JONES, JOHN (1776 - 1857), Calvinistic Methodist minister

Name: John Jones
Date of birth: 1776
Date of death: 1857
Parent: Ellen Jones
Parent: John Jones
Gender: Male
Occupation: Calvinistic Methodist minister
Area of activity: Religion
Author: Robert Thomas Jenkins

Born in September 1776 to John and Ellen Jones, of Tŷ Mawr, Penmorfa, Caernarfonshire, and educated at Botwnnog grammar school. He began to preach in 1803, and was ordained in 1814; he is usually known as ' John Jones of Tremadoc.' He was reckoned a powerful preacher; his views were very conservative, and he was one of John Elias's henchmen. In 1834 he published a small biography of Richard Jones (1772? - 1833) 'of Wern.' He died 30 January 1857, and was buried at Penmorfa.

Author

Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, (1881 - 1969)

Sources

J. Jones ('Myrddin Fardd'), Enwogion Sir Gaernarfon (1922)

Additional Links

Wikidata: Q20733498

Published date: 1959

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