JOHN JENKINS HUSBAND

John Jenkins Husband (b. England ca. 1753; d. Philadelphia, Pa., 21 March 1825), a composer, singing master, and schoolteacher, was clerk in a London Episcopal church before coming to the United States and settling in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, by 1795. Adgate's Philadelphia Harmony, 9th ed. ([1808]), appeared with a notational change Husband proposed. By 1812 he had moved to Philadelphia. There he served as clerk of St. Paul's Church (1813-14, perhaps longer), taught singing schools, and was a schoolmaster until his death. 

          Bio-bib. Also Philadelphia Dir., 1813-25; Reynolds 1964, p. 323-24; 4 letters, Husband to Mathew Carey, 1806-8, Carey Papers.

          See No. 14.

NOTE: Several of Husband's psalm tunes-CAMBERWELL, FROOME, ST. OLAVE'S, ST. STEPHEN'S-were published in Thomas Williams, Harmonia Coelestis (London, 1789) before he emigrated to the United States. These, and POLAND ODE, are the compositions by Husband that circulated in this country. Therefore, tunes attributed to Husband are here tabulated as non-American compositions.

ASMI pp.345-346.