Sarah Hall Boardman

Sarah Hall Boardman
Born	4 November 1803  Alstead
Died	1 September 1845  (aged 41) 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 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.^[1]

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 Burmese translation of The Pilgrim's Progress is still in use at the start of the 21st century;^[7] 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).^[8]

References

1. Gospel Fellowship Association Missions website, Sarah Hall Boardman Judson, article by Dr John A. Dreisbach dated May 22, 2007
2. Encyclopedia.com website, Judson, Sarah Boardman
3. Missiology website, The Judson Centennial, 1814-1914 edited by Howard B. Grose and Fred P. Haggard, page 45
4. Google Books website, Missionary biography. The memoir of Sarah B. Judson, by Fanny Forester, by Emily Chubbuck Judson
5. Amazon website, Memoir of Sarah B. Judson, by Emily Judson, retrieved 2024-01-16
6. Missiology website, The Judson Centennial, 1814-1914 edited by Howard B. Grose and Fred P. Haggard, page 151
7. Christian History Institute website, More Than Rubies, article by Rosalie Beck, published in Issue #90 in 2006
8. 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.