1764–1838

Introduction

Born: March 1, 1764, An­do­ver, Mas­sa­chu­setts.

Died: Ap­ril 6, 1838, Han­cock, Ver­mont.

Buried: Han­cock Vill­age Ce­me­te­ry, Han­cock, Ver­mont.

Biography

Jeremiah was the hus­band of Ma­ry Bi­ge­low.

He moved to New­bu­ry, Ver­mont, in 1787, and in 1791 be­gan lead­ing the sing­ing at the First Church there. The choir be­came quite well known, and peo­ple came from miles around to hear them.

In 1803 In­galls be­came a dea­con, though he was re­moved and ex­com­mu­ni­cat­ed in 1810.

He had run a ta­vern for a num­ber of years, but sold it and moved to Ro­chest­er, Ver­mont, af­ter his fall­ing out with the church.

Works

Sources

Music

Help Needed

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of In­galls (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),