Rev. Edward Jones ('Iorwerth Ddu') Papers,

Volumes of essays, lectures, and lecture notes by Edward Jones, 1880-1918; sermons by him and others, 1866-1924; manuscripts and papers, including essays on the history of Berthlwyd Baptist Chapel by Isaac Craigfryn Hughes and Edward Jones, 1883; and papers relating to Bethania Baptist Chapel, Maesteg, 1895-1909.

The Rev. Edward Iorwerth Jones ('Iorwerth Ddu', 1852-1931), Baptist minister, was born in Aberdare, Glamorgan. He attended the Llangollen Welsh Baptist College, Denbighshire, and was ordained in 1877. He served the pastorates of Staylittle and Dylife, Montgomeryshire, 1877-1879, Berthlwyd, Glamorgan, 1879-1892, Carmel, Troedyrhiw, Glamorgan, 1892-1894, and Bethania, Maesteg, Glamorgan, where he worked from 1894 to 1930, when he retired. He was the president of the Welsh Baptist Union, 1924-1925, and a member of Glamorgan County Council and Maesteg School Board. He was the author of Gweddi Fawr yr Iesu (Llangollen, 1904) and a commentary on Thessalonians (Llangollen, 1910). He was married, and had two sons and a daughter, including Dr Morris Jones. He died on 8 December 1931.

Arranged into the following: manuscripts relating to Berthlwyd Baptist Chapel, Glamorgan; papers relating to Bethania Baptist Chapel, Maesteg; lectures by Edward Jones; sermons by Edward Jones.

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Donated by his daughter, Mrs Enyd J. Gwyn Evans, London, 1959.

The Rev. Edward Iorwerth Jones ('Iorwerth Ddu', 1852-1931), Baptist minister, was born in Aberdare, Glamorgan. He attended the Llangollen Welsh Baptist College, Denbighshire, and was ordained in 1877. He served the pastorates of Staylittle and Dylife, Montgomeryshire, 1877-1879, Berthlwyd, Glamorgan, 1879-1892, Carmel, Troedyrhiw, Glamorgan, 1892-1894, and Bethania, Maesteg, Glamorgan, where he worked from 1894 to 1930, when he retired. He was the president of the Welsh Baptist Union, 1924-1925, and a member of Glamorgan County Council and Maesteg School Board. He was the author of Gweddi Fawr yr Iesu (Llangollen, 1904) and a commentary on Thessalonians (Llangollen, 1910). He was married, and had two sons and a daughter, including Dr Morris Jones. He died on 8 December 1931.

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A hard copy of a list of his papers is available at the National Library of Wales under the title 'Iorwerth Ddu'.

March 2003.

Compiled by Rhys Jones for the ANW project. The following sources were used to compile this description: NLW, List of Manuscripts of the Rev. Edward Jones ('Iorwerth Ddu'), Maesteg; NLW, W.W. Price Biographical Index (unpublished);

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