MACLAY

Archibald . b. Killearn near Glasgow 14 May 1776; ed. Edinb. univ.; presbyterian minister Kirkcaldy 1802–1805; minister of a congregational ch. in New York 1805–1809; pastor of a baptist ch. New York 1809–38; general agent of American and foreign Bible soc. 1838; an organizer of Bible translation soc. of England, and in forming American Bible union 1850, of which he became general agent and then president; obtained an endowment for Maclay baptist coll. Canada; author of A selection of hymns. New York 1816; An addre at Hope st. Baptist chapel, Glasgow 1840. d. New York city 2 May 1860. Applet on’s American biography iv 141–2 (1888).