1772 - 1856 Person Name: S. Jenks Hymnal Number: 174 Composer of "BARTEMEUS" in Hymnau a thonau at wasanaeth amrywiol gyfarfodydd y cysegr Born: March 17, 1772, Glocester, Rhode Island.
Died: June 3, 1856, Thompson, Ohio.
Buried: Maple Grove Cemetery, Thompson, Ohio.
During his life, Jenks moved from town to town, living in Ridgefield and New Canaan, Connecticut; Pound Ridge, New York; and Providence, Rhode Island; finally settling in Thompson, Ohio, in 1829. After moving to Ohio, he became a farmer and a maker of percussion instruments. His works include:
The New-England Harmonist (Danbury, Connecticut, 1799)
The Musical Harmonist (New Haven, Connecticut, 1800.
The American Compiler, with Elijah Griswold (Northampton, Massachusetts, 1803)
The Delights of Harmony (New Haven, Connecticut, 1804)
The Delights of Harmony; or, Norfolk Compiler (Dedham, Massachusetts: 1805)
Additional Music, to the Delights of Harmony
The Delights of Harmony; or, Union Compiler, 1806
The Jovial Songster (Dedham, Massachusetts: 1806)
The Hartford Collection of Sacred Harmony, with Elijah Griswold and John C. Frisbie (Hartford, Connecticut: 1807)
The Royal Harmony of Zion (Dedham, Massachusetts: 1810)
The Christian Harmony (Dedham, Massachusetts: 1811)
The Harmony of Zion; or, Union Compiler (Dedham, Massachusetts: 1811)
The Whistle (Dedham, Massachusetts: 1811)
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