Jenkin Jones (born 1623) was a
Welsh
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captain in the army of the
Parliamentarians during the
English Civil War
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, and a
Puritan
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cleric and preacher.
Life
Jones was born in the parish of
Llanddetty,
Brecknockshire
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and
matriculated at
Jesus College, Oxford
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in 1639. He was a prominent soldier and preacher during the English Civil War, and was married to the niece of
Bussy Mansell, a leading Parliamentarian in
Glamorgan
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* West Glamorgan
* Mid Glamorgan
* South Glamorgan
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. Whilst believing that the Baptist principles on who ought to be baptised and how this should take place were correct, he was not an exclusionist like others of the time, and was willing to welcome members of other denominations to communion. He was one of the Approvers named under the Propagation Act 1650, and worked as an itinerant preacher in Brecknockshire and elsewhere, including the
Merthyr Tydfil
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area. In 1657, he became the minister at Llanddetty. After the
Restoration
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of the monarchy, Jones was imprisoned at
Carmarthen but soon released. However, reports that he was gathering followers and making speeches led to his further imprisonment, and there is no further record of him after this time.
References
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1623 births
Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford
Welsh independent ministers of the Interregnum (England)
Roundheads
Year of death unknown
17th-century Protestant religious leaders
17th-century Welsh military personnel