Parmenter, Ezra (June 26,
1760—April
14, 1808) son of Samuel Parmenter and Mary Tower, he was born at Sudbury,
Massachusetts. He learned the trade of blacksmith and moved to Boston to work.
During the Revolutionary War he worked in a workshop for the Continental Army.
"He was fond of music, and sang in the choir of the New South Church on
Summer Street. He was the author of the once popular psalm tune called
'Complaint' which was sung in the churches of New England for many years."
The earliest appearance of this tune is in The
Federal Harmony, published at Boston in 1790. T. J. Allen arranged this tune in 1893 and called it God's Eternal. In 1781 Parmenter married Mary
Ellison and they had 8 children. Ezra Parmenter died at Boston. An Ezra
Parmenter buried at the Central Burying Ground in Boston might be this person.
His son, William, was a United States Congressman and served four terms
beginning in 1836.
357 God's Eternal (aka Complaint)
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