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Date transcribed2011-05-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Judson    
First Name(s)  Ann Hasseltine    
Year of Birth  1789    
Year of Death  1826    
Entry  Missionary : born Dec. 22, 1789, at Bradford, Massachusetts : daughter of John and Rebecca Hasseltine : educated at Bradford : joined the Congregational Church there, 1806, and taught a school in several places : married Adoniram Judson (q.v.) Feb. 5. 1812 : went with him and other Missionaries to work, arriving at Calcutta, June, 1812 : resided at Serampur with Dr. W. Carey (q.v.) : summoned by the Government to Calcutta, and peremptorily ordered to leave India : they went to the Isle of France, thence to Rangoon, July, 1813 : Mrs. Judson went to England and the United States, 1822 ; at Washington, her advice was taken by the Baptists respecting the Burmese Mission : she published her History of the Burmese Mission : returned to Rangoon, 1823, and joined her husband at Ava : where he and other Missionaries were taken prisoners : in the first Burmese war she underwent terrible sufferings, but by her eloquent and forcible appeals procured their release : still she persevered with the Mission to the Burmese : she died of violent fever, Oct. 24, 1826.     
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