+ SAMUEL JONES, A. M. D. D., 17SS. (A. M., gratia causa, 1769, and D. D.,
1786, Brown Univ.)
b. Cefyn-y-gelli, Bettws Parish, Glamorganshire, South Wales, Jan. 14, 1735;
d. Phila., Feb. 7, 1814.
s. Rev. Thomas Jones and Martha Morris.
Entered May, 1759.
Bapt. clergyman, and officiated at Southampton and Pennepek (now Lower Dublin), Penna.
Bapt. Chs., 1763-1814.
Conducted during that period a private Theol. Sem.
One of the Founders, R. I. Coll., (now Brown Univ.)
Declined the Presidency of Brown Univ. when offered to him on the death of Pres. Manning. Chaplain Penna. Regt. during the Revo.
Pres. Phila. Bapt. Assn., 1797-18 14.
Author "The Doctrine of the Covenant," (1783) ; "A Treatise on Church Discipline" (1797) ; "A Century Sermon " (1807), etc.
m. Sylvia Spicer, Cape May, N.J.
See Sprague, Appleton.