Sarah Hall Boardman
Sarah Hall Boardman | |
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Born | 4 November 1803 ![]() Alstead ![]() |
Died | 1 September 1845 ![]() Saint Helena ![]() |
Spouse(s) |
Adoniram Judson
(m. 1834–1845) |
Children | 1 |
Sarah Hall Judson (née Boardman; November 4, 1803 – September 1, 1845) was an American missionary and writer.
Biography
Sarah Hall was born in
Although during this era a widowed missionary wife would be expected to return to her homeland, Boardman continued to proselytize Karen in the jungles and supervised mission schools.[1] In April 4,1834, she married Adoniram Judson.[2] In 1844, she gave birth to Edward Judson, who later pastored a church in New York City named after his father.
Her illness forced the family to return to the United States in 1844, but she died en route at Saint Helena.[3] While in the U.S., Judson asked Emily Chubbuck to write Boardman's biography,[4][5] and he subsequently married Chubbuck.[2][6]
Boardman's
Family
Sarah had one son, George, with her first husband. She had several children with her second husband: Abby Ann (1835), Adoniram Brown (1837), Elnathan (1838), Henry (1838), Luther (1841), Henry Hall (1842), Charles (1843), Edward (1844).[8]
References
- ^ a b Gospel Fellowship Association Missions website, Sarah Hall Boardman Judson, article by Dr John A. Dreisbach dated May 22, 2007
- ^ a b Encyclopedia.com website, Judson, Sarah Boardman
- ^ Missiology website, The Judson Centennial, 1814-1914 edited by Howard B. Grose and Fred P. Haggard, page 45
- ^ Google Books website, Missionary biography. The memoir of Sarah B. Judson, by Fanny Forester, by Emily Chubbuck Judson
- ^ Amazon website, Memoir of Sarah B. Judson, by Emily Judson, retrieved 2024-01-16
- ^ Missiology website, The Judson Centennial, 1814-1914 edited by Howard B. Grose and Fred P. Haggard, page 151
- ^ Christian History Institute website, More Than Rubies, article by Rosalie Beck, published in Issue #90 in 2006
- ^ American Baptist Historical Society, Judson, Sarah Hall Boardman
- Rosalie Beck (Spring 2006). "More than rubies". Christian History & Biography. 90: 25.
- Richard V. Pierard(Spring 2006). "The Man Who Gave the Bible to the Burmese". Christian History & Biography. 90: 16–21.