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http://famousamericans.net/josiahgoddard Josiah Goddard GODDARD, Josiah, clergyman, born in Wendell, Massachusetts, 27 October, 1813" died in Ningpo, China, 4 September, 1854. He was graduated at, Brown in 1835, and at the Newton theological institution in 1838, was appointed a missionary to the Chinese in Siam, and arrived in Singapore in June, 1839. His labors were begun in Bangkok, Siam, in 1840. In 1848 he removed to Ningpo, where he remained until his death, preaching and working with energy, although in failing health. He prepared several tracts, an English and Chinese vocabulary, and a translation of the New Testament into Chinese. ============================================================ Goddard, Josiah 1813-1854 Baptist Board for Foreign Missions Thailand; Ningbo, China Goddard, Josiah, American Baptist missionary in Siam and China. Born in Wendell, Massachusetts, Goddard was the son of the Reverend David and Hannah B. Goddard. He graduated from Brown University in 1835 and from Newton Theological Institute three years later. Ordained to the Baptist ministry, Goddard and his wife, Eliza (Abbot), were appointed by the Baptist Board for Foreign Missions to work with the Chinese in Siam (Thailand) and they sailed in 1839. At Bangkok in l842 Josiah Goddard succeeded William Dean as pastor of the first Chinese Baptist church, and labored there for six years until his health failed. In 1848 the Goddards moved to Ningpo (Ningbo), northeast Chekiang (Zhejiang) Province, China. Though suffering from a lung disease, Josiah mastered the Tie-Chu dialect and preached to a new congregation. He was best known for the quality of his translation work, some of which was among the first English to Chinese. From 1842 to 1854 he completed five tracts, a catechism, a vocabulary, and the entire New Testament. The Goddard children, some of whom married members of the William Dean family, produced several generations of Baptist missionaries in China, including Josiah Ripley Goddard, Augusta Fanny Dean, Anna Kate Goddard, Francis Wayland Goddard, and Anna M. Corlies. William H. Brackney ======================================= IGI Individual Record FamilySearch™ International Genealogical Index v5.0 North America JOSIAH GODDARD Pedigree Male Birth: 27 OCT 1813 Wendell, Franklin, Massachusetts Father: DAVID GODDARD Mother: HANNAH BROWN Messages: Form submitted by a member of the LDS Church. ======================================================== and on wife of JOSIAH GODDARD. The History of Holden, Massachusetts, 1667-1841: 1667-1841 - Page 132 by Samuel Chenery Damon - Holden (Mass.) - 1841 - 154 pages She was born at Holden, August 13, 1814. They embarked from Boston for the Sandwich ... GODDARD, (Eliza Ann Abbott.) She is the daughter of Mr. Asa Abbott, ... Full view - www.books.google.com ================================================= The History of Holden, Massachusetts. 1684-1894 - Page 130 by David Foster Estes, Samuel Chenery Damon - Holden (Mass.) - 1894 - 446 pages Mrs. Eliza Ann Abbott Goddard, born in Holden, January 3d, 1817, married Rev. Josiah Goddard, in 1838, reached Siam 1840, and resided at Bangkok until 1848, ... Full view - www.books.google.com ================================================== FTM CD#220 MA VITAL RECORDS ABBOT, ELIZA ANN Event Type: Birth Event Date: 3-JAN-1817 Town of Record: Holden County of Record: Worcester Comment: /DR ASA AND SALLY =================================================== 2 listings in the IGI list ELIZA's mother as SALLY MORSE.