a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in East Haddam, Conn., entered the itinerancy in Central New York in 1800, was mostly employed in what was the old Genesee Conference, stationed at Albany in 1804, at Saratoga in 1805, and died at Whitestown, N. Y., Aug. 15, 1810. He was deeply pious, a "plain, practical, and useful preacher." and of great and exemplary faithfulness in the work of his Master. — Minutes of Conferences, i. 195.
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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