famous Welsh adventurers listing...

Joseph Swagman Jenkins
Famously emigrated to Australia because of a nagging wife and was 'The Jolly Swagman' of the popular song.
Born, lived and returned to Ceredigion.
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Hugh Jennings
Captain jennings was held in high esteem by his fellow pirates at their stronghold in the bahamas.
Was known to be a Welshman.
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Major Thomas Jones
Major Thomas Jones is the namesake of Jones Beach State Park in New York. It is the second largest state park in the United States, and became part of the United States Park system in 1929, after a dedication by then governor of New York, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Briefly,the family of Major Thomas Jones, whose descent from a noble Irish family which intermarried with one from Wales, is supposed to have originated in Merionethshire or Glamorganshire. Major Thomas Jones was born in approximately 1665.
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Michael Jones
Founded the Welsh community in Patagonia.
Lived in Bala, Gwynedd.
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Morgan Jones
Was the main power in the building of the railway system in Texas. Without him Fort Worth would be a minor town and Denver, Colorado would not be linked to the Gulf of Mexico.
Born in Tregynon near Newtown, 1839. Died in Abilene, Texas, 1926.
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Robert Jones
Won a Victoria cross at Rorke's Drift, (re: Zulu)
Born near Raglan, Monmouthshire
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Tristan Jones
Author of sixteen books describing his travels around the globe.
Self proclaimed Welshman.
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T E Lawrence
Military action hero and author of 'Seven pillars of wisdom'. Famously routing of the Turks from Arabia.
Born in Tremadog.
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