Short Name: | Jeremiah Ingalls |
Full Name: | Ingalls, Jeremiah, 1764-1838 |
Birth Year: | 1764 |
Death Year: | 1838 |
Jeremiah Ingalls USA 1764-1838. Born at Andover, MA, his father died of hardships from the American Revolutionary War when he was thirteen. In VT, he worked as a farmer, Cooper, Taverner, and choirmaster. He mastered the bass viol (similar to a cello) and became a composer. He moved to Newbury, VT, in 1787, and in 1791 he married Mary (Polly) Bigelow of Westminster, MA, and they had eleven children (nine living to adulthood): Smith, Jeremiah, Joshua, Jeremiah, Mary, Moses, Elizabeth, John, Almyra, Isaac, and Hannah. He taught singing and began leading the singing at the First Congregational Church there. The choir became well-known, and people came from miles around to hear them sing. In 1800 he built and operated a tavern. He also worked as a cooper. In 1803 he became a deacon, and in 1805 he published a song book, “Christian Harmony”, that contained folk and popular songs with tunes used in spiritual songs sung in early religious revivals and campmeetings, some becoming hymns in later song books. It was said that at times he would be so immersed in his music that his livelihood suffered as a result. He was removed and excommunicated from his church in 1810, having a falling out with the church due to marriage infidelity that he refused to repent of. He ran his tavern for a number of years, but finally sold it and moved to Rochester, VT, in 1819, where he became the first choirmaster of the Church of Christ. His tenure there was successful, and he was a signer of the document establishing construction of the first church building in Rochester (1812). Later, his son, John, succeeded him as choirmaster there. the family’s last move was to a farm near Hancock, VT. He was described as short, portly, good-humored, and absentminded, and having a high voice, but singing bass well. His family was musical, some noted for their musical abilities. A singing society in VT was named for him and promoted singing events. Some of his music became well-known around the world. He died at Hancock, VT.
Note: It is said that he wrote a letter to the First Congregational Church in Westminster 18 years after departing repenting of his infidelity (allegedly after his illegitimate son, Thomas, was of age, but the letter was lost in church records, although the church said they had received it.
John Perry
Tunes by Jeremiah Ingalls (26) | As | Instances | Incipit |
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CHRISTIAN SONG | Jeremiah Ingalls (Composer) | 2 | 51712 31327 75346 |
[Come, ye sinners poor and needy] (Ingalls) | I. Ingalls (Composer) | 81 | 12312 32123 43217 |
CROSTIC (Ingalls) | Jeremiah Ingalls (Composer) | 2 | |
FILLMORE (Ingalls) | Jeremiah Ingalls (Attributed) | 35 | 13212 32123 55565 |
GARDEN (Ingalls) | Jer. Ingalls (Composer) | 8 | 51112 35332 12221 |
VERNON (Chapin) | Jeremiah Ingalls (Composer) | 10 | 35554 35431 23454 |
I LOVE THEE | Jer. Ingalls (Composer) | 2 | 51135 56531 23511 |
KENTUCKY | Jeremiah Ingalls (Composer) | 35 | 51612 16551 61232 |
LOVELY VINE | Jeremiah Ingalls (Composer) | 2 | 34543 45437 35327 |
NASHVILLE (Johnson) | Jeremiah Ingalls (Composer) | 1 | 51117 12221 23332 |
NEW JERUSALEM (Ingalls) | Ingalls (Composer) | 8 | 13212 34551 23123 |
NINETY-THIRD PSALM | Jeremiah Ingalls (Composer) | 2 | 56162 16556 16712 |
NORTHFIELD (Ingalls) | Jeremiah Ingalls (Composer) | 47 | 15435 13223 32121 |
PARTING HAND | Jeremiah Ingalls (Composer) | 18 | 13211 12123 53553 |
PARTING HYMN (Ingalls) | Jeremiah Ingalls (Composer) | 2 | 51117 13117 12276 |
PATHOS | J. Ingalls (Composer) | 3 | 32166 51123 21233 |
PENNSYLVANIA (Ingalls) | Ingalls (Composer) | 2 | |
REDEMPTION (56131) | Ingalls (Composer) | 2 | 56131 65356 11156 |
REDEMPTION (Ingalls) | Jeremiah Ingalls (Composer) | 2 | |
REDEMPTION MAJOR | Jeremiah Ingalls (1764-1828) (Composer) | 2 | |
SHOUTING HYMN | Jeremiah Ingalls (Composer) | 2 | |
NEW BRITAIN | Jeremiah Ingalls (1764-1828) (Composer) | 9 | 51313 21655 13132 |
GARDEN HYMN | J. Ingalls (Composer) | 1 | 56111 23555 653 |
THE TEDIOUS HOUR | Jeremiah Ingalls (Composer) | 2 | 14346 54556 54543 |
THE YOUNG CONVERT (Hill) | Jeremiah Ingalls (Composer) | 2 | 73354 55453 17335 |
VESPER (Jenks) | Jeremiah Ingalls (Composer) | 3 | 16165 67113 53545 |