Education
Jones, who was baptised on 28 December 1775, was educated at Ruthin School and Jesus College, Oxford, obtaining a Bachelor degree in 1798 and a Master of Arts in 1802.
priest writer Archdeacon of Merioneth
Jones, who was baptised on 28 December 1775, was educated at Ruthin School and Jesus College, Oxford, obtaining a Bachelor degree in 1798 and a Master of Arts in 1802.
After serving as curate of Gyffylliog, he became junior vicar of Bangor in 1802. He became the rector of Llandudno and archdeacon of Merioneth in 1809 and senior vicar of Bangor in 1810. He was also appointed to the parishes of Edern and Llanbedr-Dyffryn-Clwyd in 1819.
In 1821, he was the Bampton Lecturer at the University of Oxford, speaking on the topic of "The Moral Tendency in the Divine Revelation".
He died on 13 May 1834 and was buried at Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd.