September 6, 1812. Baptism by immersion of Ann and Adoniram Judson
From a letter written by Ann Hasseltine Judson to her parents on February 14, 1813, from Isle of France where the Judsons had been exiled by the British East India Company..
“I will now, my dear parents and sisters, give you some account of our change of sentiment, relative to the subject of baptism. Mr. Judson’s doubts commenced on our passage from America. While translating the New Testament, in which he was engaged, he used frequently to say that the Baptists were right in their mode of administering the ordinance… We were baptized on the 6th of September, in the Baptist chapel in Calcutta. Mr. J. preached a sermon at Calcutta, on this subject, soon after we were baptized, which, in compliance with the request of a number who heard it, he has been preparing for the press.” (Edward, pp. 40-41.)