Freeman, Bernardus a Reformed (Dutch) minister, was born in Westphalia, and licensed there; came to America in 1700; was refused by the Church at Albany for want of education; became a missionary to the Mohawks (1700-5); preached at various places on the western end of Long Island, and died in 1743. He was a man of great natural ability, and the author of several works in the Mohawk language, for which see Corwin, Manual of the Ref. Church in America, 3d ed. page 265.
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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