Burpee, Richard a Baptist minister, was born in York County, N. B. He was for a short time pastor at St. Andrew's; graduated at Acadia College in 1844, and in 1845 went out to Burmah under the auspices of the Baptist Foreign Missionary Society of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. His health soon became so enfeebled that he returned home in January, 1850. He proceeded to Florida, where he died, Feb. 25, 1853. He was the first missionary sent by the Baptists from the maritime provinces to the foreign field. See Bill, Hist. of Baptists in the Maritime Provinces, p. 277-280.
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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