JONES
,
JOHN
(
1786?
-
1863
),
cleric and antiquary
;
son of
John
Jones
,
Lleddfa
,
Machynlleth
. He went up from
Friars School
,
Bangor
, to
Jesus College
,
Oxford
, in
Feb. 1804
(during the same year he was admitted to
Lincoln's Inn
), and graduated in
1808
. From
1809 to 1815
he was
curate
of
Llanfihangel Ysgeifiog
(
Anglesey
), from
1815 to 1819
curate
of
Llanfair-is-gaer
, and from
1819
rector
of
Llanllyfni
(both in Caerns.). He published seven sermons, but was interested chiefly in antiquities; he was one of the earliest members of the
Cambrian Archaeological Association
and wrote much in
Arch. Camb.
and also in
Y Brython
,
Golud yr Oes
, and other periodicals. Some of these articles were separately published, at
Carmarthen
and
Tenby
(
1822
). He left a good deal of unprinted work. He d.
12 Feb. 1863
, and was buried at
Llanllyfni
. He used the pseudonym
Llef o'r Nant
.
Bibliography:
-
Foster
,
Alumni Oxonienses
;
-
Bangor Manuscript at University College North
Wales Library, Bangor
6453 at U.C.N.W.;
-
W. R. Ambrose
,
Hynafiaethau, cofiannau, a hanes presennol
Nant Nantlle y traethawd buddugol yn Eisteddfod Gadeiriol
Pen-y-groes, Llun y Pasg, 1871
, 1872
, 47.
It is difficult to be certain about the year of his birth:
Foster
would make it
1786
or
1787
, but his tombstone gives his age at death as 81, which would make
1782
the year of birth.
Author:
Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, C.B.E., D.Litt., Ll.D.,
F.S.A., (1881-1969), Bangor
