a Scotch clergyman, a native of Inverness, graduated from the university and King's College, Aberdeen, April 30, 1755; was ordained by the Presbytery of Lorn, September 2, 1761, as missionary at Glencoe, from which he was removed to that of Fort William; was admitted minister of the parish of Craignish in 1765; transferred to the second charge, Inverary, May 28, 1789, admitted June 17, and died "Father of the Church," October 2, 1827, aged ninety-five years. For a time he held the chaplaincy of the 98th Foot regiment, and the 5th regiment of Fencibles. He published An Account of the Parish of Inverary. See Fasti Eccles. Scoticanae, 3:4, 6.
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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