Blakeslee, Edward a clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal Church, was born at North Haven, Conn., June 27, 1776. He was compelled to leave Yale College in his senior year on account of the death of his parents. He was ordained deacon Feb. 24, 1788, and priest June 5, 1793. For three years after his ordination he preached in North Haven and its neighborhood; and then was assistant minister to the Rev. Dr. Mansfield in the parish at Derby, Conn., where he died July 15, 1797. See Sprague, Annals of the American Pulpit, 5. 413.
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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