De­cem­ber 21, 1776, Clip­stone, North­amp­ton­shire, Eng­land.

Feb­ru­a­ry 19, 1861, Clip­stone, North­amp­ton­shire, Eng­land.

Bap­tist cha­pel, Clip­stone, North­amp­ton­shire, Eng­land.

Son of a tai­lor, Jar­man was trained in his fa­ther’s trade, but his mu­sic­al tal­ent in­ter­fered with his work. He joined the choir of the Bap­tist cha­pel in Clip­stone as a youth, and soon be­gan writ­ing hymn tunes and an­thems. He was al­so a suc­cess­ful choir train­er, and spent sev­er­al years at Lea­ming­ton. He as­semb­led about 16-18 mu­sic­al col­lect­ions, in­clud­ing:

• Sacred Mu­sic, 1803

On Jar­man’s tomb­stone was the verse:

Sweet son of song,
Through humble was thy lot;
Thy honoured memory
Ne’er shall be forgot.

• Lightwood, pp. 248-51

1. Lyngham