Adoniram Judson, sen., was born at Woodbury, Conn., June,
1752, the youngest son of Elnathan and Mary Judson, and was married Nov. 23, 1786, to
Abigail Brown, who was born at Tiverton R. I., Dec. 15, 1759, the eldest daughter of
Abraham and Abigail Brown.
1788, Aug. 9, Adoniram Judson, jun., was born at Malden,
Mass.
1791, March 21, Abigail Brown Judson was born at Malden,
Mass.
1793, Jan. 10, the family removed to Wenham, Mass.
1794, May 28, Elnathan Judson was born at Wenham.
1796, Feb. 18, Mary Ellice Judson was born at Wenham.
1796, Sept. 12, Mary Ellice Judson died, aged 6 months and
24 days.
1800, May 22, the family removed to Braintree, Mass.
1802, May 11, removed to Plymouth, Mass.
1804, Aug 17, A. J., jun., entered Providence College,
subsequently Brown University, one year in advance.
1807, Feb. 23, closed a school of thirty pupils, taught six
weeks in Plymouth.
1807, April 30, received the highest appointment in the
ensuing commencement exercises of the class—an appointment to pronounce the last English
oration, and the valedictory addresses.
1807, Sept. 2, received the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
1807, Sept. 17, opened a private academy in Plymouth.
1808, Feb. 25, completed “The Elements of English Grammar.”
1808, July 28, completed “The Young Lady’s Arithmetic.”
1808, Aug. 9, closed the “Plymouth Independent Academy.”
1808, Aug. 15, set out on a tour through the Northern
States.
1808, Sept. 22, returned to Plymouth.
1808, Sept. 29, became an assistant teacher in a private
academy in Boston.
1808, Oct. 12, entered the Theological Institution at
Andover, Mass., one year in advance.
1808, Nov., began to entertain a hope of having
received the regenerating influences of the Holy Spirit.
1808, Dec. 2, made a solemn dedication of himself to God.
1809, May 28, made a public profession of religion, and
joined the Third Congregational Church in Plymouth.
1809, June, received an appointment to a tutorship in Brown
University, but declined it.
1809, Sept., read Buchanan’s “Star in the East,” and began
to consider the subject of missions.
1810, Feb., resolved on becoming a missionary to the
heathen.
1810, May 17, received a license to preach from the Orange
Association of Ministers in Vermont.
1810, June 28, united with Messrs. Nott, Newell, and Mills,
in submitting to the General Association of Ministers, convened at Bradford, Mass., a
statement of views and desires on the subject of missions, which originated the American
Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.
1810, July 28, commenced an acquaintance with Ann
Hasseltine.
1810, Sept. 5, received the degree of Master of Arts from
Brown University.
1810, Sept. 24, completed my course of study at the
Theological Institution.
1811, Jan. 11, embarked at Boston on the ship
Packet, bound to Liverpool, to visit the London Missionary Society.
1811, Feb. 2, the ship was taken by the French privateer,
L’Invincible Napoleon, and myself, passengers and crew transferred to the
privateer.
1811, Feb. 15, put in at Le Passage, in Spain.
1811, Feb. 23, was conveyed to Bayonne, in France, where,
after a short imprisonment, I was permitted to remain at large.
1811, April 16, arrived in Paris.
1811, May 3, crossed the English Channel from Morlaix to
Dartmouth.
1811, May 6, arrived in London.
1811, May, June, visited the Missionary Seminary at Gosport.
1811, June 18, embarked at Gravesend, on the ship
Augustus, bound to New York.
1811, Aug. 7, arrived in New York.
1811, Sept. 19, was appointed by the American Board of
Commissioners a missionary to the East, in company with Messrs. Nott, Newell, and Hall.
1812, Feb. 3, took a final leave of my parents in Plymouth.
1812, Feb. 5, was married to Ann Hasseltine, born at
Bradford, Mass., Dec. 22, 1789, the youngest daughter of John and Rebecca Hasseltine.
1812, Feb. 6, received ordination at Salem, in company with
Messrs. Nott, Newell, Hall, and Rice, from the Rev. Drs. Spring, Worcester, Woods, Morse,
and Griffin.
1812, Feb. 7, took a final leave of my sister and brother
in Boston.
1812, Feb. 19, embarked at Salem, with Mrs. J. and Mr. and
Mrs. Newell, on the brig Caravan, Capt. Heard, bound to Calcutta.
1812, June 17, arrived in Calcutta.
1812, Aug. 8, Messrs. Nott, Hall, and Rice, with Mrs. Nott,
arrived in the ship Harmony, from Philadelphia.
1812, Sept. 1, announced to the Secretary of the A. B.
C. F. M. my change of sentiment on the subject of baptism.
1812, Sept. 6, was baptized in Calcutta, with Mrs. J., by
the Rev. Mr. Ward.
1812, Nov. 1, Mr. Rice, on a similar change of sentiment,
received baptism.
1812, Nov. 30, fled from the arrest of the East India
Company’s government, and embarked privately with Mrs. J. and Mr. Rice, on the ship
Belle Creole, bound to Port Louis, Isle of France.
1813, Jan. 17, arrived in Port Louis.
1813, March 15, Mr. Rice took passage for America.
1813, April 1, completed the sermon on “Christian Baptism.”
1813, May 7, embarked at Port Louis with Mrs. J. on the
ship Countess of Harcourt, bound to Madras.
1813, June 4, arrived in Madras.
1813, June 22, embarked with Mrs. J. on the ship
Georgiana, bound to Rangoon, in Burmah.
1813, July 13, arrived in Rangoon, and joined the mission
conducted by Felix Carey.
1814, Aug. 20, Mr. Carey and family removed to Ava, and
soon after seceded from the mission.
1815, Jan. 25, Mrs. J. embarked for Madras, to obtain
medical advice.
1815, April 13, returned with Emily Vansomeren, to be
brought up in the family.
1815, Sept. 5, received information of the establishment of
the American Baptist Board of Foreign Missions in March, 1814, and their appointment of
me their missionary.
1815, Sept, 11, Roger Williams Judson was born in Rangoon.
1816, May 4, Roger Williams Judson died, aged 7 months and
23 days.
1816, July 13, completed “Grammatical Notices of the Burman
Language.”
1816, July 20, completed Tract No. 1 in Burman, being a
view of the Christian Religion, in three parts, Historical, Didactic, Preceptive.
1816, Oct. 15, Mr. Hough and family arrived and joined the
mission.
1817, May 20, completed a Burman translation of the Gospel
of Matthew.
1817, May 22, began to compile a Burman dictionary.
1817, Aug., wrote “A Letter to the 3d Church in Plymouth,
Mass.,” on the subject of baptism.
1817, Dec. 24, embarked at Rangoon, on the ship Two
Brothers, bound to Chittagong.
1818, Jan. 26, the ship’s destination was changed from
Chittagong to Madras.
1818, March 18, landed at Masulipatam.
1818, April 8, arrived in Madras by land—distance 300 miles.
1818, July 20, left Madras.
1818, Aug. 4, arrived in Rangoon.
1818, Sept. 19, Messrs. Colman and Wheelock and wives
arrived and joined the mission.
1818, Nov. 1, Mr. Hough and family departed from Bengal.
1819, April 4, commenced public worship in the Burman
language.
1819, April 25, commenced occupying a public zayat.
1819, May, wrote “A Letter Relative to the Formal and
Solemn Reprimand.”
1819, June 27, baptized Moung Nau, the first Burman
convert.
1819, July 29, completed a revision and enlargement of
Tract No. 1, and a revision of Tract No. 2, being a Catechism in Burman by Mrs. J.
1819, August 7, Mr. and Mrs. Wheelock departed for Bengal.
1819, Nov. 30, completed a revision of the sermon on
Christian Baptism, for fourth edition.
1819, Dec. 21, left Rangoon on a visit to Ava, in company
with Mr. Colman.
1820, January 27, appeared before the king, and was refused
liberty to propagate religion in his dominions.
1820, Feb. 18, returned to Rangoon.
1820, March 27, Mr. and Mrs. Colman embarked for Arracan.
1820, July 18, baptized the tenth Burman convert.
1820, July 19, embarked with Mrs. J. for Calcutta.
1820, Aug. 18, arrived in Calcutta.
1820, Nov. 23, embarked with Mrs. J. for Rangoon.
1821, Jan. 5, arrived in Rangoon.
1821, Aug. 21, Mrs. J. and Emily embarked for Bengal, and
ultimately America.
1821, Dec. 13, Dr. Price and family arrived and joined the
mission.
1822, Jan. 20, Mr. Hough and family returned.
1822, May 2, Mrs. Price died.
1822, Aug. 21, baptized the eighteenth Burman convert.
1822, Aug. 28, left Rangoon on a visit to Ava, in company
with Dr. Price.
1822, Sept. 27, arrived in Ava.
1823, Feb. 2, returned to Rangoon.
1823, July 12, completed the translation of the New
Testament in Burmese, together with an epitome of the Old.
1823, Dec. 5, Mrs. J. returned to Rangoon.
1823, Dec. 13, left Rangoon for Ava, in company with Mrs. J.
1824, Jan. 23, arrived in Ava.
1824, June 8, was fettered and imprisoned by the king’s
order, in consequence of war with Bengal.
1825, Jan. 26, Maria Elizabeth Butterworth Judson was born
in Ava.
1825, May 2, was removed from the king’s prison in Ava to
the prison in Oung-pen-la, a few miles distant.
1825, Nov. 5, was taken out of irons and reconducted to Ava.
1825, Nov. 7, was sent under guard to Maloon, the
headquarters of the Burmese army, to act as interpreter.
1825, Dec. 17, was sent away from Maloon, in consequence of
the advance of the British army from Prome.
1825, Dec. 29, reached Ava and was recommitted to prison.
1825, Dec. 30, was released from prison and put under
charge of the North Commandant of the palace.
1826, Feb. 21, left Ava, with Mrs. J. and Maria, for the
British camp at Yantabo.
1826, Feb. 24, the treaty of peace was signed by the
British and Burman Commissioners.
1826, March 6, left Yantabo for Rangoon on the
Irrawaddy gun-boat.
1826, March 21, arrived in Rangoon.
1826, March 31, left Rangoon, on a visit to Martaban, with
the Civil Commissioner, Mr. Crawford.
1826, April 6, landed at Hyaikamee, where the
Commissioner selected the site of a new town to be called Amherst.
1826, April 10, arrived in Rangoon from Amherst.
1826, June 29, embarked with Mrs. J. and family on the
Phœnix, bound to Amherst.
1826, July 2, arrived in Amherst.
1826, July 5, left Mrs. J. and family at Amherst, and
re-embarked on the Phœnix for Rangoon.
1826, July 9, arrived in Rangoon.
1826, Sept. 1, left Rangoon for Ava with the Envoy, Mr.
Crawford.
1826, Sept. 30, arrived in Ava.
1826, Oct. 28, the Embassy removed to Chagaing.
1826, Nov. 24, heard the news of Mrs. J.’s death at
Amherst, Oct. 24, 1826, in the 37th year of her age.
1826, Dec. 12, left Chagaing on return to Rangoon and
Amherst.
1827, Jan. 24, arrived in Amherst, and joined the family of
Mr. and Mrs. Wade, who arrived Nov. 23, 1826.
1827, April 17, Mr. and Mrs. Boardman arrived in Amherst.
1827, April 24, Maria died at Amherst, aged 2 years and 3
months.
1827, May 28, Mr. and Mrs. Boardman removed to Maulmain.
1827, July 11, heard of the death of my father, Rev.
Adoniram Judson, sen., at Scituate, Mass., Nov. 25, 1826, in the 75th year of his age.
1827, August 10 and 11, left Amherst and joined the
Boardmans at Maulmain.
1827, Nov. 14, Mr. and Mrs. Wade also and the native
Christians removed to Maulmain.
1827, Dec. 28, finished translating thirty psalms, begun
July 16.
1828, Jan. 11, commenced occupying a public zayat in
Maulmain.
1828, March 29, Mr. and Mrs. Boardman removed to Tavoy.
1828, May 9, renounced the title of D.D., conferred on me
by the corporation of Brown University, Sept., 1823.
1828, May 29, gave away my private property to the Board.
1828, Oct. 24, removed to the Hermitage.
1829, Feb., wrote “The Threefold Cord” in English.
1829, March, wrote “The Golden Balance,” Tract No. 3, in
Burmese.
1829, Nov. 14, finished revising the New Testament, the
epitome of the Old, and the Septenary, or Seven Manuals, in Burmese.
1829, Dec. 15, heard of the death of my brother, Dr.
Elnathan Judson, at Washington, D. C., May 8, 1829, aged 35 years.
1830, Jan. 14, Mr. and Mrs. Bennett arrived in Maulmain.
1830, Feb. 21, Mr. and Mrs. Wade removed to Rangoon.
1830, April 26, left Maulmain.
1830, May 2, arrived in Rangoon.
1830, June 11, arrived in Prome.
1830, Sept. 25, returned to Rangoon.
1831, July 19, finished the translation of Genesis, twenty
chapters of Exodus, Psalms, Solomon’s Song, Isaiah and Daniel.
1831, July 31, arrived in Maulmain from Rangoon.
1831, Oct., wrote the Letter on Female Dress.
1832, May 21, retired to the rooms adjoining the
native chapel, with a view to prosecuting the translation of the Old Testament.
1832, Nov. 27, Mr. and Mrs. Wade sailed for America.
1832, Dec. 15, sent to press the last sheet of the New
Testament in Burmese.
1833, Jan. 1, Mr. and Mrs. Hancock and others arrived from
America.
1833, Sept. 8, baptized the one hundredth Karen convert
north of Maulmain, the first fourteen of whom were baptized by Mr. Wade.
1834, Jan. 31, finished the translation of the Old
Testament.
1834, April 1, left Maulmain for Tavoy.
1834, April 10, was married to Mrs. Sarah H. Boardman, who
was born at Alstead, N. H., Nov. 4, 1803, the eldest daughter of Ralph and Abiah O. Hall;
married to George D. Boardman, July 4, 1825, left a widow Feb. 11, 1831, with one
surviving child, George D. Boardman, born Aug. 18, 1828.
1834, April 16, arrived in Maulmain from Tavoy.
1834, Dec. 7, the Cashmere arrived from America,
with Mr. and Mrs. Wade, Mr. and Mrs. Osgood, and several other new missionaries.
1834, Dec. 13, George D. Boardman embarked on the
Cashmere for America.
1835, Jan. 4, the Wades removed from Maulmain to Tavoy.
1835, Sept. 26, finished the revision of the Old Testament.
1835, Oct. 31, Abby Ann Judson was born in Maulmain.
1835, Nov. 29, baptized the one hundredth member of the
Burman Church in Maulmain.
1835, Dec. 29, sent to press the last sheet of the Old
Testament.
1836, Feb. 21, the Louvre arrived from America with
Mr. Malcom, agent of the Board, and several new missionaries.
1836, May 23, moved into the new chapel.
1836, Nov., visited the Tavoy station in company with Mrs.
J. and Mrs. Vinton.
1837, Jan. 31, finished a new revision of the New Testament.
1837, March 22, sent to press the last sheet of the revised
New Testament.
1837, April 7, Adoniram Brown Judson was born in Maulmain.
1837, April 30, Mr. and Mrs. Howard arrived from Rangoon,
and joined the Maulmain station.
1837, Nov. 18, finished “A Digest of Scripture,” in Burmese.
1837, Nov. 27, the Hancocks removed from Maulmain to Mergui.
1838, Feb. 19, Mr. and Mrs. Stevens arrived from America,
and joined the Maulmain station.
1838, July 15, Elnathan Judson was born in Maulmain.
1839, Feb. 19, embarked for Calcutta.
1839, March 9, arrived in Calcutta.
1839, March 30, embarked for Maulmain.
1839, April 13, arrived in Maulmain.
1839, Oct. 27, began to preach in the native chapel, after
an interval of ten months.
1839, Dec. 31, Henry Judson was born in Maulmain.
1840, Oct. 24, finished the revision of the quarto edition
of the Burmese Bible.
1841, March 8, Luther Judson was still-born.
1841, June 26, embarked with Mrs. J. and family for Bengal,
on account of their health.
1841, July 11, arrived in Bengal.
1841, July 30, Henry Judson died at Serampore, aged 1 year,
27 months.
1841, Aug. 16, embarked with my family on the
Ramsay, Capt. Hamlin, bound to the Isle of France.
1841, Oct. 1, arrived at Port Louis.
1841, Nov. 1, re-embarked on the Ramsay for Maulmain.
1841, Dec. 10, arrived in Maulmain.
1842, Feb. 21, moved into the new house.
1842, July 8, Henry Hall Judson was born in Maulmain.
1842, Aug. 29, heard of the death of my mother at Plymouth,
Mass., Jan. 31, 1842, in the eighty-third year of her age.
1843, Dec. 18, Charles Judson was born in Maulmain.
1844, Dec. 27, Edward Judson was born in Maulmain.
1845, Feb. 15, Mrs. J. left Maulmain on a voyage down the
coast, for the benefit of her health.
1845, April 3, Mrs. Judson returned.
1845, April 26, embarked with Mrs. J. and the three elder
children on the Paragon, bound to London.
1845, May 3, sailed from Amherst.
1845, July 5, arrived from Port Louis in the Isle of France.
1845, July 23, embarked on the Sophia Walker, Capt.
Codman, bound to the United States.
1845, July 25, sailed from Port Louis.
1845, Aug. 26, arrived at St. Helena.
1845, Sept. 1, Mrs. J. died at 3 A.M., was buried at 6 P.M., and we sailed
from St. Helena in the evening.
1845, Oct. 15, arrived in Boston.
1845, Nov. 13, parted with my children, leaving Adoniram
and Elnathan at Worcester, and sending Abby Ann to Plymouth.
1845, Nov. 28, heard of the death of little Charlie at
Maulmain, August 5, 1845, aged 1 year and 7½ months.
1846, Jan. 5, commenced an acquaintance with Emily Chubbuck.
1846, April 6, removed Abby Ann from Plymouth to Bradford.
1846, June 2, was married at Hamilton, N. Y., to Emily
Chubbuck, born at Eaton, N. Y., Aug. 22, 1817, the daughter of Charles and Lavinia
Chubbuck.
1846, July 4, took leave of Adoniram and Elnathan at
Worcester.
1846, July 9, took leave of Abby Ann at Bradford.
1846, July 11, took leave of George D. Boardman, the
Lincoln families, the Colbys, the Gillettes, Anne Maria Anable, and numberless other
friends, and embarked with Mrs. Judson, Miss Lillybridge, the Beechers, and the Harrises,
on the ship Faneuil Hall, Capt. Hallet, bound to Maulmain.
1846, Nov. 30, arrived in Maulmain.
1847, Feb. 15, embarked with my family for Rangoon.
1847, June 1, Mrs. J. finished the memoir of the late Mrs.
J.
1847, Aug. 31, re-embarked for Maulmain.
1847, Sept. 5, arrived in Maulmain.
1847, Dec. 24, Emily Frances Judson was born in Maulmain.
1848, Feb. 25, removed into the old house.
1849, Jan. 24, finished the English and Burmese dictionary.
