Individual Details

Rev Lewis JONES

(14 Feb 1793 - 26 Aug 1866)

Events

Birth14 Feb 1793Penpontbren Uchaf, Llanfihangel Geneu'r Glyn, Cardiganshire
OccupationAbt 1821master - the Grammar School , Clitheroe, Lancashire
Occupation1822vicar - Almondbury , Huddersfield
Marriage16 Sep 1830Llanfihangel Genau'r Glyn, Cardiganshire - Catherine WATKYN
Residence (family)From 1841 to 1861Almondbury , Huddersfield - Catherine WATKYN
OccupationFrom 1841 to 1861vicar - Almondbury , Huddersfield
Death26 Aug 1866Almondbury, Yorkshire
Probate20 Sep 1866Wakefield
EducationYstradmeurig Grammar School, Ystradmeurig, Cardiganshire

Families

SpouseCatherine WATKYN (1804 - 1878)
ChildLewis Lloyd JONES (1834 - 1846)
ChildMary JONES (1835 - 1919)
ChildCatherine Anne JONES (1838 - 1873)
ChildLucy Elizabeth JONES (1840 - 1924)
ChildJames William JONES (1844 - 1901)
FatherWilliam JONES ( - )
MotherMary ( - )
SiblingWilliam JONES ( - 1840)
SiblingUnknown JONES ( - )

Notes

Occupation

He was instrumental in building eighteen new churches, schools, and parsonage houses , becoming known as ‘ the church-building parson .’ Because of his zeal for Wales he appointed Welsh clergymen to all the new livings of which he was the patron. He re-formed in 1835 the ‘ Association of Welsh Clergy in the West Riding of Yorkshire ,’ which had been formed in 1821 , and was its president for thirty years.

Probate

Probate was granted to his son James William, surveyor and his son-in-law the Reverend Edward Collis Watson. His effects were valued at under £7000 (£319,900.00 in 2005).