Claybrook, Richard, a Baptist minister, was born in King William County, Va., Oct. 17, 1785. At the age of twenty-five he removed to Middlesex County, and made a profession of his faith in 1814. A few years after, the church which he had joined having lost its pastor, his brethren persuaded him to preach, and he was ordained in 1823. He also had charge of two or three other churches in different localities. He became eminently popular among all classes of hearers, and his ministry was greatly blessed. In 1831 he was called to the pastorate vacated by the death of Rev. Robert B. Semple, in Bruington, King and Queen Co, where he remained a faithful, laborious servant of Christ until his death, Dec. 4,1834. See Lives of Virginia Baptist Ministers, p. 348. (J.C. S.)
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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