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JONES, EDMUND DAVID (1869 - 1941), schoolmaster and author Born in Trawsfynydd, Merionethshire, 9 September 1869. His father died when the child was very young and he was brought up by a mother of great ability and his grandfather David Jones, a prominent figure with the Scottish Baptists. He acknowledged his debt to the headmaster of the village school and to his teachers at Blaenau Ffestiniog secondary school. In 1885 he went to Bala grammar school and
JONES, EDMUND OSBORNE (1858 - 1931), cleric Born at Barmouth, 24 September 1858, second son of John Jones, rector of Llanaber with Barmouth, and Adelaide his wife. He was educated at Dolgelley grammar school and Friars School, Bangor, under the headmaster-ship of D. L. Lloyd. He matriculated at Oxford in October 1876, as a Postmaster of Merton College, was placed in the first class in classical Moderations in 1878, and in the third class
JONES, EDWARD (fl. 1781-1840), member, from 1781 of the London Gwyneddigion he was secretary in 1782, president in 1785, and life-member of council; as his nickname implies, he hailed from Anglesey. Though he was generally spoken of as ' Jones of the Temple,' his name appears in no register of any Inn of Court, and it seems more probable that he was a lawyer's clerk - so also Robert Hughes (1744 - 1785), known to have been a clerk, is described as 'of the Temple.' Gwilym
JONES, EDWARD (bu farw 1586), conspirator was the eldest son of Edward Jones of Plas Cadwgan, Denbighshire, and of Cornhill, London - tailor to Mary Tudor and master of the wardrobe to Elizabeth I - who was the son of John ap David ap Robert, a descendant of Cynwrig ap Rhiwallon. Edward Jones the elder (sheriff of his county in 1576), died at Cadwgan in 1581, leaving substantial legacies to North Wales relations and money for founding a
JONES, EDWARD (1768 - 1813), harpist
JONES, EDWARD (1790 - 1860), minister (Presb.) Born 11 September 1790, son of Edward Jones, Rhiwlas, in the parish of Llanfihangel Genau'r-glyn, Cardiganshire, and Mary his wife. He was taught to be a saddler, and at the age of 20 he went to London, where he heard John Elias preach, and thence to Bristol. He returned to his native district and began to preach with the Calvinistic Methodists; he was ordained to the ministry in 1829. He
JONES, EDWARD (1826 - 1902), Calvinistic Methodist historian Born at Cae-garw, Dyffryn Ardudwy, Meironnydd, to John and Gwen Jones. The father died when the son was but a child, and Edward worked on farms up to 1853, when he went to Bala College with a view to becoming a schoolmaster. After training at Borough Road, he was for a short time a teacher at Blaenau Ffestiniog, but in 1854 was given a school at Llanllechid, Caernarfonshire, where he remained
JONES, EDWARD (1775 - 1838), Wesleyan minister 1838. A list of the articles published by him in Yr Eurgrawn Wesleyaidd will be found in H. Wesl. Gymr., i, 276. It is said that he co-operated with John Bryan in publishing in 1805 a collection of hymns, but T. Jones Humphreys was of opinion that Edward Jones of Bathafarn (1778 - 1837) was the joint editor of that production.
JONES, EDWARD (1778 - 1837), Wesleyan Methodist minister Generally known as 'Edward Jones, Bathafarn'; born 9 May 1778 at Ruthin but brought up on Bathafarn farm, Llan-rhydd. The fifth of six children of Edward and Anne Jones, he was educated at Ruthin School, and, about 1796, went to Manchester to work in the cotton industry. Converted to Wesleyan Methodism under the preaching of George Marsden, he returned home in December 1779 and formed a Methodist
JONES, EDWARD (1741? - 1806), Calvinistic Methodist exhorter Associations in Wales, had procured him a standing which made him difficult to handle. The embarrassment was soon to be deepened after the death of Jones's wife; for he then (1799) became engaged to a young woman of 28 - but on a visit to Wales in 1800 married a well-to-do widow. The opposition party egged the aggrieved lady on to sue Jones for breach of promise, and in January 1801 he was mulcted in £50
JONES, EDWARD (Iorwerth Goes Hir; 1824 - 1880), poet, musician, and politician
JONES, EDWARD (Bardd y Brenin; 1752 - 1824), harpist, arranger and publisher of harp music, collector and publisher of old penillion, national melodies, and translations into English; historian of Welsh literature and of Welsh musical instruments; collector of manuscripts and antiquary Born at Henblas, Llandderfel, Meironnydd, and christened 29 March 1752, he was the fourth child of John and Jane Jones, in a family of nine children. The father is said to have been an able musician, skilled in playing several instruments, a harpist, and harp-maker. He taught some of his children to play various instruments. Edward was prepared for the musical profession, and took an early

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