Bayley, William an English minister of the Society of Friendts, was born about the year 1630, and was for some time a Baptist minister at Poole. He united with the Friends about the year 1655, and, as the "testimony:" about him says, "travelled up and down in many places in the service of the Lord." He is spoken of as being singularly gifted by the Holy Spirit, and an "able minister of the New Testament." He underwent the personal sufferings usual in that age with his associates. In order to provide for the wants of his family, he followed the seas as master of a ship. His last voyage was made to Barbadoes. On his return from visiting Friends in that island he died, April 1, 1675, in lat. 46° 36'. See. Piety Promoted,, i 73. (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