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.”