Castleden, James an English Baptist minister, was born at Faversham, Kent, Feb. 25, 1778, and was reared in the Church of England. At seventeen he was converted in a Wesleyan prayer-meeting, and on the next Sunday preached a sermon. He was baptized by Dr. Jenkins in 1799, became a deacon, for nine years preaching occasionally at Holly Bush Hill, London. A chapel was built for him, and was pastor at Hampstead for thirty-six years. In 1853 he was seized with paralysis, and died June 4,1854. See (Lond.) Baptist Handbook, 1855, p. 46.
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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