a Reformed (Dutch) minister, was born at Waarneperveen, Overvssel, Holland, Oct. 17, 1811. He graduated at the University of Leyden in 1831, and at the Leyden Theological Seminary in 1834; was examined in the Provincial Synod of the Hague in May, 1835; ordained for general service in Amsterdam in the General Synod of the Separated or Free Reformed Church of the Netherlands, March 4, 1836; was missionary to Genemuiden, then to Ommer (Overyssel), from 1836 to 1844; to Arnheim (Guelderland) from 1844 to 1846, when he came to America; pastor at Holland, Mich., from 1851 to 1867; missionary for the emigration field, Amelia Court-house, Va., from 1869 to 1870; and president of the council of Hope College from 1870 to 1874. He died Nov. 7,1876. See Corwin, Manual of the Ref. Church in America, s.v.
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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