Erasmus Jones (17 December 1817 – 9 January 1909) was a Welsh-American minister and author.

Jones was born in the parish ofLlanddeiniolen,Caerns. Before emigrating to New York in 1833 with his brother, he attended school atPentir, located nearBangor. Upon his arrival in the United States, he moved betweenNew York City,Trenton, New Jersey, andRemsen, New York. In 1848, he entered the ministry of theMethodist Episcopal Church. Whilst being a part of the Church, he returned to Wales in 1852 to preach. However, he returned to America to serve as achaplain in the army but after, went on to ministering to numerous churches inOneida County (including several other places), until he settled inUtica.

Jones also published several books over a span of 30 years. These included:

• The Higher Law Triumphant: The Captive Youths of Judah(published 1856)
• The Adopted Son of the Princess(which was awarded a prize at the Utica 'eisteddfod' in 1870)
• The Welsh in America(published 1876 when it appeared inThe Atlantic Monthly)
• Llangobaith: A Story of North Wales(published 1886)
• Gold, Tinsel and Trash(published 1890)

Jones died January 9, 1909.^[1]

• Stephens, Meic (1998).The new companion to the literature of Wales. University of Wales Press. pp. 374–75.ISBN 9780708313831.
• Stephens, Meic (1986).Cydymaith i lenyddiaeth Cymru (in Welsh). Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru. p. 310.ISBN 9780708309155.
• Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig hyd 1940. Paratowyd dan nawdd Anrhydeddus Gymdeithas y Cymmrodorion (in Welsh). Anrhydeddus Gymdeithas y Cymmrodorioa. 1953. p. 432.

• Welsh Methodist ministers
• 19th-century American writers
• 19th-century Welsh writers
• 1817 births
• 1909 deaths
• Welsh emigrants to the United States
• People from Trenton, New Jersey
• People from Remsen, New York
• Writers from New York City
• 19th-century Methodists
• 19th-century American Methodist ministers
• People from Llanddeiniolen
• 19th-century Welsh Methodist ministers

• CS1 Welsh-language sources (cy)