The Welsh Saints Project

Given Name: David Bevan
Surname: Jones

Gender: Male

Birth date: 1807

Birth place: Llandysul, Cardiganshire, Wales

Death date: 18 June 1863

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Burial place: Logan, Cache, Utah, United States View Sources

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Father: John Jones
Mother: Hannah

Siblings

, Hannah/Anna (1800-1884)

Married in Wales

Children

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1841 UK Census	Llanwenog, Cardiganshire, Wales	Extract	Image
1851 UK Census	Aberdare, Glamorganshire, Wales	Extract	Image
1860 US Census	1st District 14th Ward Brooklyn, Kings, New York	Extract	Image

Left Liverpool, Lancashire, England on 11 May 1860 aboard the ship William Tapscott.
Arrived in New York, Kings, New York, United States on 15 June 1860.

"Pioneer Database," database (history.churchofjesuschrist.org: accessed 2 November 2020), Dewi Elfed Jones entry, Henry W. Miller Company (1862).

"Saints by Sea," database and images (saintsbysea.lib.byu.edu: accessed 2 November 2020), Dewi E. Jones entry, age 51, arrived 16 June 1860 on the William Tapscott.

Gwawr Baptist Chapel, Aberaman: Briefly occupied by the 'Mormons'
Zion - poem by Dewi Elfed Jones

Baptism of Dewi Elfed Jones

There is an interesting story behind each Welsh convert's conversion to Mormonism, and that of the Reverend David Bevan Jones (Dewi Elfed Jones) is among the most fascinating. On the day of his baptism in the Cynon River on 27 April 1851, he was still an ordained Baptist minister. Following his baptism performed by William S. Phillips, the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Wales at that time, the Reverend Jones was confirmed a member of his new religion while seated in the Baptist chapel in Aberaman (near Aberdare, Glamorganshire) which he had raised funds to build. Following his confirmation he handed the chapel keys to William Phillips and declared the chapel to be a Mormon chapel from that time on; however, the Mormons lost the legal battle to retain possession of the chapel after a few months. But Dewi Elfed’s personal battle with the leaders of his former religion continued throughout the remaining decade of his life. The biography by D. L. Davies is an extremely thorough study of Dewi Elfed’s life and times, and the various writings and poems from the pen of Dewi Elfed reveal the pugnacious personality and strong will of their author.