a Congregational minister, was born at Newark, N.J., April 16, 1787. He graduated from Princeton College in 1805; studied law in Newark for over two years; but in the winter of 1807 was converted, and soon afterwards entered the Andover Theological Seminary. Being licensed in 1812 by the Presbytery of New Jersey, he preached in Danbury, Connecticut; and afterwards in the Northern Liberties, Philadelphia; but was twice temporarily laid aside by lung disease. November 4, 1818, he was ordained pastor of the First Congregational Church, Middletown, Connecticut, where he served until his death, August 17, 1853. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, 2:562.
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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