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John Jones, Talysarn (1 March
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– 16 August
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), was a
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minister, regarded as one of the greatest preachers in the history of
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. Because the name "John Jones" was one of the most common in Wales at the time, he is usually differentiated by others of the same name by the use of the suffix "Talysarn", denoting the village where he lived.


Life

John Jones was born in a house called Tan-y-castell, in
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, and brought up in a farming family but which also had many connections with Nonconformist religion. He was a monoglot
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speaker, and the only formal education he received was at the
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. As a young man around 1820 he was engaged as a labourer building
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's road from
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to
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(now known as the A5), and was heard by his fellow workers preaching on religious matters as he walked to work. In 1822 he moved to
Talysarn Tal-y-sarn () is a village in the slate quarrying Nantlle Valley in Gwynedd, Wales, next to Penygroes. It is part of the community of Llanllyfni and includes some of Llandwrog. The ward had a population of 1,930 at the 2011 census, the bui ...
to find work in the quarry, but was increasingly devoting himself to preaching. He was ordained in 1829, and would become widely known by the name "John Jones, Talysarn", after his adopted home village. He married Frances (Fanny) Edwards around this time and left the quarry as they kept a shop together – although in practice it was she who understood business and kept the shop, so that he could devote time to matters of religion. Between 1850 and 1852 he was a joint owner of the Dorothea Quarry but did not like this occupation. He died on 16 August 1857 and was buried at the parish graveyard in
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. In the funeral procession were 8 doctors, 65 ministers, 70 deacons, 200 choristers and around 4,000 others with a further 2,000 who joined en route.


His work

In an age when Nonconformist preaching had been riven by doctrinal differences, John Jones spoke plainly on matters that concerned the common people. They considered him one of their own, which was the foundation of his widespread appeal.
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described him as "a thorough gospel man", and found him very influential. He was also a singer, and composed the
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''Llanllyfni''.


Genealogy

John Jones was a member of a large family which has gone to some trouble, before and since, to record its genealogy. Both his father and mother were descended from the poet Angharad James. In the mid-nineteenth century several of his brothers and sisters and their offspring emigrated to the area around
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,
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, United States.


References


Bibliography

* W. R. Ambrose (1871), ''Hynafiaethau, Cofiannau a Hanes Presennol Nant Nantlle, y Traethawd Buddugol yn Eisteddfod Gadeiriol Pen-y-groes'' * Cledwyn Jones (2003), ''Mi Wisga'i Gap Pig Gloyw, John Glyn Davies, 1870–1953'' Gwasg Pantycelyn * O. Llew Owain (1907), ''Cofiant Mrs Fanny Jones, gweddw y diweddar Barch. J. Jones, Talysarn'' cyhoeddwyd gan Mrs Jones, Cambrian House, Machynlleth. * Griffith Owen (1896), ''Cadwaladr Owen'', Hughes and Son, Wrexham * G. T. Roberts, ''John Jones Tal-y-Sarn (1796–1857)'', Trafodion Cymdeithas Hanes Sir Gaernarfon, cyfrol 18 (1957) * Owen Thomas, D.D. (1874), ''Cofiant y Parchedig John Jones, Talsarn'', Wrexham


External links


Online Translated Extract of Biography

Portrait at the National Library of Wales




{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, John 1796 births 1857 deaths Welsh Methodist ministers 19th-century Welsh Methodist ministers 19th-century Methodists People from Talysarn People from Dolwyddelan