Introduction

Biography

During his life, Jenks moved from town to town, liv­ing in Ridge­field and New Ca­naan, Con­nec­ti­cut; Pound Ridge, New York; and Pro­vi­dence, Rhode Island.

He fi­nal­ly set­tled in Thomp­son, Ohio, in 1829. Af­ter mov­ing to Ohio, he be­came a farm­er and a mak­er of per­cuss­ion in­str­uments.

Works

• 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 & 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)