Clayton, Isaac, an English Wesleyan minister, was born at Daisy Hill, near Bradford, Yorkshire, May 22, 1778. He was of pious parentage; was converted in 1793; sent to the Otley Circuit in 1800; admitted on trial at the conference of 1801, and travelled the Thetford, St. Neots, Northampton, Sevenoaks, London, Dover, Sheffield, Huddersfield, Keighley, Barnsley, and eight other circuits, the last being Cleckheaton. He died at Bradford, Oct. 23,1833. Mr. Clayton was spiritual-minded, faithful, and conscientious. See Minutes of the British Conference, 1834; Wesl. Meth. Mag. 1836, p. 81 sq.
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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