Adoniram Judson, Jr. was born in Massachusetts on Aug. 9, 1788.

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Ray Tompkins  · Adoniram Judson, Jr. was born in Massachusetts on Aug. 9, 1788. His father, minister of the Third Congregationalist Church in Plymouth, encouraged Adoniram’s ambitions, and he graduated from Brown University, first in his class in 1807. Judson taught school in Plymouth. In 1808, uncertain about a permanent vocation, he began a short tour of the North. He entered Andover Seminary in 1808 and announced plans for the ministry in 1809. Judson became a Congregational missionary. He converted while at sea going to his first missionary location and became a Baptist during the journey; he spread the Gospel for almost forty years in Burma (now known as Myanmar). He inspired many Americans to become or to support missionaries, translated the Bible into Burmese, and established a number of Baptist churches in Burma. He died at sea on his way back to the United States on April 12, 1850. A memorial marker to Judson and his family is on top of historic Burial Hill in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The wooden fence surrounding the family plot has fallen apart. A spokesperson from Plymouth’s Town Hall has told me the fence will be replaced sometime this spring!