a Methodist Episcopal minister of importance, born in Monroe Co., Penn., Oct. 22,1770, travelled two years, from 1794, in N. J. and Md., emigrated to New England in 1796, and was a pioneer and founder of Methodism there and in Canada. In 1811 he settled at New; Market, N. H. He was several times elected member of Congress from N. Hampshire. He died April 7, 1838. He was a "good man," and " a prince in Israel." — Minutes of Conferences, 6:579; Stevens's Memorials; Sprague, Annals, 7:240.
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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