Batty, Edward an English Wesleyan minister, was born in Liverpool. He was converted in youth and entered the ministry in 1808. A few of his circuits were, Sunderland, 1813 to 1814; Isle of Wight, 1817 to 1819; Bath, 1824 to 1826; York, Nottingham, etc. He became a supernumerary in 1848, taling up his residence in Guernsey, where he had formerly (1820-21) been stationed. He still.worked. He died suddenly while attending the conference at Manchester, July 26, 1849, aged sixty-six. See Minutes of the British Conference, 1849.
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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