Lewis Jones, Treherbert, diaries,

Seventeen diaries of Lewis Jones, Baptist minister, of Pen-y-cae (Ebbw Vale), Pwllheli, and Treherbert, for the years 1859-1864, 1866-1868, 1871-1872, 1874, 1876, 1878-1881. The vols used are 'Y drych blynyddol ... at wasanaeth yr enwad Bedyddiedig', 1859-1864, 1866-1867, 'The illustrated universal pocket diary & almanack', 1868, and 'Llawlyfr y Bedyddwyr Cymreig', 1871-1872, 1874, 1876, 1878-1881. The entries are in English and Welsh and relate largely to preaching engagements. The following selection of entries may be quoted:. 1859, March 4. Symyd ir ty newydd. 1859, March 21. Cael llythyr fod fy mrawd Simon yn wael ... wedi marw oddiar prydnawn Sul. 1859, March 24. Am un or gloch Claddu [yng Nghilgerran]. 1859, June 26. Little Tom died. 1859, June 30. Buried my dear little boy. 1861, Jan. 2. Gartref wrth y Llyfr Hymne [i.e. Casgliad ... o Hymnau, 1867]. 1861, Feb. 30. O Ruthin i Brymbo ... Cael galwad yno. 1861, April 29. Y gwaith stop. Sefyll allan achos gostwng pris. 1861, May 17. I rhymney i gyfarfod Evan fy mrawd. 1861, May 21. To Pontypool examination. 1861, Nov. 24. Areithio ar ddirwest am 5 - y tro cyntaf. 1862, Jan. 9. Daeth y newydd heddyw o heddwch rhyng Lloegr ac America. 1862, Feb. 29. ... i gwrdd sefydlu D. R. Jones yn Abercarn. 1862, March 18. Gorphen ysgrifenu Erthycl y Ddwy Fil. 1862, Aug. 23-25. Pwllheli. 1862, Aug. 29-31. Pwllheli. 1862, Sept. 1. Pwllheli. 1862, Sept. 13. Gartref. Pregethu ir Foresters. 1862, Sept. 16. Danfon Llythyr at Eglwys Pwllheli yn hysbysu fy mwriad i fynd yno i aros. 1862, Nov. 2. Sabbath ymadawol o Brynhyfryd. 1862, Nov. 5. Cwrdd ymadawol. Present o 11.2.6. 1862, Nov. 6. Symyd y dodrefn. Y Teulu yn mynd ffwrdd i Sir Benfro. 1862, Nov. 7. Minau yn cychwyn ir Gogledd. Cyrhaedd Carnarfon. 1862, Nov. 8. Cyrhaedd Pwllheli. 1862, Nov. 11. Dechreu aros yn nhy E. Prichard. 1862, Nov. 20. Ir Factory - Tyddyn Shon. Bedyddio un wraig. 1862, Dec. 15. Llythyr oddiwrth Anne fod y Babi wedi marw. 1862, Dec. 28. Square the Minister's account. 1863, Jan. 20. Darlith gan Robert Ellis yn Pwllheli. 1863, Jan. 21. R. Ellis ac E. Jones, Ruthyn yn pregethu yn Tyddyn Shon. 1863, Jan. 22. E. Jones yn darlithio yn Llanhaiarn. 1863, Jan. 24. Cael llythyr o Ebbw Vale yn nghylch y dodrefn. 1863, Feb. 26. Dyfod i'r Ty newydd i fyw. 1863, March 2. I Bangor i gyfarfod ar teulu, dod i Garnarfon. 1863, March 9. Myned i fyw i dy ein hunain. 1863, March 10. Priodas Prince of Wales. 1863, April 14. Symyd or hen dy in Edge Hill. 1863, May 28. Portmadoc i gasglu at y ddwy fil. 1863, June 15. Trwy Llanberis i felenheli. Cyfarfod a'm Brawd Evan. 1863, Aug. 15. Penycae. Pregethu ir Clwb. 1863, Aug. 18. Caerdydd, cwrdd mawr y ddwy fil ... 1863, Oct. 13. Pontypool. Committee y ddwy Fil. 1864, June 23. I Bethesda. Ordination G. James. 1864, Aug. 17. Do. [Llangollen]. Examination. 1866, Jan. 16. ... Cael llythyr o Rhymney yn hysbysu marwolaeth fy chwaer Jane. 1866, Feb. 17. ... Dydd dyfodiad Nanney y Gwynfryn i'w oed. Dydd o rialtwch yn Pwllheli. 1866, Feb. 28. Dydd gweddi trwy y dydd, oherwydd y pla ar yr anifeiliaid. 1866, May 15. Paid Half Year's Rent. £4.0.0. To Suit of Cloath, £3.10.0. 1866, July 18. ... Presentio D. Lloyd Tyddyn Shon a thestam[en]t Gill. 1866, Nov. 19. Borrowed of Owen Owens Trae[t]h? the sum of £20 - for three months to this date. 1867, Jan. 22. ... Ychwanegiad yn y Teulu. Geni merch fach tua naw o'r gloch y nos. 1867, Feb. 19. Menthyg o'r Banc am 3 mis £20.0.0 ... 1867, Dec. 21. Paid to W. Griffiths the sum of £30. 1868, Feb. 11. To Caernarfon. Making agreement for printing the large Ed. of the Hymn book. 1868, March 2. Sent the Hymn book to Carnarfon. 1868, June 17. Genediga[e]th Martha Jane. 1868, Sept. 6. Dechreu gwen ... thu yn Treherbert. 1871, Jan. 25. Tea party and Concert for the Sunday School Children. 1871, Jan. 30. Agoriad capel y Ton. 1871, April 22. Interest due to D. Williams, Llwydgoed? on Libanus Chapel, £25.0.0. 1871, April 26. Menthyg £20 yn Bank Pontypridd. 1871, July 26. Due to Pontypool Bank, £20. 1872, Jan. 18. Tea party y plant a chonsert. 1872, March 30. Paid to M. O. Jones for the B. Society £6.0.0. 1874, Jan. 19. The two Boys commenced their second Term at Swa[n]sea. Paid for John £5.0. 0. 1874, Feb. 27. Anfon llyfrau Hymnau i America. 1874, May 26. Send to Hughes Wrexh[a]m two cheq[u]es from America. 1874, Nov. 27. Dafydd yn dechre ar ei waith yn Shop ?Harries. 1876, Jan. 27. Paid to W. E. £100 in addition to 160 before for the Houses. 1874, March 16. Talu rhent £1.4.0. 1874, April 7. Talu rhent £1.4.0. 1874, Dec. 21. Railings in front of Chapel, 64 yd 1f. at 11s.11/2 [per yard], £35.14.4. 1878, Feb. 19. John Evan commenced his Apprenticeship at Llanelli. 1878, June 17. Paid to Mr Hughes Wrexham the sum of £24 for Hymn Books. 1878, July 25. Signed the Indentures for John Evan at Cardigan. 1878, Aug. 21. Paid to J. E. Jones, Cardigan, for John, The first Instalment £20.0.0. 1878, Oct. 14. Treforest. Sefy[d]lu T. M. Evans. 1879, Jan. 19. Cardigan. Paid for John Evan Lodge 30s., paid the ? shop for h. 48s. March 10. Argoed. Cwrdd ordeinio. Also included in the diaries are [Pen-y-cae Sunday] school accounts, 1859-1860; a transcript of the memorial inscription of the writer's brother Simon Parry Jones (1828-1859), Baptist minister, of Pen-y-bryn and Cilgerran; butter accounts, 1860; household and salary accounts, and particulars of the receipt by him and others of H[anes] y B[edyddwyr] by E[llis] E[vans], 1861; particulars of payments to visiting preachers at Pen-y-cae, and of the distribution of Traethodau'r Ddwy Fil in Monmouthshire and Glamorgan, and 'Expense claddu Rees Pant', particulars of collections and payments to the Bible Society, Missionary Society, etc., 1874; lists of Biblical commentaries, etc., 1876-1879; particulars of rents received by the writer at Treherbert, 1878-1881; sermon notes; medical recipes, etc. Formerly D. Pryse Williams 358-374.

Preferred citation: NLW MSS 15999-16015.

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