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Janeway, Jacob Jones

clergyman, author, was born Nov. 20, 1774, in New York city. He was a presbyterian clergyman who held several pastorates in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and was engaged in general mission work. He was the author of Exposition of the Acts, Romans and Hebrews; Internal Evidences of the Holy Bible; Unlawful Marriage; Review of Dr. Schaff on Protestantism; and The Abrahamic Covenant. He died June 27, 1858, in New Brunswick, N. J.

JANNEY, SAMUEL MACPHERSON, clergyman, author, was born Jan. 11, 1801, in Loudoun county, Va. He was a preacher among the Hicksite Friends who in 1869 was appointed one of the government superintendents of Indian affairs. He was the author of Lives of William Penn and George Fox; Conversations on Religious Subjects; The Last of the Lenape, and Other Poems, Historical Sketch of the Christian Church; Summary of Christian Doctrines Held by Friends; Peace Principles Exemplified in the Early History of Pennsylvania; and History of the Religious Society of Friends from Its Rise to 1828. He died April 30, 1880, in Loudoun county, Va.