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- [1764x1872]. (Creation)
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Hugh Jones (Cromwell o Went, 1800-1872), Independent minister, was born in the parish of Cemais, Montgomeryshire to a devout Calvinistic Methodist family. Early in life he went to Newtown to work as a weaver, and where he also began to preach. He became very active in the religious life of the community and was one of those who led the way to establishing a Welsh Independent church there. Jones studied at Newtown Independent College from 1823-1827, where his fellow students included Samuel Roberts ('S.R.'). He ministered at Saron chapel, Tredegar from 1827-1845 and at Heol Awst, Carmarthen from 1845-1872. While in Tredegar, Jones had taken it upon himself to put in order Monmouthshire's Independent chapels and was accused of transgressing the old Independent mores. However, Jones proved himself a passionate public orator on behalf of the county's cause and an eloquent contributor to Independent periodicals. Later in life, he became an advocate of taxing child education.
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An elegy entitled 'Crwydrad dychymmyg i fyd ysbrydoedd neu fyfyrdodau Nefol, ar farwolaeth y Parch. Lewis Lewis, gweinidog yr Efengyl; yr hwn a ymadawodd a'r byd, Meh. 9, 1764. Gan y Parch. W. Williams [Pantycelyn]', and sermon notes by W[illiam] Morris, St. Davids, 1840, and Hugh Jones ('Cromwell o Went'), Carmarthen.
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Welsh.
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The description is also available in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971).
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 11537D.
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- Lewis, Lewis, d. 1764 -- Death and burial -- Poetry (Subject)
- Williams, William, 1717-1791 (Subject)
- Morris, William, 1783-1861 (Subject)
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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September 2009.
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Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume IV (Aberystwyth, 1971);