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JONES, JOHN (Shoni Sguborfawr; c.1810 - 1867), Rebecca rioter
JONES, JOHN (1772 - 1837), barrister, translator, and historian . Jones was a good Greek scholar; he was well read in the manuscript records of Britain and other countries, but his strong prejudices often perverted his judgements as a historian. His published works include: (a) Translation from the Danish of Dr. Bugge's Travels in the French Republic, 1801; (b) Y Cyfammod Newydd, yn cynnwys cyfieithiad cyffredinol y Pedair Efengyl …, 1812, sometimes erroneously
JONES, JOHN (1807 - 1875), printer Born 13 August 1807, at Tyddyn Siôn, Aber-erch, Caernarfonshire, son of Ellis and Catherine Jones. For a while he had a printing establishment in London, and it was here that the Welsh monthly called Y Cymro was printed, 1830-1. Returning to Wales, he joined the staff of the Carnarvon Herald, and spent the greater part of his life in Caernarvon serving that newspaper. He died 20 December 1875.
JONES, JOHN (Ioan Brothen; 1868 - 1940), poet Born 10 June 1868, son of John and Jane Jones of Cae'r Gorlan, Llanfrothen, Meironnydd. The family went to live at Hafod Mynydd and it was as ' John Hafod Mynydd ' that Ioan Brothen was known to his friends. He was one of five children; his sister Meirionwen also wrote poetry. He was given a little education at the local day school, but was more grateful for the education he received at the
JONES, JOHN (1837 - 1906), minister (Presb.) and writer Born December 1837, son of George Jones, Abercin (Abercain), Llanystumdwy, Caernarfonshire, see Caernarvonshire Historical Society Transactions, 1945, 46-8, 54, and the chart in J. E. Griffith, Pedigrees, 211 (although this particular branch of the pedigree is not included in it). He served in drapers' shops in Caernarfon and London, but he began to preach and went to Bala College in 1861. He was
JONES, JOHN (EMLYN) (Ioan Emlyn; 1818 - 1873), Baptist minister, poet, and man of letters
JONES, JOHN (fl. second half of the 18th century) Llanddeiniolen, schoolmaster
JONES, JOHN (c. 1578-1583 - 1658?) Gellilyfdy, Loveday, Ysgeifiog, calligrapher and transcriber of manuscripts . It has been suggested that John Jones ' transcripts came to Vaughan in repayment for loans made by the latter to the transcriber. The exact date of John Jones's death has not been ascertained, but it is possible that he was alive in 1658. (Drafts of letters from Robert Vaughan to 'Mrs. Jones of Kelliloveday' and to her father, Peter Griffith, Caerwys, are in Peniarth MS 270.)
JONES, JOHN (1645 - 1709), cleric the son (or grandson) of Matthew Jones of Pen-tyrch, Glamorganshire, he was educated at Jesus College, Oxford, of which he was successively scholar and Fellow. He took the degrees of B.A. (1666), M.A. (1670), B.C.L. (1673), and D.C.L. (1677). He was licensed to practice medicine in 1678 and did so at Windsor. He was admitted licentiate of the College of Physicians in 1677, and appointed
JONES, JOHN (1775 - 1834), cleric; Christened 28 December 1775, son of Roger Jones of Cefn Rug, Corwen, and Elizabeth his wife. He was educated at Ruthin School and Jesus College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1798 and M.A. in 1902. He was ordained deacon in 1799 and priest in 1800 by bishop Cleaver of Bangor, and on the latter occasion he preached the ordination sermon. He was licensed to the curacy of Gyffylliog; in 1802 he
JONES, JOHN (1761 - 1822), Calvinistic Methodist minister -gwyn, to Anglesey he was convinced and in 1784 began to preach. He was a strong, powerfully built man, and his ministry was incisive and convincing. He is said to have converted 180 in the course of one meeting. When he was 35 years of age he married Mary Williams, heiress of Pen-y-bryn, Edern, where he spent the remainder of his life; he is usually known as ' John Jones of Edern.' He was ordained in
JONES, JOHN (Idris Fychan; 1825 - 1887), shoemaker and harpist (in Welsh) on 'Singing with the harp' and at the Chester eisteddfod of 1866 for an essay (also in Welsh) on ' The history and antiquity of singing to the accompaniment of the harp '; for the latter see the Transactions of the Hon. Society of Cymmrodorion, 1885. He bought at a Manchester secondhand store in 1879 (fifty years after the death of its owner) a harp which had belonged to Edward Jones

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