Jacob Davies (1816–1849) was a Welsh Baptist missionary from the Newtown area of Montgomeryshire.
[3] In 1844, he was appointed to a missionary position in Ceylon;[1][2] but within a few years his health began to fail.
[1] In February 1849, he supported the Kandyans against the Governor of Ceylon, Lord Torrington, following the Matale rebellion.
[4] After 5 years in Ceylon, he died in Colombo, on 2 November 1849, of cholera at the home of Dr Elliott.
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