Chaffey, Thomas an English Congregational minister, was born at Sherborne, Dorset, Dec. 26, 1783. He began to study medicine; but, being converted, was engaged in Sunday-school work, and afterwards in village preaching. He was recommended to the Academy at Axminster as a candidate for the ministry, and was ordained at Bulford, Wiltshire, Jan. 30, 1813, where he labored for seven years and then resigned. In 1823 he settled at Greenhithe, Kent, where he remained about four years. Ill-health caused him to relinquish pastoral labor, and for seventeen years he supplied various places in town and country as he was able; he was, however, chiefly occupied in assisting Rev. Dr. Fletcher of Finsbury Chapel. He died in the faith, Aug. 5, 1854. See (Lond.) Cong. Year-book, 1855, p. 209.
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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