Missionary Biography

Sarah Boardman Judson was born at Alstead, in the state of New Hampshire, Nov. 4, 1803. She received her education and continued to reside in Salem, in the state of Massachusetts. She was married to the Rev. George Dana Boardman, July 4, 1825, with whom she embarked the same month for the East Indies, to join the American missionaries in Burma. During her residence in Calcutta and Tavoy she had three children, of whom one only, George Dana Boardman, Jun., born August 18, 1828, survives her. She lost her husband Feb. 11, 1831, and was married again to Adoniram Judson, of Maulmain, April 10, 1834. At Maulmain she became the mother of eight children, of whom five survive her. After the birth of her last child, in Dec., 1844, she was attacked with chronic diarrhea, from which she had suffered much in the early part of her missionary life. She embarked with her husband and three elder children for America, April 26, 1845. She departed this life on ship-board, in the port of St. Helena, Sept. 1, 1845. - p. xi-xii.

Year

2010

Language

English

Series

Nabu public domain reprints

Publisher

Nabu Press

Editions

1

ISBN

9781144465313

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