Clendinnen, John C

Clendinnen, John C., an Irish Wesleyan minister, Was born in County Down in 1770 of Presbyterian parents. He entered the work in 17967 endured hardship during the rebellion of 17987 labored long and faithfully; became a supernumerary in 1831, residing first at Newtownbarry and then (1841) at Bideford, where he died, Feb. 6,1855. He was humble, long-suffering, gentle, and meek. See Minutes of the British Conference, 1855; Wesl. Meth. Magazine, 1855, p. 854; Stevenson, The Methodist Hymn-book and its Associations (Lond. 1870, 12mo), p. 268.