Baxter, Joseph a Congregational minister, and a lineal descendant of Richard Baxter of England, was the son of Lieut. John Baxter of Braintree, Mass., and was born June 4, 1676. He was a graduate of Harvard College in the class of 1693, and was ordained April 21, 1697. He offered his services as a missionary to the North American Indians, but they were so greatly under the influence of the Jesuit Ralle that they declined the offer. Mr. Baxter died May 2, 1745. See Allen, Amer. Biog. s.v.; Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, i, 319. (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