Jeremiah Ingalls

Jeremiah Ingalls (March 1, 1764 – April 6, 1838)[1] was an early North-American composer,[2] considered a part of the First New England School.

When he was thirteen, his father, Abijah Ingalls, died of hardships suffered during the American Revolutionary War.

In 1791, Ingalls married Mary Bigelow of Westminster, Massachusetts, and while living in Vermont worked variously as a farmer, cooper, taverner and choirmaster.

Ingalls served as the choirmaster at the Congregational Church in Newbury, Vermont from 1791 to 1805, and the choir gained a reputation attracting many people from the surrounding area.

Ingalls was described as short and corpulent with a high voice and an advanced skill at the bass viol.