Baxter, John one of the first Wesleyan missionaries, was a native of England, a local preacher, and an employd in the Royal Dock Establishments at Chatham, Kent. In 1779 he went to the island of Antigua, W. I., where he was invested with a lucrative government office. Renouncing this in 1785 (Myles says 1786), he became a missionary among the slaves of the islands. Next to Nathaniel Gilbert, he may be considered the founder of Methodist missions in the West Indies. "He was greatly beloved by the negroes, and loved them in an equal degree; and went to glory (1806) from among them in the triumph of faith." See Myles, Chronicles Hist. of the Methodists, p. 173; Smith, Hist. of Wesl. Methodism (see Index, vol. 3); Stevens, Hist. of Methodism, 3, 208.
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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