Allen Mclean (1781-1861) was pastor of the First Church of Christ in Simsbury, Connecticut (http://historicbuildingsct.com/?p=1111) from 1809 until his death.
He studied theology after graduation from Yale and was licensed to preach by the Litchfield North Association of Ministers on September 29, 1807. In February, 1809 he was called on a salary of $450 to the Congregational Church in Simsbury. He continued to preach there through the following summer, accepting the call on July 20, and on August 16, he was ordained and installed as pastor. In 1846 his eyesight began to fail and in 1848 he suddenly became totally blind. A colleague pastor was settled in May 1850, but Mr McLean continued in office until his death in Simsbury on March 19 1861 in his 80th year. At his funeral a discourse was read which had been written by Mr McLean's request many years before by the Rev Jairus Burt Amherst Coll 1824 of the neighboring parish of Canton who died in 1857.
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