenticed to a tailor at Caernarvon in 1841, but apart from a brief spell at Portmadoc he spent his life in business at Llangollen, and died there 30 January 1903. He shared the prize with Owen Wynne Jones (Glasynys) for an essay on the antiquities of the
JONES, WILLIAM (1726 - 1795), antiquary and poet Son of William John David and Catherine his wife. The father was a guard on the coach which ran between Shrewsbury and Machynlleth but also farmed Dôl Hywel, Llangadfan, Montgomeryshire, where William Jones lived all his life. He was christened in Llangadfan parish church, 18 June 1726. The only education he had was when one of Griffith Jones's schools was set up for a short time in the
JONES, WILLIAM (1806 - 1873), cleric and man of letters scheme for a Baptist Academy in North Wales, but was ill-supported by his fellow- Baptists - later on, influential Baptists like R. D. Roberts of Llwynhendy averred that this lukewarmness had been a serious mistake. However, Jones kept on writing in defence of his scheme and travelling to collect money for it. On such a journey, he visited Cardigan, where the minister of Bethania church, John Herring
JONES, WILLIAM (1834 - 1895), Baptist minister Born at Brymbo 10 August 1834, son of John Robert Jones (Alltud Glyn Maelor, 1800 - 1881), he became a member of Brymbo Baptist church on 4 December 1853, started to preach on 25 November 1855, and was admitted to Haverfordwest Academy in July 1858. He was ordained to the charge of Pen-y-fron, Flintshire, in 1860, and subsequently moved to Bargoed, 1864; Hermon, Fishguard, 1869; Castle Street
JONES, WILLIAM ARTHUR (1892 - 1970), musician Born at Caernarfon, 5 April 1892, son of J.R. Gwyndaf Jones, proof-reader for Y Genedl, and Elizabeth Jones his wife. On his father's side he was related to Richard Jones, ' Gwyndaf Eryri ', while his mother was the daughter of John Jones, ' Eos Bradwen '. Because of his mother's family connections he was known as ' William Bradwen ' when he was a child at school, and he chose to keep the name to
JONES, WILLIAM COLLISTER (1772 - ?), printer and John Broster. It is probable that W. C. Jones ceased to publish Welsh books about 1807.

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