Norris, Edward a divine of American colonial days, was born in England about 1589, and came to this country in 1639. In the mother country he had been a teacher and minister in Gloucester; in the colonies he devoted himself entirely to pulpit labors. In 1640 he was made pastor at Salem, Mass., and served that charge until his death, April 10, 1659. He was tolerant, did not join in the persecution of Gorton and the Anabaptists, and withstood the witchcraft delusion of 1651-54; but in 1653 he wrote in favor of making war with the Dutch. He published in London in 1636 a treatise on Asking for Temporal Blessings, and The New Gospel not the True Gospel, etc. (1638, 4to), a reply to John Trask's True Gospel Vindicated (Lond. 1636). See Drake, Dict, of Amer. Biog. p. 662.
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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