Sarah Hall Boardman

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Sarah Hall Boardman (4 November 1803 - 3 September 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 a widowed missionary wife in this era would normally return to her homeland, from 1831 to 1834 she preached to the Karen in the jungles and supervised mission schools. In 1834 she married Adoniram Judson. Her Burmese translation of The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan is still in use today. She also translated the New Testament into Peguan. Her illness forced the family to return to the United States in 1844, but she died enroute at Saint Helena. While in the states, Adoniram asked Emily Chubbuck to write Sarah's biography, and subsequently married Emily.

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

[edit] References

• Rosalie Beck (Spring 2006). "More than rubies". Christian Hostory & Biography 90: 25.
• Richard V. Pierard (Spring 2006). "The Man Who Gave the Bible to the Burmese". Christian History & Biography 90: 16-21.