Background
Thomas Jones was born in 1756, at Caerwys in Flintshire, and was educated at Caerwys and Holywell.
Thomas Jones was born in 1756, at Caerwys in Flintshire, and was educated at Caerwys and Holywell.
In 1783 he became a Methodist preacher. At around the same time, he became acquainted with Thomas Charles of Bala, who influenced him greatly. Jones worked with Charles to devise the "Rules and Design of the … Welsh Methodists" (1801) and both edited the Welsh-language periodical, Y Drysorfa' while the publication was still in its quarterly form.
Inheriting her fortune, he remarried in 1804. In 1811 he was ordained a Calvinistic Methodist minister. He wrote many hymns, and was highly active within his denomination.
He died on 16 June 1820.