a Presbyterian minister, was born in Ireland, was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and at the University of Glasgow. Two years after he came to America he taught in the academy at Flushing, L.I. In 1821 he took charge of the First Church, Rochester, N.Y.; in 1832 of that at Northampton, Massachusetts, and in 1835 became president of Hamilton College. After leaving that institution, in 1839, he removed to Grand Rapids, Michigan, and from there to Pontiac, where his health failed, and he returned to Rochester. He died there, March 20, 1860. Dr. Penny was a man of superior abilities and fine education. In 1829 he visited his native land and organized temperance societies there. See Mears, Presbyterianism in Central New York,. pages 319, 630.
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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