Barclay, Christian an English minister of the Society of Friends, daughter of Gilbert Molleson, a merchant of Aberdeen, Scotland, and the wife of thecelebrated Friends' Apologist, Robert Barclay, was born in 1647. She was religiously inclined from her childhood, and at the age of sixteen became an avowed Christian. She was approved as a minister among Friends. She was married to Robert Barclay in 1669. She was a diligent minister of the Lord Jesus, and her preaching was attended with the power and presence of the Divine Spirit. After a life of great usefulness, she died Dec. 14, 1722. See Piety Promoted, 2, 354, 355. (J.C.S.)
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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