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McClaskey, Joel

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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an eminent Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Derry County. Ireland, Jan. 2, 1756. His parents, who were members of the Established Church of England, in 1772 emigrated to New Jersey; here John was converted in 1782, and, feeling that he was called of God to preach the Gospel, took the necessary steps to enter the ministry, and in 1786 became a member of Conference as an itinerant; in 1792 was appointed presiding elder on Philadelphia District; in 1793-94, to Baltimore; in 1795, to Philadelphia: in 1796-98, presiding elder on New Jersey District; in 1799- 1801, to New York City; in 1802, to Philadelphia; in 1812-13, presiding elder on Chesapeake District, and died at Chestertown, Md., Sept. 2, 1814. Mr. McClaskey was a man of deep and earnest piety; versed in the Scriptures; and thousands of souls were converted through his efforts during a long and useful ministry. Conference Minutes, 1:257; Sprague, Annals of the American Pulpit, 7:125.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'McClaskey, Joel'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​m/mcclaskey-joel.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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