Sarah Hall Judson (; November 4, 1803 – September 1, 1845) was an American missionary and writer.
Biography Sarah Hall was born in Alstead, New Hampshire. She spent twenty years of her life in Burma (now known as Myanmar) doing missionary work. She and her husband George Boardman sailed to Burma in 1824, just one week after their wedding. They had a son also named George Dana Boardman, often referred to as "George Boardman the Younger". She was widowed in 1830. Gospel Fellowship Association Missions website, Sarah Hall Boardman Judson, article by Dr John A. Dreisbach dated May 22, 2007
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. In April 4,1834, she married Adoniram Judson.Encyclopedia.com website, Judson, Sarah Boardman 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. Missiology website, The Judson Centennial, 1814-1914 edited by Howard B. Grose and Fred P. Haggard, page 45 While in the U.S., Judson asked Emily Chubbuck to write Boardman's biography,Google Books website, Missionary biography. The memoir of Sarah B. Judson, by Fanny Forester, by Emily Chubbuck JudsonAmazon website, Memoir of Sarah B. Judson, by Emily Judson, retrieved 2024-01-16 and he subsequently married Chubbuck. Missiology website, The Judson Centennial, 1814-1914 edited by Howard B. Grose and Fred P. Haggard, page 151
Boardman's Burmese translation of The Pilgrim's Progress is still in use at the start of the 21st century;Christian History Institute website, More Than Rubies, article by Rosalie Beck, published in Issue #90 in 2006 she also translated the New Testament into Peguan.
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). American Baptist Historical Society, Judson, Sarah Hall Boardman
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