a minister of the Protestant Episcopal Church, was born Sept. 14,1771, at Woodbury, Conn. He received his education in the Episcopal Academy at Cheshire; was ordained deacon in 1801, and took priest's orders in the following year. Among his parishes were Guilford, Glastenbury, and Poquetannock. In 1835 he removed to the diocese of Western New York, where he served several parishes. He died Feb. 20, 1854, at Utica, N. Y. See Amer. Quar. Church Rev. 1854, p. 458.
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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