Aaron Williams (1731–1776) was a Welsh teacher, composer, and compiler of West Gallery music, active in Britain during the 18th century.
Many of the traits that may be thought unique to American psalmodists in fact characterize the compositions of their British cousins too.
"[6] Williams's tune "St. Thomas" was originally the second quarter of his longer "Holborn," published in his Universal Psalmodist (1763) and attributed to him based on the statement there, "never before printed.
"[7] It was first published in its shortened form in Thomas Knibb's The Psalm-Singer's Help (c. 1769),[2] included by Williams in his 1770 New Universal Psalmodist, and printed again in Isaac Smith's A Collection of Psalm Tunes (c.
[7] In the United States, "St. Thomas" was published in several shape note tunebooks, including the following: