Howe, Nathaniel a Congregational minister, was born in Ipswich, Mass., Oct. 6,1764. He graduated at Harvard College in 1786, and was ordained pastor at Hopkinton Oct.5, 1791, where he labored until his death, Feb. 15, 1837. He published An Attempt to prove that John's Baptism was not Gospel Baptism, being A Reply to Dr. Baldwin's Essay on the same Subject (1820) — A Catechism with miscellaneous Questions, and A Chapter of Proverbs for the Children under his parochial Care. See Sprague, Annals, 2, 307; North American Review, 4, 93-97.
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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