Sarah Hall Boardman

Sarah Hall Boardman (November 4, 1803 – September 1, 1845), born in Alstead, New Hampshire, spent 20 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. She was widowed in 1831.

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 1834 she married Adoniram Judson. Her Burmese translation of The Pilgrim's Progress is still in use today. She also translated the New Testament into Peguan. 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. While in the United States, Judson asked Emily Chubbuck to write Boardman's biography, and he subsequently married Chubbuck.

Sarah and George Boardman had a son also named George Dana Boardman, often referred to as "George Boardman the Younger".

References

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.

Christianity in Burma

Denominations	Assemblies of God of Myanmar Chin Baptist Convention Christian Reformed Church in Burma Church of the Province of Myanmar Kachin Baptist Convention Karen Baptist Convention Lahu Christian churches Lisu Church Methodist Church, Upper Myanmar Myanmar Baptist Convention Myanmar Lutheran Church Presbyterian Church of Myanmar Roman Catholicism in Burma True Jesus Church in Burma

Missionaries	George Boardman Sarah Hall Boardman Nathan Brown Emily Chubbuck Eliza Grew Jones John Taylor Jones Adoniram Judson Ann Hasseltine Judson Eugenio Kincaid Francis Mason William Orison Valentine Calista Vinton Justus Vinton

Protestant missions to Southeast Asia

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People	George Boardman Sarah Hall Boardman Adoniram Judson Ann Hasseltine Judson Francis Mason Eliza Grew Jones John Taylor Jones Emily Chubbuck Dan Beach Bradley Daniel McGilvary Eugenio Kincaid Margaret Landon Justus Vinton Calista Vinton

Missionary agencies	London Missionary Society American Board Church Mission Society Baptist Missionary Society OMF International Borneo Evangelical Mission US Presbyterian Mission Mission to the World SEND International

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