was born at Harwinton, Conn., in 1763; served as a soldier in the Revolution, and afterward entered into business. He was bred a Congregationalist, but became an Episcopalian, and studied for the ministry under the Rev. Ashbel Baldwin. He was ordained deacon in 1792. and priest in 1793. In 1794 he became rector of St. Michael's, Litchfield, and in 1804 of St. Paul's, Troy. He continued in this parish, laboring also as a missionary, and very useful in spreading the principles of his denomination, until 1834, when ill health compelled him to resign his charge. He died July 11,1842. He published a Sermon before the Freemasons (1804), and several occasional discourses. His son, the Rev. C. M. Butler, D.D., is an eminent minister and professor in the Prot. Epis. Church. — Sprague, Annals, v. 390.
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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