Is-fonds 127-148. - John Jones James,

John Jones James (1781-1837) was the eldest child of John and Jane James. He was baptized in 1781 in Rhaeadr church. He married Eliza, surname unknown, and had one legitimate daughter, Catherine Jane, who was born at sea in 1828, and one illegitimate daughter, Cornelia Ludovica Immens of Antwerp. He was a mate with the East India Service by 1805 and was later trading in India on his own account. In Calcutta, around 1836, he resided at 31 Pollock Street. He died on board the Therese off St Helena and was buried there at the county church on 22 Feb. 1837.