Alsentz, John George, a German Reformed minister, emigrated to America in 1757; was pastor of a Church in Philadelphia, and while serving there accepted a call to Germantown in 1758, where he remained until 1762. From Germantown he was called in 1763 to Wentz's Church in Montgomery County, and was especially active in its erection. Here he labored seven years, and died in 1769. See Harbaugh, Fathers of the German Ref. Church, 2, 97.
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John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More