Stephen Jenks

Short Name: Stephen Jenks
Full Name: Jenks, Stephen, 1772-1856
Birth Year: 1772
Death Year: 1856

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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Tunes by Stephen Jenks (14)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
BABEL'S STREAMS (Jenks)Stephen Jenks (Composer)211765 43455 65434
CHARLESTOWNS. Jenks (Composer)612325 32156 71653
BARTIMAEUS (Jenks)Stephen Jenks (Composer)2212321 56716 53256
CALVARY (Rosenmüller)Stephen Jenks (Arranger)212321 17155 44332
COMMUNION (Jenks)Stephen Jenks (Composer)4651321 32165 51321
MARTYRDOM (Wilson)Stephen Jengkes (Composer)151651 23213 53213
DARTMOUTH (Jenks)Stephen Jenks (Composer)215312 53671 55436
EVENING SHADE (Southern Harmony)Stephen Jenks (Composer)213457 17154 44345
LIBERTY (Jenks)Stephen Jenks (Composer)355516 53312 25172
MOUNT VERNON (Jenks)Stephen Jenks (Composer)213345 51711 5533
NORTH SALEM (Jenks)Stephen Jenks (Composer)255531 57115 43765
SWEET PROSPECT (Jenks)S. Jenks (Composer)215436 53221 26543
UNION (Jenks)Stephen Jenks (Composer (attributed to))256655 61627 151
VESPER (Jenks)Stephen Jenks (Composer)316165 67113 53545
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