Cappe, Newcome, an English Socinian minister, was born in Leeds, Feb. 23,1733, and educated at the academies of Dr. Aiken and Dr. Doddridge. and at the University of Glasgow. He returned to Leeds in 1755 and, within a short time after, was chosen co-pastor, and the following year sole pastor, of the dissenting congregation at St. Saviourgate, York, where he remained forty years. He died Dec. 24, 1800, leaving several single sermons, A Selection of Psalms for Social Worship:-Remarks in Vindication of Dr. Priestley, in Answer to the Monthly Reviewers; and other works. See Chalmers, Biog. Dict. s.v.; Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Aner. Authors, s.v.
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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